With the hundreds of nature documentaries that have aired over the years, you start thinking there must be nothing left for us to see on this Big Blue Planet. But Frozen Planet is a project four years in the making, in extreme conditions...

2012

Apr

'VEEP' IS HARDLY A WASHINGTON MONUMENT By Ed Bark

Here's a new comedy series for those who expect absolutely nothing but incompetence, cynicism and crass opportunism from their elected leaders in Washington.Which might well cover most of us these days...

2012

Apr

EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC: HBO'S 'GIRLS' IS EVALUATED BY GIRLS -- AND A MOM By TVWW Guest Contributor

I previewed the first three episodes of the new HBO series Girls with my girlfriends -- and then with my mother. We all took turns being entertained, and completely mortified... by Alison Mastrangelo

2012

Apr

HBO'S 'VEEP': FOUR MORE YEARS! By Theresa Corigliano

I am still smiling, and I watched HBO's three preview episodes of "Veep" ten hours ago. It's just that funny...

2012

Apr

TRUE CRIME: THE 9/11 DECEPTION By Diane Werts

Real life these days seems to provide the best mystery tales of all. And there's a doozy told Friday night in The Woman Who Wasn't There, the 8-9:30 p.m. ET.

2012

Apr

THE WOMAN WHO WASN'T THERE By Diane Werts

Filmmaker Angelo Guglielmo describes his personal involvement with the title subject of his mesmerizing 9/11 fallout documentary The Woman Who Wasn't There (Friday 8-9:30 p.m. ET, Investigation Discovery). More in FOR BETTER OR WERTS review at left. - DW

2012

Apr

MOYERS & COMPANY By David Bianculli

(Fri - Sun) At the top of this new edition, Bill Moyers talks about a subject he knows extremely well: public television. A recent federal appeals court decision has approved the presentation of political and issue-related advertising on public TV and radio channels. Moyers directs his outrage not only to viewers, but to local station managers. “Just say no,” he tells them, and asks viewers to act also. To find where this program is broadcast in your area, click HERE.

2012

Apr

SKI PARTY By David Bianculli

Another night of TCM’s “Spring Break” films, tonight begins with a 1965 film that, like the others, is not very good – but, like the others, is fascinating to watch regardless. Sometimes these movies are entertaining, truly, because of the scenery. Other times, it’s the bafflingly incongruent supporting cast (Don Rickles and Buster Keaton?) Still other times, as with this movie starring Frankie Avalon and Deborah Walley, it’s the musical performances – w

2012

Apr

FRINGE By David Bianculli

This series is hard enough to keep straight as it is, with two different universes and lookalike populations who have a propensity to cross over and intermingle. But tonight, it adds a time jump to the mix, by leaping forward to the year 2036. In that Orwellian future, the Observers are in charge, and firmly in control. That’s fine for those Observers. But what about us observers? What’s going on?

2012

Apr

THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This effortlessly entertaining show returns for a new season, with an increasingly inventive team of animators bringing to goofy life some casual conversations featuring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. Few shows on TV make me laugh as often, or as loudly. And wait until, in tonight’s episode, you hear Karl’s idea for a new movie starring Tom Cruise…

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