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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2010
Jun
14
"A-TEAM" MOVIE LOSES, BUT TV WORTH WATCHING READER WINS By David Bianculli
 
 
The opening-weekend box-office figures for the new movie remake of The A-Team were so low -- about half of general Hollywood predictions -- that I pity the fool who's still hoping for a cinematic sequel. Even so, one of our readers, in the contest to predict the opening grosses, came very close without going over, so wins some stuff...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
11
CABLE COMEDY PIONEER ROBERT KLEIN STRIKES AGAIN -- ON HBO, AGAIN By David Bianculli
 
 
Robert Klein opens his latest HBO special, "Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced" with a very funny song, backed by a full orchestra. By contrast, he opened our interview with a joke about TV WORTH WATCHING: "It's a small website, I take it..."
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
10
LOTS GOING ON: NEW TVWW TV-TO-MOVIE CONTEST, NEW LATE-NIGHT "FEUD" WITH FALLON AND FERGUSON, AND LIVELY NEW COMIC SHOWCASE ON SHOWTIME By David Bianculli
 
 
There's so much going on, I'm going to try and catch up in one big burst. Today's column will cover a) the latest TV WORTH WATCHING TV-to-Movie contest; b) the latest late-night "war"; and c) a delightful new talk show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
9
IT'S TRUE LOVE, WELCOMING BACK HBO'S "TRUE BLOOD" By David Bianculli
 
 
The third season of HBO's True Blood begins Sunday (9 p.m. ET), picking up right where last year's season ended -- and man, is it a joy to have back...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
1
TVWW MOVIE CONTEST RESULTS: MACGRUBER BOMBED BIGGER THAN ANYONE EXPECTED By David Bianculli
 
 
The results are in for the latest TV WORTH WATCHING guess-the-opening-weekend grosses of movies based on TV. I'll reveal the winner(s) in a moment, but man, the clear loser is MacGruber. The latest Saturday Night Live spinoff managed to scrape up only $4.1 million of ticket sales its opening weekend...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
May
24
THE "24: FINALE: IN THE END, THE CLOCK COUNTS DOWN TO 00:00:00 By David Bianculli
 
 
The three most powerful punches of the Fox "24" finale all came at the very end -- like one final triple flurry of potent, emotional "Ka-Chunk, Ka-Chunk" sounds as the clock counted down one last time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
May
23
ABC'S "LOST" FINALE: DEATH, BE RATHER PROUD By David Bianculli
 
 
The ending of ABC's "Lost", whatever it turned out to be, wasn't going to be able to please all of the people all of the time. But even with an unsettling core "explanation" and some frustrating unanswered questions, Sunday's 2.5-hour finale was one entertaining movie-length wrap-up...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
May
20
NEWEST TVWW CONTEST: GUESS THE OPENING-WEEKEND GROSSES FOR TWO MORE TV-INSPIRED MOVIES By David Bianculli
 
 
It's been a while since we mounted a TV WORTH WATCHING contest for readers, offering tacky prizes for a predictive puzzler. So here's a new one, and it's a two-parter: Guess the opening-weekend grosses for two movies based on TV fare -- "MacGruber" and "Sex and the City 2" -- and, by so doing, predict which one will outdraw the other...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
May
19
THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS CALL IT QUITS, HIGH-CLASS BUT LOW-KEY By David Bianculli
 
 
Sunday night at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the Smothers Brothers performed what they say was their final performance as a duo -- 50 impressive years after their FIRST performance as a duo. I flew in just to see it and be there, and was glad I did...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
May
16
PURE "GLEE": "DR. HORRIBLE" COHORTS JOSS WHEDON, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS RETEAM FOR THIS WEEK'S FOX MUSICAL SERIES By David Bianculli
 
 
Tuesday night at 9 ET, Fox's Glee presents guest director Joss Whedon and guest star Neil Patrick Harris in a new episode that counts as one more reason this musical series is one of the best TV treats of the year...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'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
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
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
By David Hinckley