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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2010
Sep
15
9 OUT OF 10 CRITICS AGREE: DON'T WATCH NBC'S "OUTLAW" By David Bianculli
 
 
In what amounts to the first nearly unanimous vote of the 2010 fall season, nine critics here at TV WORTH WATCHING have delivered the same verdict regarding Outlaw, Jimmy Smits' new legal drama on NBC. Pending appeal, the verdict is: Don't bother. But there is ONE dissenting opinion...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
15
'OUTLAW' WORTH GIVING A SECOND CHANCE By Ed Bark
 
 
Outlaw's premise remains preposterous, but now at least merits an asterisk. That's because its second episode is so markedly better than Wednesday night's premiere preview (10 p.m. ET), which follows the high wattage season finale of NBC's America's Got Talent...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
14
FALL TV: HARD TO SPOT THE HITS By Alan Pergament
 
 
If ever there was a good year to stop being a full-time TV critic, this is it...I've watched just about all the pilots for the new fall shows and loved exactly one -- Fox' show about a Texas con artist, Lone Star. When I told this to a former big city critic who also has become a blogger, he responded that he didn't even like Lone Star all that much...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
13
"THE FOUNTAINHEAD": MAN'S RIGHT TO FREE MODERNISM By Eric Gould
 
 
"The Fountainhead", the 1949 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 novel about modern architecture on trial, is televised tonight at 9 ET by TCM. At one time, it was every architecture student's introduction to the profession -- and moral compass, and crack-cocaine equivalent...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
13
FALL TV: WHY IT'S BAD, BUT ALSO WHAT'S GOOD By Theresa Corigliano
 
 
The hour drama pilot I just inserted into my DVD player is beyond terrible. It shouldn't be terrible. There are good actors in it, and the creative team is a TV A-team. But bad things happen to dramas and comedies... How does this happen?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
13
ONE WEEK TO THE REAL FALL PREMIERE WEEK, LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW... By David Bianculli
 
 
Next week will mark the busiest fall TV season opening week in years, with ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox all rolling out an aggressive schedule of season premieres and new shows. But this week, as the countdown to the 2010-11 TV season gets nearer to launch, there's STILL a lot going on...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
13
TUBE NEWS: MORE ADS, LESS SHOW By Diane Werts
 
 
Does it seem like commercial breaks are getting longer? Like the show itself may never "be right back after this message"? You're not imagining things...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
13
THIS WEEK: SEASON FINALES! By Diane Werts
 
 
No, not fresh finales. Last May's finales. But that's okay. Watching them again will refresh your memory for the new seasons starting next week. Prime among them: House and Glee...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
11
HBO'S "TRUE BLOOD": THANKS FOR A BLOODY GREAT SUMMER By David Bianculli
 
 
On the eve of its third-season finale, I come not to bury HBO's True Blood, but to praise it. Good thing, because burying the vamps and vengeful spirits in this wild supernatural series wouldn't have much effect anyway...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
10
WATCH THIS: STAR TREK IS 44 YEARS OLD By Diane Werts
 
 
Wow. Watch the beginnings of Trekkie-dom. I'm posting this video in honor of the show's 44th anniversary. Yep, Star Trek premiered on NBC Sept. 8, 1966...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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