On this day in 1992, Aaron Spelling's Spelling Television introduced Melrose Place, the second series in Spelling's Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise, on Fox...

2012

Jul

THE CHALLENGES OF PRESERVING TELEVISION By Akass & McCabe

One of the key problems for television scholars is availability. Some shows live on only in memory, but not in tangible form like DVD. Other television producers have carefully orchestrated how their shows are preserved and marketed. And then, there's the digital age to consider...

2012

Jul

2012 WIMBLEDON TENNIS WOMEN'S FINAL By David Bianculli

In both the men’s and women’s finals this year, Wimbledon has served up a dream match. For the women, it’s not so much that No. 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland has made it to the final this year – but that Serena Williams, at age 30, is taking Centre Court in hopes of capturing her fifth Wimbledon title. (If you don't want to watch it live on ESPN, ABC will repeat the match at 3 p.m. ET) Then tomorrow, another former multiple champion, Roger Federer, returns, seeking

2012

Jul

THE WALKING DEAD MARATHON By David Bianculli

Although Season 3 of The Walking Dead isn’t arriving until fall, AMC is priming our appetites by showing a two-day marathon of the first two season’s episodes. So start today, and finish tomorrow – and have an all-out zombie jamboree.

2012

Jul

GOLDFINGER By David Bianculli

This may be the 1,871,473 time this 1964 James Bond film has been shown on television (my count is unofficial, but probably off by no more than 007) – but that won’t stop me from recommending it enthusiastically. Best Bond (Sean Connery), best villain (Gert Frobe as Goldfinger), best henchman (Oddjob), best theme song, best Bond girl (Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore), best plot (invading Fort Knox, but not for the gold), and best image: Shirley Eaton as a gold-painted victim. Somebody

2012

Jul

SUMMERTIME By David Bianculli

Made in 1954, this romantic drama is worth seeing for Katharine Hepburn’s portrayal of an Akron, Ohio, schoolteacher visiting Venice and finding more than one eager suitor. But it’s also worth watching because it was directed by the cinematic visual genius David Lean, who directed the film with an eye on capturing all the beauty and variety of Venice he could pack in each frame.

2012

Jul

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO By David Bianculli

The original 2009 Swedish film based on Stieg Larsson’s bestselling novel (the first in a series) starred Michael Nykvist as a journalist investigating a very cold case, and Noomi Rapace as the tattooed, pierced loner who helps him solve the crime. But for America, the movie was recast, and the story refashioned, in this new 2011 adaptation, with Daniel Craig as the journalist, and Rooney Mara (pictured) as the punkish but resourceful computer hacker.

2012

Jul

1975: 'RYAN'S HOPE' DEBUTS ON ABC By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1975, ABC added the soap opera Ryan's Hope to its daytime lineup...

2012

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2012 WIMBLEDON TENNIS By David Bianculli

Andy Murray, the Scottish tennis player who has just battled his way to his fourth Wimbledon semifinal, has yet to win this U.K.-hosted event, but always has the home crowd squarely rooting for him. Today, the 4th-seeded Murray, after emerging victoriously from a dramatic match with seventh-seeded David Ferrer, faces No. 5 seed Jo-Wilifried Tsonga of France. Tune in early – and if Murray manages to battle his way to the final, get ready to witness bedlam. Well, not the actual Bedlam &ndash

2012

Jul

DELIVERANCE By David Bianculli

Forty years after it was made, this 1972 John Boorman film remains powerful, potent and, in terms of adventure stories set on and near the water, pretty much unsurpassed – it’d be the perfect double feature with The African Queen. Deliverance stars Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty as suburbanites out for a weekend adventure on a river about to be dammed, and getting a lot more adventure than they imagined. It’s a primal movie, with music, sequences, images an

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