[Bianculli here: I'm so proud of our TV WORTH WATCHING contributors. Tom Brinkmoeller, through a lot of dogged reporting, has news for anyone eagerly awaiting the DVD release of Gary David Goldberg's superb "Brooklyn Bridge" CBS series. Alas, the news isn't necessarily good...]

2010

May

GUEST BLOG #92: TOM BRINKMOELLER SAYS WATCHING "AMERICAN EXPERIENCE" IS ANYTHING BUT DEPRESSION By Tom Brinkmoeller

[Bianculli here: Contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller looks at the next two "American Experience" presentations on PBS, and finds their Depression-era topics clearly pertinent to today...]

2010

Apr

GUEST BLOG #87: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, IT'S A WONDERFUL TOWN... AND YOU CAN EXPLORE IT ON WNET'S WEB SERIES By Tom Brinkmoeller

[Bianculli here: One of contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller's specialties is finding intriguing TV in out-of-the-way places. This time he's found some worthwhile stuff in a place so far out of the way, it's not even ON television... but emanates from public TV anyway...]

2010

Mar

GUEST BLOG #83: TOM BRINKMOELLER CHECKS IN ON FRED ROGERS' 21ST CENTURY LEGACY By Tom Brinkmoeller

[Bianculli here: Last year, I attended a conference at St. Vincent College's Fred Rogers Center, and reported on it for TV WORTH WATCHING, where plans were made to carry on the vision and children's TV commitment of Fred Rogers. Yesterday, when worthy recipients were given scholarships to pursue their modern visions of children's entertainment and education, I was at Rowan University teaching -- but contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller pursued the results on his own, and has this encouraging news flash...]

2010

Mar

GUEST BLOG #82: TOM BRINKMOELLER CONSIDERS THE ENDANGERED PIONEERS OF "HOW-TO" TV By Tom Brinkmoeller

[Bianculli here: Contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller follows a lot of public TV and informational cable TV shows. And when some of them began disappearing from his television set, he decided to keep following them, and find out where they went and why...]

2010

Mar

GUEST BLOG #80: TOM BRINKMOELLER ON TOM BROKAW'S CNBC "BOOMER$" By Tom Brinkmoeller

[Bianculli here: Contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller not only watched an early cut of tonight's CNBC special by Tom Brokaw, but spoke to its executive producer...]

2010

Feb

GUEST BLOG #74: TOM BRINKMOELLER WONDERS IF "30 ROCK" IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES ON NBC By Tom Brinkmoeller

[Bianculli here: Tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET, NBC presents a fresh episode of 30 Rock -- a delightful episode guest starring the equally delightful Jan Hooks. One week from tonight, NBC presents the final installment of the prime-time Jay Leno Show. Contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller connects the dots, and suggests that as Leno leaves for later pastures, 30 Rock should watch its back...]

2010

Feb

GUEST BLOG #73: TOM BRINKMOELLER ON THE NEW INSTALLMENT OF PBS'S "FRONTLINE" By Tom Brinkmoeller

[Bianculli here: Tuesday's edition of the PBS series Frontline looks at the impact of the Internet and digital media. Contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller looks at it, too -- by not only previewing the program, but interviewing its producer...]

2010

Jan

GUEST BLOG #71: TOM BRINKMOELLER ON HIS BURIED TV TREASURES By Tom Brinkmoeller

[Bianculli here: First, Diane Werts' FOR BETTER OR WERTS blog today covers a gaggle of new, and good, DVD releases. Also, one of our TV WORTH WATCHING contributors, Diane Holloway, just listed some of the shows on TV that made her happy. Now it's another contributor's turn -- and Tom Brinkmoeller intentionally surfs the fringes of the air waves...]

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