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2012
May
30
STANLEY CUP FINALS: KINGS AT DEVILS By David Bianculli
 
 
It's time to drop the puck: The Los Angeles Kings take on the New Jersey Devils in the first game of the 2012 Stanley Cup finals.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
30
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY By David Bianculli
 
 
Considered director Sam Peckinpah's first great film, Ride the High Country stars Joel McCrea as an ex-law man who's hired to transport a shipment of gold, unaware that his old friend, played by Randolph Scott, is planning to double-cross him. The western was Scott's final movie, and also marked the film debut of actress Mariette Hartley.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
30
CINDERELLA MAN By David Bianculli
 
 
Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger star as husband and wife in this Depression-era docudrama about 1930s boxer Jim Braddock. Director Ron Howard takes you way down with Braddock as his fortunes fade, which makes his quest for a second chance that much more emotional. Paul Giamatti plays Braddock's trainer.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
30
THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE By David Bianculli
 
 
In 2003, Showtime produced this adaptation of Tennessee Williams' 1958  novel, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, with Helen Mirren playing the aging actress Karen Stone and Olivier Martinez her young Roman lover and Anne Bancroft and Brian Dennehy co-starring. Some may argue the 1961 adaptation with Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty is the true classic, but don't look to me to cast a stone at this Mrs. Stone...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
30
2011: VH1 INTRODUCES ITS FIRST ONE-HOUR SCRIPTED SERIES By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 2011, cable's VH1 introduced its first hour-long scripted series, Single Ladies, in the form of a two-hour telefilm. The series, executive produced by Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment, starred Stacey Dash, LisaRae McCoy and Charity Shea as three friends with different opinions on relationships...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
29
1999: LEMMON, SCOTT STAR IN SHOWTIME'S 'INHERIT THE WIND' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1999, Showtime premiered its adaptation of the 1955 Jerome Lawrence-Robert E. Lee play, Inherit the Wind. The drama was inspired by the Scopes "monkey trial," in which teacher John Scopes was put on trial for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in Tennessee...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
29
LONGMIRE: CONTEMPORARY WESTERN RIDES HIGH By Eric Gould
 
 
A&E's Longmire is a modern western with six-shooters, cell phones and a complex lead character saddled by a past that still burns fresh...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
29
'DOGS IN THE CITY' DOESN'T HAVE MUCH BITE By Ed Bark
 
 
Dogs In The City is pet-able but also kind of annoying and redundant, says TVWW contributor Ed Bark. Bark's cats, on the other hand, give the new CBS series two paws down...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
29
COUGAR TOWN By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: This could have been the series finale, but when ABC cancelled Cougar Town after four seasons, TBS swept in and picked up the Courteney Cox comedy. On tonight's episode, Cox's character, Jules, weds Grayson (Josh Hopkins). Cox's ex, David Arquette, guest stars as a hotel concierge. Cougar Town begins running on TBS in early 2013.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
29
A SPECIAL EDITION OF 20/20: THE JUBILEE WITH KATIE COURIC By David Bianculli
 
 
ABC gives viewers the royal treatment tonight when it marks the 60-year reign of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with a two-hour installment of 20/20. Helmed by Katie Couric, the special includes interviews with Queen Elizabeth's grandsons, Prince William and Prince Harry, her son, The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, and his daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie. Viewers will also take a tour of Buckingham Palace, and learn about the royal family's day-to-day life.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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