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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2008
Sep
10
THE "HOLE" TRUTH ABOUT FOX'S "HOLE IN THE WALL" By David Bianculli
 
 
Last night Fox presents "Fringe" with very limited commercial interruptions -- class upon class. Then, the second that fine new series is over, Fox presents a sneak preview of "Hole in the Wall," based on the Japanese game show about people trying to squeeze themselves through cutout shapes in giant walls sliding towards them...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
10
HOT SPOT: FEWER COMMERCIALS! BRILLIANT! By Diane Werts
 
 
So how fast did Fringe fly by? Know why? Judging by Tuesday night's premiere, it's not the show itself, whether you love it (I'm nuts for twitchy star Anna Torv) or don't (all that pseudo-science can get tiresome)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
9
AMONG THE NEW BROADCAST SERIES WE'VE SEEN, FOX'S "FRINGE" IS THE BEST By David Bianculli
 
 
Right from the start, two things are wonderful about Fox's new drama series "Fringe." It's the best new broadcast series among the fall shows we've seen (though many have not been provided for preview) -- and Fox also deserves credit for the manner in which Fringe is being broadcast...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
8
TV SEASON IS ROLLING OUT NEW STUFF -- AND SO ARE WE By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week, CW finally unveiled "90210." (Yawn.) Last night, HBO premiered "True Blood" (cool). Tomorrow night, Fox presents the first episode of "Fringe" (exciting). After a summer enlivened mostly by politics and the Olympics, things finally are starting to pop. And here at TV WORTH WATCHING, we're trying to keep pace...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
8
WEIRD & WILD: CAPTAIN JACK, PRE-'TORCHWOOD' By Diane Werts
 
 
While Torchwood fans wait for in-production Season 3 to premiere on BBC America, we can time-trip back to the introduction of John Barrowman's hot ambisexual hero, Captain Jack Harkness...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
5
COAGULATIONS! HBO BOUNCES BACK WITH "TRUE BLOOD" By David Bianculli
 
 
One thing HBO needs is another "Sopranos," a show that can drive the national conversation and define the network as first among quality-TV equals. "True Blood," which premieres Sunday, isn't that show. Not quite, or at least not yet...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
4
REPUBLICANS GET MESSAGE ACROSS UNFILTERED By David Bianculli
 
 
Last night the Republicans made history, and not just by nominating the first woman to be part of their presidential ticket. They made history by being the first party at either of the 2008 conventions -- and, if my memory serves, the first party at any presidential convention ever -- to get across its prime-time message totally unfiltered on commercial broadcast TV...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
3
PALIN TAKES STAGE, "DAILY SHOW" TAKES AIM, "90210" TAKES OFF (BARELY) By David Bianculli
 
 
There's a lot to cover today: How the networks covered last night's convention, and what to expect tonight. How good "The Daily Show" is doing at these conventions. And how the two-hour premiere of CW's "90210," not available for preview, measured up last night. So let's get right to it, in order...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
3
FLICK PICKS: POLITICS, HOLLYWOOD STYLE By Diane Werts
 
 
With this year's presidential race shaping up fact to be wilder than fiction, perhaps the scripted stuff offers more true insight than reality can...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
2
GUSTAV STORMS GULF COAST, TV NEWS NETWORKS STORM STORM By David Bianculli
 
 
Brian Williams, returning to the site of his impressive Katrina reporting from three years ago, climbed atop one of the precarious levees separating New Orleans from another devastating flood. Determined and defiant, he was like Jack Nicholson at the end of "A Few Good Men." You want him on that wall. You NEED him on that wall...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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