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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Nov
19
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER By David Bianculli
 
 
Joe Manganiello, who plays an enviously toned werewolf in HBO’s True Blood, reprises a pre-Blood role by returning to this sitcom as Brad, one of Marshall’s old law-school classmates. But this time, it’s a much less flattering role, and even requires some padding because Brad, apparently, has let himself go.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
19
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
Just noting: It’s down to the Top 10 singers on this show – which means, if you’re at all interested in the goings-on here but have stopped watching during the interminable middle-act interim, it’s about time to tune in again.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
19
THE DUST BOWL By David Bianculli
 
 
PREMIERE: Part 2 of 2. The latest Ken Burns and company documentary concludes – and, once again, leaves us thinking not only about the past, but about the present. The Dust Bowl offers startling images, touching commentaries, and lessons about expansion, construction and greed that are still worth learning. For a full review, see David Sicilia’s TV Moneyland. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
19
LONESOME DOVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Part 1 of 4. This 1989 Western epic is one of the last truly great miniseries. Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star, in Larry McMurtry’s story of Texas Rangers past their prime – but still prime examples of fascinating characters. If you’ve never watched this, treat yourself. If you have – well, treat yourself again. Runs nightly through Thursday.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
19
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO By David Bianculli
 
 
This is a newly restored print of the 1965 David Lean epic, an Oscar-winner starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie. Based on Boris Pasternak’s novel.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
19
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS...HIMSELF By Eric Gould
 
 
Sir Anthony Hopkins and his rubber nose premiere this week as Alfred Hitchcock...and here's a whimsical collection of his many cameo appearances in his films, all to the offbeat theme of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents American television series...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
18
THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli
 
 
The psychological ramifications of Rick’s latest loss continue to shake him. And why not, since the romantic triangle that opened this series is now down to just Rick. But I can’t help thinking that we saw the gunshot, but didn’t see the results, and so maybe there’s a surprise coda down the road. Meanwhile, already down the road – or in the compound and the prison – are more dangers. And have you noticed that, in both places, the humans are more dangerous tha
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
18
HOMELAND By David Bianculli
 
 
Who would have expected, at the end of last season, where this show would take us this year? And tonight, there’s another twist, as Brody and Carrie find themselves even more tightly intertwined. Claire Danes, Damien Lewis star.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
18
1951: CBS INTRODUCES TV'S FIRST NEWSMAGAZINE 'SEE IT NOW' By David Bianculli
 
 
Television's all-time most important and impressive newsmagazine, See It Now, was also its first. It began Nov. 18, 1951 in an almost hidden timeslot — 3:30 on a Sunday afternoon — with reporter Edward R. Murrow and Director Don Hewitt broadcasting live from a cramped CBS News studio...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
18
THE DUST BOWL By David Bianculli
 
 
PREMIERE: Part 1 of 2. This two-part nonfiction miniseries, the latest from Ken Burns and company, is another evocative, surprisingly instructive, almost astoundingly relevant look at the past. This time, it’s about the environmental catastrophe that ravaged the Great Plains in the previous century – and why mankind, not nature, was at fault. For a full review, see David Sicilia’s TV Moneyland. Concludes Monday. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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