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Contributors Archive
 
 
2009
Feb
12
SMART STUFF: ECONOMIC COLLAPSE 101 By Diane Werts
 
 
Hard as I try, I still don't think I really understand how the economy cratered. But in the coming days I've got two good shots at smartening up about it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Feb
11
FOX'S "DOLLHOUSE" HAS THE FEEL OF JOSS WHEDON'S FOURTH TV TRIUMPH By David Bianculli
 
 
It's been five years since Joss Whedon has presented a show on network TV -- and much too long since we've enjoyed weekly doses of entertainment from the deliciously warped brain that gave us "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel" and "Firefly"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Feb
11
LETTERMAN SOARS WITH HEROIC US AIRWAYS CREW By David Bianculli
 
 
Sunday on "60 Minutes," Katie Couric did a wonderful profile of the US Airways "Miracle on the Hudson" crew by asking the right questions and letting the story tell itself. Tuesday night on another CBS show, David Letterman provided another wonderful hour -- by showing the human, funny side of these everyday heroes...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Feb
10
JUST A TEASE -- BUT CHANGES, AND NEW WRITERS, ARE COMING TO TV WORTH WATCHING By David Bianculli
 
 
This notice is a bit premature -- but it's fair warning, and one I'm thrilled to make, that TV Worth Watching is about to expand a bit. Updated design, new features, and, most important of all, some new contributors...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Feb
9
WITH "60 MINUTES" AND GRAMMYS, CBS DOES ITSELF DOUBLY PROUD -- NEXT STEP, TIMBERLAKE TV? By David Bianculli
 
 
Sadly, the broadcast networks these days seem to be doing less and less of what makes them special and valuable, rather than more and more. But last night, with "60 Minutes" and the Grammys, CBS served up 4.5 hours of phenomenal television, and pure class...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Feb
9
REALITY CHECK: LIL' KIM AND WOZ GO 'DANCING WITH THE STARS' By Diane Werts
 
 
I'm always a sucker for Dancing With the Stars, and I think I may be a bigger sucker starting March 9. ABC's latest lineup of celebrity achievers and/or embarrassments, announced Sunday, includes an even wider and stranger variety than usual...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Feb
8
SMART STUFF: LINCOLN AND DARWIN TURN 200 By Diane Werts
 
 
That was the week that was -- 200 years ago. Both Lincoln and Darwin were born, and suddenly, TV can't get enough of these bicentennial boys. They're big news in new shows on channels like History, NatGeo and PBS all week long...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Feb
6
41 YEARS LATER, "60 MINUTES" STILL DELIVERS THE (VERY) GOODS By David Bianculli
 
 
This Sunday night at 7 ET, "60 Minutes" presents an edition that may draw enough viewers to dethrone Fox's "American Idol" as the most popular program of the week. Even if not, it's a lock for the week's Top 5 -- an amazing feat for a TV series that is older than Ryan Seacrest...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Feb
5
OVER-THE-AIR TV: NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU SEE IT A LITTLE LONGER By David Bianculli
 
 
Yesterday, less than two weeks before the nation's TV stations were to make the switch from analog to digital-only signal transmission, Congress voted to delay the transition date, from Feb. 17 to June 12. If President Barack Obama signs the bill as expected, it's the over-the-air equivalent of a temporary stay of execution. But boy, what a botched hand-off this has turned out to be...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Feb
5
WATCH THIS: A TASTE OF 'TORCHWOOD' SEASON 3 By Diane Werts
 
 
As fans anticipate Season 3 of smart hot actioner Torchwood, arriving later this year..."Children of Earth" will be a five-night arc kicking off with the title characters stopping in movement simultaneously all around the world....
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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