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2012
May
7
BONES By David Bianculli
 
 
The movie adaptation of the new book by Brennan (Emily Deschanel) has made it all the way to the soundstages of Hollywood, where she and Booth (David Boreanaz) visit as consultants – and, before long, have to solve a real murder in the land of make-believe.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
7
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Part 1 of 2. Tonight the four finalists vie for the crown, in the final hours of competition before a winner is crowned on tomorrow’s show. Each of the four competitors, by this point, has his or her ardent admirers. My favorite, by now, is no secret.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
7
HOUSE By David Bianculli
 
 
We’re getting to the end of House – and tonight, House (Hugh Laurie) and Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) take to the road with a three-day mission: to kill time until they learn whether House’s unorthodox cancer treatment has killed Wilson, or saved his life. Meanwhile, there’s a life-or-death issue back at the hospital, and no House in sight.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
7
SMASH By David Bianculli
 
 
Bombshell begins on-stage previews tonight – and behind-the-scenes drama results in a last-second replacement as the curtain opens. Yes, that’s the Marilyn of Bombshell at center stage, in the spotlight at last. But she’s being played by…whom?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
7
WEST SIDE STORY By David Bianculli
 
 
This 1961 movie, shown in the same Eastern time slot as Smash, demonstrates just how dynamic a filmed musical can be. The music, the dancing, the lyrics, the singing (though Natalie Wood’s singing voice is overdubbed), and, in this film, the photography – all of it is cool, boy. Real cool.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
7
ABC AND UNIVISION TO LAUNCH NEW 24-HOUR NETWORK By Ed Bark
 
 
An "uncompromising" current events and lifestyle network aimed at Hispanics - but in English - is set for a 2013 launch, ABC and Univision jointly announced Monday. The 24-hour network, yet to be named, is aimed at tapping the burgeoning U.S. Hispanic population, which currently makes up 16 percent of the country's population and is expected to almost double by 2050, according to an ABC News publicity release. "Our mission is clear," ABC News president Ben Sherwood (pictured at far left w
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
6
2004: 'FRIENDS': THE LAST ONE By Christy Slewinski
 
 
Today in 2004, six friends headed off to their favorite coffee house for one last latte and then, to the tune of Jefferson Airplane's "Embryonic Journey," presumably headed their separate ways. And so ended Friends, one of television's most popular sitcoms...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
6
60 MINUTES By David Bianculli
 
 
We’re getting close enough to the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London, for the media to begin its regular practice of caring deeply about athletes who, for the most part, are otherwise ignored. This new 60 Minutes dives into the pool early – with an Anderson Cooper profile of U.S. super-swimmer Michael Phelps, who talks about his prospects four years after his multiple 2008 triumphs.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
6
ONCE UPON A TIME By David Bianculli
 
 
Finally, it’s come to this: in the fairy tale world, the evil Queen (Lana Parrilla) resorts to the fruits of her labors – and offers an apple to Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin). But what continuing repercussions does that act have on the world of Storybrooke?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
6
IRON MAN By David Bianculli
 
 
With The Avengers in theaters, FX is repeating the 2008 Iron Man movie tonight, the one that introduced Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark, and paved the way for other Marvel Comics-based action movies that would, in turn, lead to the new, protagonist-packed Avengers film. For a clip-filled survey of Marvel’s less than golden age of previous TV and film adaptations, see Bianculli’s Blog HERE.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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