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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2008
Nov
19
FLICK PICKS: RAY BRADBURY MEETS LON CHANEY ON TCM By Diane Werts
 
 
Two of our faves come together Thursday night... it's Lon Chaney via Ray Bradbury on Turner Classic Movies' monthly guest programmer night, where the Fahrenheit 451 author picks flicks and discusses with host Robert Osborne what they mean to him...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
14
YULE TUBE: IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE... By Diane Werts
 
 
C'mon, it's only six weeks away! So no more complaints about Christmas coming too early. TV is officially declaring the season "on" this weekend, offering a fresh holiday episode and a new yule standup special...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
11
GET THIS: INSIDE SCOOP ON THE RATINGS By Diane Werts
 
 
Curious what the ratings are for your favorite show? Wondering if it's waiting for the ax to fall? All network-related answers reside at The Programming Insider, a great weekday e-letter from Mediaweek's Mr. Television columnist, Marc Berman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
11
WATCH ONLINE: 'STUDS' PLACE' By Diane Werts
 
 
Studs Terkel wasn't just a prolific author, grassroots historian and radio personality. The Chicago institution, who died Oct. 31 at age 96, also did some groundbreaking TV work in the medium's infancy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
11
FLICK PICKS: ALL-STAR VETERAN'S DAY By Diane Werts
 
 
There's the battlefront. Then there's the homefront. Where they intersect -- in movies, at least -- is in star-studded R&R...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
5
ELECTION NIGHT: SHEP'S GOT THE GOODS By Diane Werts
 
 
It wasn't just Barack Obama marking a generational sea change on election night. As veteran anchors seasoned in the '60s and '70s held forth on most major channels, Shepard Smith was pointing the way toward the future on Fox network news...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
5
NEWS FLASH: 'WORLD NEWS' GOES ONE-HOUR TONIGHT By Diane Werts
 
 
Katie Couric says last week she wants a one-hour newscast, and Charlie Gibson goes and one-ups her by actually doing it. For one night, anyway...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
3
VOTE HERE: NOT THE SAME OLD ELECTION COVERAGE By Diane Werts
 
 
Everybody's into election coverage this year, not just the big broadcast networks and cable news channels. That means a broader range of perspectives and wider-ranging alternatives. Current goes Digg-ing. BET lets you Be Heard. Dan Rather recruits college reporters...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
1
WATCH ONLINE: 'GOLDEN AGE' ARCHIVE By Diane Werts
 
 
You've heard that Paul Newman started out in live TV back in the 1950s. But where could you possibly see old kinescopes of that work?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Oct
31
WATCH THIS: WATERGATE AND ARAB MUSIC By Diane Werts
 
 
Politics and entertainment meet in two must-see ways this weekend. Watergate becomes a Hollywood drama, and Arab musicians cross cultural boundaries to join forces with American rockers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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