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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2009
Apr
20
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
13
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
8
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
3
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
2
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
30
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
29
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
29
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)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Mar
23
CLASSIC FLICK PICKS: PRE-CODE NAUGHTINESS, CHUCK JONES ANIMATION, VINTAGE SCI-FI, MORE By Diane Werts
 
 
This week's movie treats range from raunchy pre-code Hollywood all the way to late-century Steve Martin...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Mar
23
FLICK PICKS: RONNIE & NANCY By Diane Werts
 
 
Ronald Reagan and First Lady-to-be Nancy Davis made only one film together. This is it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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