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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Jun
6
ADAM RICHMAN'S BEST SANDWICH IN AMERICA By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Beginning with a double feature – or, in this case, a double decker – this new Richman series has him working his way through his own personal favorites, and some imaginative sandwiches recommended by celebrity (and not necessarily culinary) buddies, to determine the country’s best sandwich. Do not watch on an empty stomach – or with a severely restricted diet. (Sigh.)
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
6
NECESSARY ROUGHNESS By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: This series, thus far, has not made the most of its star, Callie Thorne, who should be starring in one of the best TV series around – as she did for years on Rescue Me. This is not such a series, but here she is regardless, appearing, once again as sports therapist Dr. Dani.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
6
1998: HBO PREMIERES 'SEX AND THE CITY' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1988, HBO premiered Sex and the City. The half-hour comedy starred Sarah Jessica Parker as a columnist who chronicled her single lifestyle and dating experiences — and those of her friends — in a New York newspaper...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
5
INTERESTING CHARACTERS OCCUPY TNT'S 'AMPERSAND TUESDAYS' By Ed Bark
 
 
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles are Boston-based murder mystery solvers while Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are fun-loving L.A. lawyer dudes. You could do worse than while away a summer night with them...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
5
REMEMBERING RICHARD DAWSON By Bill Brioux
 
 
Richard Dawson's "survey says" became an instant catch phrase, and his habit of kissing every single female player on the show was part of Family Feud's corny charm...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
5
'BORGEN' REDUX By Akass & McCabe
 
 
Why are we revisiting Borgen, the Danish political drama our newest contributor, Janet McCabe, reviewed back in April? Because for a VERY short time you can see all of Season 1 online and get in step with the new Season 2 episodes...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
5
'FAST N' LOUD' PUTS NEW VROOOOOM INTO JUNKED VINTAGE AUTOS By Ed Bark
 
 
Buy cheap, restore quickly, sell at a handsome profit and repeat, is the premise of Fast N' Loud, Discovery Channel's new reality show about junked out autos...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
5
THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW: THE COMPLETE SERIES By David Bianculli
 
 
This 1961-66 CBS sitcom was so far ahead of its time, it seems smartly sophisticated even today. Carl Reiner envisioned a dual-setting sitcom about his own life, with days as a writer on a comedy variety TV show and evenings and weekends as a loving family man in suburban New York. The network accepted the premise, but not until...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
5
RETURNING SUMMER SHOWS: SUITS By Eric Gould
 
 
TVWW's Diane Werts is previewing the returning summer shows, and among the first to premiere is Suits, one of the smarter of USA's quip-tastic dramedies, starting Thursday, June 14 at 10 p.m. ET. It features winning banter between Gabriel Macht as high-powered, dressed-to-win corporate attorney Harvey Specter, and Patrick J. Adams as Mike Ross, a junior player with a photographic memory and a secret to hide...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
5
1954: LAST TELECAST OF NBC'S 'YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 1954 marked the last telecast of the NBC variety show, Your Show of Shows. The live, weekly, 90-minute show was filled with comedy sketches and musical and dance performances. The show had weekly guest stars and a slate of regulars, but its breakout stars were Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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