Included and examined, in today's column, are all of four-and-a-half minutes of TV Worth Watching -- if not for the cultural temperature they take, but also for the mishmosh of mixed metaphors, missed metaphors, and random inanities they deliver...

2010

Jul

NEWEST EMMY NOMINATIONS: LOTS OF PAST OVERSIGHTS CORRECTED! By David Bianculli

The nominations for the 2009 Emmy Awards, announced early Thursday morning, offered a few surprises, many of them pleasant -- including an in-your-face nomination for Conan O'Brien's version of NBC's "Tonight Show", while Jay Leno's version, also eligible, was snubbed in the variety category...

2010

Jul

GUEST BLOG #102: TVWW GANG WEIGHS IN ON EMMY NOMINATION WISHES: WHO SHOULD GET NOTICED... By David Bianculli

With the Emmy nominations coming Thursday morning, I asked our TV WORTH WATCHING contributors to weigh in on the subject. And boy, did they, with a passion that explains why we all spend so much time watching, and writing about, television...

2010

Jul

FLICK PICKS: REVOLUTIONARY DIRECTORS, AND MORE By Diane Werts

July's hottest movie event comes from an unlikely source -- the up-and-coming Ovation channel. As it's being launched on more cable systems around the country, Ovation has been heating things up with special festivals saluting great photographers, gay portrayals, and other arts/culture/design topics...

2010

Jul

THIS MONTH: JULY TV HIGHLIGHTS By Diane Werts

Our planned summer preview was sidetracked by work on our TV Worth Watching site redesign. But we'd like to play at least partial catch-up by highlighting a few key July dates when popular series return, new shows debut, and special events take place...

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