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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2008
Jul
20
TCA AWARDS PRESENTATION: THE MAKERS AND WATCHERS OF QUALITY TV SHARE THE LOVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, the 24th Annual Television Critics Association awards were handed out in a memorable, enjoyable ceremony that isn't televised -- and is all the better, and rowdier, for it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
18
"DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES" TIME-JUMP INSPIRED BY "LOST" FLASH-FORWARD By David Bianculli
 
 
Of all the news emanating from the Television Critics Association press tour after the Emmy nominations were announced and dissected, the nugget I found most interesting came from "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry, who admitted he got the idea for last May's season cliffhanger by watching another ABC show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
17
EMMY NOMINATIONS ARE OUT, "MAD MEN" IS IN, AND "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS" WAS ROBBED By David Bianculli
 
 
Nominations for the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and the verdicts are clear. AMC is latest cable-network darling to catch the eye of the voters, with "Mad Men" getting more than twice as many nominations as any other drama series, and with "Breaking Bad" being noticed, too...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
16
UPDATE: EVIL TRIUMPHS, "DR. HORRIBLE" BACK UP AND RUNNING By David Bianculli
 
 
Yesterday I raved about Joss Whedon's new online musical serial comedy, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," and urged people to check it out. Boy, am I influential. An hour later, because of a flood of interest overwhelming the site's servers, the website crashed...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
15
JOSS WHEDON'S "DR. HORRIBLE" IS JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED By David Bianculli
 
 
After a day devoted to Fox -- where we saw what's likely to be the best new show for fall from the broadcast networks (Fringe), sat through a surprisingly civil Fox News press conference (featuring Karl Rove) and tried to pry plot points out of largely reluctant representatives for "24" and "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" -- an entertaining jolt arrived from outside the TV press tour umbrella...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
15
TCA PRESS TOUR: 'THE SHIELD' FINALE ROCKS THE HOUSE; 'SONS OF ANARCHY' PLAYS THE ENCORE By Diane Werts
 
 
FX' newest drama is called Sons of Anarchy, but it might as well be called Son of The Shield. And if you look at the entirety of TV today, you're seeing Sons of The Shield...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
14
"FRINGE" IS FABULOUS: J. J. ABRAMS AND COMPANY DO IT AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR FOX By David Bianculli
 
 
"Fringe," the new paranormal Fox drama series from J.J. Abrams and company, finally was screened for TV critics, long after an incomplete rough cut surfaced on the Internet. After seeing the finished pilot and interviewing the show's creators and cast, I can report the good news that Fringe is off to a fabulous start, and seems to know precisely where it's headed. The bad news? There is no bad news...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
14
REOPENING "THE CLOSER," TRYING TO SAVE "GRACE," DIVING INTO TCA PRESS TOUR By David Bianculli
 
 
Before lunch in Los Angeles today, Fox is holding a press conference tied to the most anticipated series of the fall: "Fringe," the new series co-created by J.J. Abrams of "Lost." So check back around 3 p.m. ET, and I'll provide breaking coverage of what I expect will be the biggest hit of the opening half of the 2008-09 TV season.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
12
TCA: DENNIS HOPPER GOES 'CRASH' By Diane Werts
 
 
Here's how to make people pay attention to your ho-hum cable channel: Give them quality programming. FX did it with The Shield. TNT did it with The Closer. Now Starz has a series inspired by 2005's Oscar-winning best picture Crash...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
11
TCA PRESS TOUR: HBO'S 'TRUE BLOOD' By Diane Werts
 
 
So now we've had our first true network presentation here at this summer's Television Critics Association press tour. Oh, wait -- the presenter was HBO..
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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