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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
May
15
MODERN FAMILY By David Bianculli
 
 
Next week is this sitcom’s season finale, which is built around a death in the family. This week’s show is built around something a little lighter: a gymnastics event. But don’t presume that a funeral, on TV, is no place for laughs. (See the “Chuckles Bites the Dust” episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.)
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
15
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Ozzy Osbourne, and the rest of Black Sabbath, are featured guests on tonight’s CSI season finale, which also makes room for a killer that, like the villain in The Following, gets his inspiration from a classic literary work. This time, though, the source material is Dante’s Inferno. Coincidentally, that same source material also was the inspiration for the name of my underground newspaper in 1969. That’s right: Seventh Circle.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
15
NASHVILLE By David Bianculli
 
 
Only two shows from last fall’s ABC lineup will survive to enjoy a sophomore season, and Nashville is one of them. That makes you believe in some sort of wise and discerning TV god – except that the other show to win a reprieve is The Neighbors. Go figure. Meanwhile, be grateful for Nashville, and its music, and the fact that Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere will continue to strut their country-music stuff for another year.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
15
'SHERLOCK' STAR TREKS INTO SPACE By Monique Nazareth
 
 
The wait is over. Star Trek Into Darkness, the new franchise film from J.J. Abrams opens Thursday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
15
CBS ADDS FOUR NEW COMEDIES FOR FALL By Ed Bark
 
 
CBS is amping up its comedy content, highlighted by a new Thursday night pairing of Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
14
ABC’S NEW FALL 2013 SHOWS: FIRST CLIPS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS By David Bianculli
 
 
If you count desperation by the number of new series a network introduces for fall, ABC is the winner this year in that particular category. It has eight new shows on tap…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
14
STAR TREK By David Bianculli
 
 
With the new Star Trek Into Darkness movie about to beam up into theaters, this is a very opportune time to revisit the 2009 movie that rebooted the franchise. In this prequel, Chris Pine plays a young James T. Kirk, and Zachary Quinto plays the pointy-eared Mr. Spock. It really works, as both a new sci-fi movie and as a full-length homage to the original 1960s series.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
14
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
NBC just announced its plans for the coming season, and The Voice is a big part of those plans. In 2013, it surpassed Fox’s American Idol as the most popular music-competition reality series on TV, ending a decade of Idol dominance. Tonight at 9 ET, two of the Top 12 vocalists performing last night will be let go, leaving the show with a neater, and leaner, Top 10.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
14
NEW GIRL By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: There’s a wedding in the works for tonight’s season finale, as CeCe (Hannah Simone) prepares to marry her adoring fiancé. But her ex, Schmidt (Max Greenfield), wants to pull a Graduate and steal the bride. Also part of the wild wedding day: guest star Taylor Swift, playing a wedding guest who has a few ideas of her own.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
14
CONSTITUTION USA WITH PETER SAGAL By David Bianculli
 
 
In tonight’s episode, Peter Sagal shifts his focus on the Bill of Rights. Even though this series is titled what it is, Sagal has every right to do that. And the Bill of Rights, in part, explains why. 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