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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
May
22
GLEE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: This show has had some ups and downs of late, but tonight’s episode definitely qualifies as TV Worth Watching for anyone who’s followed the series for the past three seasons. It’s graduation day at McKinley High, and viewers will learn more about the new directions the senior members of New Directions are taking now that their high school years are complete. Tonight’s show also features a guest appearance by Gloria Estefan, playing Santana’s mom, Ma
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
22
THE L.A. COMPLEX By David Bianculli
 
 
The L.A. Complex isn’t generally on the TVWW radar, but we’re watching because one of our own, correspondent Bill Brioux, makes an appearance in tonight’s episode, playing a doctor in the show's show-within-a-show. Brioux writes about his star turn HERE, and even speculates that it was his participation in tonight’s episode that caused The CW to drop the series from its schedule. I beg to differ. Since when do TV critics make or break a show?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
22
DIRTY HARRY By David Bianculli
 
 
This 1971 film starring Clint Eastwood is arguably one of the most iconic cop movies ever made, featuring one of the most famous movie characters of all time. So, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do you want to watch it tonight? Well do ya, punk?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
22
CIVILIZATION: THE WEST AND THE REST WITH NIALL FERGUSON By David Bianculli
 
 
PART 1 of 2: British historian Niall Ferguson travels to 11 countries to explore the six characteristics he says the West possessed to become an economic and political superpower, and questions whether Eastern civilizations are now poised to eclipse the West.  The two-part series – based on Ferguson’s book, Civilization: The West and the Rest – concludes next Tuesday. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
22
AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE, PART 1 of 2: Phillip Phillips or Jessica Sanchez? They sing, you vote, and tomorrow, the season 11 American Idol will be crowned.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
22
1992: JOHNNY CARSON SAYS GOODBYE AS 'TONIGHT SHOW' HOST By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1992, Johnny Carson made his final appearance as host of The Tonight Show, and bid his audience a very heartfelt good night. Carson's final week was filled with memorable moments...Taped before an invitation-only audience, episode 4,531 was a retrospective that offered clips from Johnny's 30-year reign as the king of late night...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
22
HIT THE ROAD WITH THE 'ROUTE 66' DVD COLLECTION By Ed Bark
 
 
During times when backlot filming provided cover for wide varieties of names and locations, Route 66 hit 40 different states for its 116 episodes — all of which can be seen on a new, 24-disc DVD collection...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
22
A FINAL RECAP OF THE 2012 NETWORK UPFRONTS By Ed Martin
 
 
When it comes to generating excitement for the networks' upcoming fall and midseason schedules, there is nothing quite like the annual upfront week in New York City. TVWW contributor Ed Martin recaps the action...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
22
THE CIVIL WAR: A FILM BY KEN BURNS By David Bianculli
 
 
It's Memorial Day upcoming this weekend — the holiday enacted to honor American War veterans after The Civil War. So there really is no better time to revisit Ken Burn's The Civil War, the landmark 1990 documentary miniseries that put him and his company on the map (on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line...)
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
21
HOUSE By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES FINALE:  Tonight’s final episode of House is called “Everybody Dies,” and during a visit to the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday, star Hugh Laurie dodged social media speculation that his character would die in the series finale. “Speculation is good. Uncertainty is good,” he teased. But there is an interesting exchange in tonight’s episode that qualifies as an “Extra,” or televised inside joke, between Dr. Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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