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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2014
Apr
4
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
Among tonight’s scheduled guests: MSNBC host Alex Wagner and hip-hop artist Nas (pictured).
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
4
DAVID LETTERMAN: WHY IS HE LEAVING NOW? MY THEORY... By David Bianculli
 
 

On Thursday’s Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, its veteran host announced plans to retire in 2015. He gave his reasons, but I suspect one or two others…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
3
NO FOOLING: CRAIG FERGUSON, DREW CAREY PULL APRIL 1 SWITCHEROO By Bill Brioux
 
 
Now that's how to pull off an April Fool's joke. On Tuesday, in the wee hours on The Late Late Show and later that morning on The Price is Right, the hosts of those two CBS shows -- Craig Ferguson and Drew Carey -- switched places...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
3
THE BIG BANG THEORY By David Bianculli
 
 
In tonight’s new episode, Raj (Kunal Nayyar) finds he has to decide between two different women – but Sheldon (Jim Parsons) has an even tougher choice confronting him. With Amy (Mayim Bialik) in tow, he has to choose between two different entertainment systems.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
3
PARKS AND RECREATION By David Bianculli
 
 
In order to “save” a local high school prom, the Parks & Rec gang swoops in to attend, and add an unexpected influx of support… and what may or may not be described as glamour.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
3
HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT By David Bianculli
 
 
Another new episode of Hollywood Game Night, this one features, among others, Jenna Elfman, Donald Faison (pictured), Ellie Kemper and Molly Shannon – funny folks all.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
3
PARENTHOOD By David Bianculli
 
 
The sands keep shifting underneath the couples on this show. Just when it looked as though Sarah (Lauren Graham) might get back together with resurfaced ex-boyfriend Mark (Jason Ritter), he announced his engagement… to someone else. Just when it appeared Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) might sell the house, maybe he won’t. And just when it seemed Julia (Erika Christensen) and Joel (Sam Jaeger) might gravitate back together, she pursues her interest with another man. Things change week to wee
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
3
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER By David Bianculli
 
 
The newest movie from the Marvel universe, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, opens in theaters tomorrow. Tonight, do your homework, and catch up on 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, which provides the origin story of a superhero who’s not so much super as merely… enhanced. Chris Evans stars.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
3
WHAT DO HBO'S SUNDAY SERIES HAVE IN COMMON? BLIND AMBITION By David Bianculli
 
 

On Sunday, HBO brings back Game of Thrones and Veep and unveils its newest series, Silicon Valley. In addition to the same night of TV, they have something else in common...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
2
GOOD NIGHT, JOHN-BOY; HELLO, TELEVISION By Ed Martin
 
 
I remember a period spanning many years when The Waltons and its characters were part of the national conversation. They were household names; their routine "good nights" to each other at the end of every episode were mimicked by adults and kids alike...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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