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2015
Jul
17
A CHANCE TO PICK A FAVORITE 'DAISY' By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
Let's start with a stipulation: Because regular visitors to this website enjoy high-quality entertainment, there's no need to make a case for the extraordinary entertainment contained in Driving Miss Daisy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
13
TIME TRAVEL OVER SOME PRETTY UGLY TERRAIN By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
Many heroes aren't immediate, as Independent Lens, "Limited Partnership" will point out. This is the story of two men. They fell in love and spent four decades fighting U.S. immigration laws that didn't recognize gay relationships...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
May
28
WITH A PERSONAL MUSIC DOCENT ALONG, THIS 'GREAT PERFORMANCE' IS EVEN BETTER By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
Though many a symphony season-ticket holder might protest the following as unsophisticated and lazy, a great place to watch and appreciate a classical concert is in front of a good TV set during an expertly directed production...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
16
JASCHA HEIFETZ IS THE SUBJECT OF NEWEST 'AMERICAN MASTERS' ON PBS By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
PBS's always-excellent American Masters series does a fine job of profiling a gifted and very complex man in "Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler." It was a bad review that turned the entire life of Jascha Heifetz...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jan
14
'PIONEERS OF TELEVISION' CONTINUES ITS LOOK AT TV'S BEST By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
This season's Pioneers of Television focuses on female comedy stars, primetime soaps, superheroes and miniseries — and most importantly, historic television programming...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jan
5
PREDICT 'ANTIQUE ROADSHOW' HIGHLIGHTS WITH TVWW'S NEW-SEASON QUIZ By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
Love Antiques Roadshow? Then enjoy TVWW's second annual season-starter quiz, and see how sharp your antiques instincts are after seasons of viewing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
18
PBS STATION HEAD ASSESSES LANDSCAPE FOLLOWING RECENT ASSAULT ON PUBLIC TV By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
Public television is stronger than ever in presenting quality programming. Now the challenge is to do a better job of reaching out to the people who support public television...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
15
DAVID GEFFEN: THE MOTHER OF ALL INVENTIONS By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
Watch American Masters: Inventing David Geffen and it's difficult not to think of the man as a secret weapon, a new-millennium neutron bomb who can atomize people and leave everything around them standing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
6
CALM AFTER THE STORM: 'SESAME STREET' HELPS KIDS WITH SANDY AFTERSHOCK By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
Sesame Street's Friday episode has been designed to ease the fears that Superstorm Sandy may have left with the series' young fans...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
3
NO MASS. EXODUS: 'OLD HOUSE' STAYS CLOSE TO HOME THIS SEASON By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
PBS's long-running series This Old House kicks off its 33rd season with a renovation of a 19th century Victorian home in Cambridge...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Tom Brinkmoeller

I wrote about television for a daily newspaper (The Cincinnati Enquirer) in the '80s, but what drew me to covering it was how good this young medium so often was. So much of what was good then came from MTM Enterprises and its alumni. When I left the beat, MTM was still setting high standards with drama series like St. Elsewhere and comedies like Newhart. Because general TV standards have dropped a great distance since then, it's no reason to capitulate. My role here is to find and spotlight programming that still honors high standards.
 
 
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'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
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By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
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