Sunday Morning fans will appreciate this DVD announcement: On the Road With Charles Kuralt comes out Oct. 27 from our friends at Acorn Media (responsible for British drama sets like Poirot and Life on Mars, plus other releases like Stephen Hawking and the Theory of Everything)...

2009

Aug

SUMMER SLUDGE: THE TRUE COST OF NETWORK COST-CUTTING By Diane Werts

It strikes me that the real "cost" to which the networks should be paying attention is the psychological one they've inflicted on themselves by giving every indication to viewers that their driving concern is money, not quality, and not even entertainment value...

2009

Aug

TV WORTH BUYING: CLASSIC SERIES STAMPS By Diane Werts

Lassie will be happy to mail your letter. So will The Lone Ranger. Even Ralph Kramden. TV icons from 20 classic series get a U.S. Postal Service salute Tuesday, when a commemorative sheet of 44-cent stamps called Early TV Memories becomes available at post offices and online...

2009

Aug

GOOD SPORTS: TIANT'S EMOTIONAL RETURN TO CUBA By Diane Werts

This almost makes up for all the hyperventilating ESP-heads screaming at each other to beat the clock . .ESPN presents a moving documentary portrait of pitcher Luis Tiant's return to his native Cuba after 46 years in exile...

2009

Aug

DVD ALERT: 'ALLY MCBEAL' UPDATE By Diane Werts

We reported last month that both Ally McBeal and It's Garry Shandling's Show were finally coming to DVD in complete series sets. We had an Oct. 20 release date for Shandling then, and now Ally has a firm street date, too -- Oct. 6...

2009

Aug

WEIRD & WILD: KILLER WEATHER! By Diane Werts

Because there's just not enough scary disaster on TV (unless you count pretty much every episode of Maury), cable is following up Discovery Channel's just-concluded Shark Week with The Weather Channel's current Hurricane Week: Extreme Impact...

2009

Jul

PLEASE STAND BY: THE TROUBLE IS NOT WITH YOUR SET . . . By Diane Werts

It's actually me who's heading into the repair shop for a bit, so I may not be able to update here for a week or two. In the meantime, try to catch these shows I might otherwise have written more about...

2009

Jul

AD BREAK: ACTORS/CHARACTERS DO COMMERCIALS, EARTH CONTINUES SPINNING By Diane Werts

The Flintstones smoked Winstons. The Clampetts hawked Corn Flakes. Ozzie & Harriet loved their kitchen's natural gas. And Hogan's Heroes savored their Jell-O...

2009

Jul

WEIRD & WILD: THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE JONATHAN ROSS SHOW By Diane Werts

The Incredibly Strange Film Show has to be one of my all-time favorite series, exploring the heights -- or should I say depths? -- of indie B-moviemaking in all its bloody, breasty, low-budget glory. The perpetrator of this loving '80s look at the likes of Russ Meyer, Ray Dennis Steckler and a dozen other gonzo directors was Jonathan Ross...

2009

Jul

SNEAK PEEK: KEN BURNS 'NATIONAL PARKS' ONLINE By Diane Werts

Can't wait to see Ken Burns' fall epic The National Parks: America's Best Idea? Online site PBS Video lets you watch a half-hour preview anytime...

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