On this episode, House (Hugh Laurie) learns that his hooker friend with benefits is getting married. So, to solve the problem of a possible replacement, he holds auditions – at the hospital.

2012

Apr

EUREKA By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: The crew that blasted off from Eureka in last year’s cliffhanger season finale return – but for them, it’s five years later, things are odd, and certain people are acting really, truly strange. Which is odd, because some people were acting like that already. But here we go: another slide down the rabbit hole, this time for the final season of this witty, constantly shifting Syfy series.

2012

Apr

SMASH By David Bianculli

Uma Thurman, playing a Hollywood actress brought in to play Marilyn, starts to behave – or misbehave – like a true diva, and complaining about, among other things, the fact that the musical has her breaking into song from time to time. For a review of this series from a theater insider and guest reviewer, read the inaugural entry of our newest TVWW feature, Everybody’s a Critic, in today’s Bianculli’s Blog.

2012

Apr

CASTLE By David Bianculli

Fans of Firefly and Serenity (the Joss Whedon TV series and subsequent movie), take heed. Tonight’s episode features guest star Adam Baldwin, who, before co-starring on Chuck, played futuristic mercenary Jayne on Firefly. Here, he plays a new partner paired with Nathan Fillion’s Castle – and gets to play, again, opposite Fillion, now the star of Firefly.

2012

Apr

EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC: A THEATRICAL LIGHTING DESIGNER SHEDS LIGHT ON NBC'S 'SMASH' By TVWW Guest Contributor

Theatrical lighting designer Benjamin Ehrenreich takes a look at NBC's "Smash"...

2012

Apr

FREE HBO!: WATCH 'GIRLS'/'VEEP' ONLINE, ON-DEMAND By Diane Werts

HBO is making the premiere of "Girls" available to non-subscribers now on various platforms -- and they'll do the same next week for Julia Louis-Dreyfus' new comedy "Veep." Obviously trying to build some buzz...

2012

Apr

WHERE THE REAL "GIRLS" ARE By Eric Gould

The comic timing in Lena Dunham's new HBO series Girlsis less about sticking the landing than flubbing it...The ability to craft those odd dismounts are often the most charming part of this new cringe-comedy...

2012

Apr

60 MINUTES By David Bianculli

Last Sunday, the day after Mike Wallace died, Morley Safer opened that evening’s 60 Minutes by noting the passing of his longstanding friend and colleague, and promising a full tribute the following week. Tonight, Safer and 60 Minutes make good on that promise, with the entire program devoted to the man who was there at the beginning of this invaluable TV newsmagazine when it launched in 1968, and who, more than anyone else, was responsible for its mainstream, Top 10 success. This hour is

2012

Apr

FROZEN PLANET By David Bianculli

The Making Of episode, one of my favorite hours of this excellent series, is repeated tonight at 7 p.m. ET. Then, at 8, comes a new installment: Life in the Freezer, including stunning looks far beneath the northern ice shelf, and even way, way above it: to the aurora borealis. And if these northern lights, shown in sped-up time-lapse photography, don’t amaze you, you just may be incapable of amazement.

2012

Apr

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: "THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD" By David Bianculli

(Check Local Listings) With this new two-hour dramatic adaptation for television, Gwyneth Hughes becomes the latest writer to tackle the unfinished business of Charles Dickens’ last novel, incomplete at the time of his death. Matthew Rhys stars as John Jasper, the uncle of young Edwin (Freddie Fox), who’s long been in love with his young fiancé, Rosa (Tamzin Merchant). It’s actually a love triangle of sorts, with the uncle having dark designs on Rosa – a passion of

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