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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
May
18
A FEW 'NO-SHOWS' YOU WON'T BE SEEING THIS FALL By Ed Bark
 
 
Now that we know what the 2012-2013 landscape looks like, let's look at a handful of pilots for potential series that didn't make the grade, either for the fall or midseason...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
18
AMERICAN GRAFFITI By David Bianculli
 
 
George Lucas directed this film in 1973, before embarking on his Star Wars saga. Richard Dreyfuss starred in it. Harrison Ford, Suzanne Somers and many others appeared in it. And playing the star-crossed young lovers on one eventful night are Ron Howard and Cindy Williams — he soon to star in Happy Days, she soon to star in one of its spinoffs, Laverne & Shirley. All that, and it’s the movie that brought vintage rock back into play in a gorgeous soundtrack, too. (And speak
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
18
GRIMM By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: It’s not the series finale, though, because this series was just renewed for a second season. That’s Grimm news – but hardly grim news.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
18
THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
On today’s show, Ricky Gervais asks Karl Pilkington to describe a typical day in the life of Karl Pilkington – and no sooner does Karl begin to comply than Ricky explodes with one of his appreciative, incredulous hyena laughs. Not only should this series be nominated for outstanding comedy series – Gervais deserves an Emmy for outstanding one-man laugh track.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
18
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
It’s live television, and Dan Rather, who has a new book out, is one of Maher’s guests. Must-see viewing? You bet. You put Maher's irreverence next to Rather's unpredictability, and that's an interview worth anticipating...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
18
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON IN SCOTLAND By David Bianculli
 
 
This special week of shows from Scotland – a week that’s been so entertaining – concludes tonight, with the host taking one more fact-paced tour around his homeland and home town. For my exclusive TV WORTH WATCHING INTERVIEW with Craig Ferguson about this week of shows, read HERE. Warning: the language is definitely for mature audiences only.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
17
1997: HBO PREMIERES ‘WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION’ By David Bianculli
 
 
On this day in 1997, HBO presented Larry Gelbart’s penultimate telemovie, a sharp satire about a pro football team being pursued hotly by warring media barons – one played by Ben Kingsley, the other by Gabriel Byrne...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
17
THE TV WORTH WATCHING INTERVIEW: CRAIG FERGUSON By David Bianculli
 
 
Halfway through his CBS talk show’s The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson In Scotland week, I spoke with CRAIG FERGUSON about those shows, and other things, in this exclusive TV WORTH WATCHING INTERVIEW. Expletives included…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
17
CW'S NEW FALL SHOWS: FIRST CLIPS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS By David Bianculli
 
 

The final piece of the 2012 fall TV puzzle has fallen in place. The CW’s plans for the new season include three new fall dramas, changes on every night of the schedule, and a midseason prequel to Sex and the City, featuring a younger Carrie Bradshaw…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
17
COMMUNITY By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: NBC is sending this show off for the season with an odd outburst of excess: three episodes presented the same night, culminating in the last episode of the season. But while this may smell of a loss-leader burn-off move, Community has been renewed for next year – albeit with a smaller number of episodes. So watch tonight, treasuring this particular televised endangered species. Episodes air at 8, 9 and 9:30 p.m. ET.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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