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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2008
Jun
15
HOT SPOT: 'QUANTUM LEAP,' 'DEAD ZONE' REPEATS By Diane Werts
 
 
The ION network makes its own leap back weeknights this summer by stacking some escapist hours of recent vintage...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
13
FATHER'S DAY CHOICES: REMEMBERING OLD BROADWAY, OLD TV, AND OLD TV DADS By David Bianculli
 
 
Father's Day is Sunday, and this year, it seems, it's a day to wallow in nostalgia, on or about TV. Sunday night offers competing prime-time awards shows: "The Tony Awards" on CBS, featuring an amazing competition among Broadway musical revivals, and the "TV Land Awards," a nonstop stroll down TV's memory lane...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
12
"CELEBRITY CIRCUS" ANOTHER BIG (TOP) NETWORK EMBARRASSMENT By David Bianculli
 
 
Even when I come to new series with apprehension, I'm prepared, and often hoping, to be pleasantly surprised. And I must admit that NBC's "Celebrity Circus," which premiered last night and was unavailable for preview because it was performed live, wasn't as bad as I expected. It was worse...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
12
TV DVD: FATHER'S DAY DADS By Diane Werts
 
 
From "Father Knows Best" to "Married . . . With Children," we've got some fun (and funky) DVD recommendations for Sunday's Father's Day yearly salute. Either of the wildly unrelated comedies above provides amusing viewing, along with a few other sets we've seen and recommend...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
11
TUBE TRIBUTE: SPORTS TV'S JIM MCKAY By Diane Werts
 
 
The sportscaster's sportscaster who died last week is now honored with an encore of HBO's acclaimed 2003 portrait Jim McKay: My World in My Words, an intimate look at not just a star reporter but a soulful human being...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
11
NBC'S "CELEBRITY CIRCUS": ANOTHER SUCKER-BORN-EVERY-MINUTE MOVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight at 9:30 ET, NBC proudly presents its latest reality-TV competition show, "Celebrity Circus." I say "proudly," because here it is, occupying valuable prime time at a time when network TV desperately needs to attract viewers, not repel them...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
10
"SOAP" NAVIGATES SLIPPERY SLOPE OF OVERPOPULATED DVD BOXED SETS By David Bianculli
 
 
At the start of the 21st century, releasing TV series on DVD seemed like a gold mine so rich, so deep, the vein would never run dry. Less than a decade later, there still are plenty of old television series to be repackaged and sold -- but already, there's a serious problem. So many shows -- so little shelf space...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
10
HD ALERT: '2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY' By Diane Werts
 
 
Expatriate director Stanley Kubrick dazzled and mystified film freaks back in 1968 with his mind-blowing 2001: A Space Odyssey...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
10
VINTAGE TUBE: ROSE & MOREY MOVIE By Diane Werts
 
 
Set this DVR for this genuine curio, a 1966 feature film with Dick Van Dyke Showwriters' room sidekicks Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
9
ONE GOOD SIDE EFFECT OF THE WRITERS' STRIKE: SUMMER TV DOCUMENTARIES By David Bianculli
 
 
There aren't many good side effects to the 2007-08 writers' strike, but one is just starting to become evident. A wealth of quality documentaries has been scheduled for summer -- some as ongoing recurring series, others scheduled to help fill the holes caused by a lack of scripted programming...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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