Even as TV Land loses interest in "our TV heritage" (finely eyed in David Bianculli's Cougar post), some folks still value what's good, even as it's still going on...

2009

Apr

FLICK PICKS: FUNNY LADIES ON TCM By Diane Werts

Another week, another amazing Turner Classic Movies festival, from the gold standard in film presentation. This time, it's Funny Ladies, a prime-time toast to comic women that ranges from the TV era...

2009

Apr

FLICK PICKS: TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES TURNS 15 WITH FILM FAN FESTIVITIES By Diane Werts

Bill Maher, Ray Bradbury, Matt Groening, Tracey Ullman, Rainn Wilson, John Sayles, Sally Field, Harvey Fierstein, Martha Stewart, Donald Trump and Kermit the Frog -- what's the connection?...

2009

Apr

IF YOU MISSED IT: 'HOUSE' ENCORE By Diane Werts

Last week's episode of Houseon Fox was a shockeroo (although a couple of websites had hinted that one of the regulars would be going down for good). If you missed it, never fear...

2009

Apr

THE JAY LENO WARS: HOMETOWN STATION NIXES 10 P.M. QUIP STRIP By Diane Werts

And it isn't even on the air yet. NBC's Boston affiliate WHDH has said "nuts" to the network's plan to strip Jay Leno into the weeknight 10 p.m. ET hour this fall. They'd rather run their own local news...

2009

Apr

THE PEABODYS: AWARDS GO TO 'SNL' ON POLITICS, 'BREAKING BAD,' 'LOST,' 'JOHN ADAMS,' TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES, MORE By Diane Werts

The Peabody Awards have a long history of recognizing the best in television, whatever and wherever it is -- from pioneer '50s comedy Mister Peepers and early TV opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, to current overachievers like South Park and Battlestar Galactica...

2009

Mar

WATCH ONLINE: MARCH MADNESS CONTINUES By Diane Werts

Don't forget that CBSSports.com has free streams of March Madness on Demand, offering live game action online until the NCAA men's basketball championship is decided April 6...

2009

Mar

WATCH THIS: 'FAMILY GUY' TAKES A TREK By Diane Werts

C'mon, you know you've been eagerly awaiting the day when Stewie and Brian would meet Data and Worf. And now that day is here...

2009

Mar

FLICK PICKS: ALL-DAY '50S FLASHBACK By Diane Werts

Have fun (and fears) in the '50s all day this Tuesday as Turner Classic Movies salutes a pivotal decade. TCM's time trip collects everything from a surreal lesbian western smackdown (Johnny Guitar) to a gritty drama of media manipulation (Sweet Smell of Success)...

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Diane Werts

Associate Editor

Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.

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