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Contributors Archive
 
 
2008
Jul
9
AFTRA VOTES TO SETTLE, FELLOW UNION'S HOPES SAG By David Bianculli
 
 
The biggest news coming out of Hollywood right now isn't coming from the press tour, but from the union halls. The American Federation of TV and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has announced that more than 60 percent of its 70,000 members voted last night to accept the proposed three-year deal, and thus avoid a strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
9
TCA PRESS TOUR: ALL TV, ALL THE TIME By Diane Werts
 
 
One minute, you're hearing from the sublime cast and creator of AMC's deliciously smart drama Mad Men. The next -- literally -- it's Dave Attell talking about his remake of the hallucinatory '70s fave The Gong Show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
8
MINISODES, MINI-SEASONS AND MINI-PRESS TOURS By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, the FX series "Rescue Me" presents the latest self-described minisode, featuring star Denis Leary and company in a short stand-alone segment. How short? The closing credits run at 10:05...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
7
TCM STAYS TRUE TO ITS IDENTITY -- A CABLE RARITY THESE DAYS By David Bianculli
 
 
True story: A decade ago, I was in Diana Rigg's New York hotel room, concluding an interview with her regarding her hosting and acting chores on the PBS "Mystery!" series, when she said she wanted to show me something, and ushered me into her bedroom. (Sigh...)
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
7
WEIRD & WILD: 'CAR TALK' CARTOON? By Diane Werts
 
 
How much do we love NPR's Car Talk? We wish that public radio's weekly advice/amusement hour had its own channel, 24/7, so we could listen to Tom and Ray Magliozzi chortle whenever we need a laugh, too...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
5
HOT SPOT: 'BIG LOVE' IS BACK By Diane Werts
 
 
Now there's something to watch on Saturday nights through the summer. HBO is re-airing all of Big Love, starting with the polygamy drama-comedy hour's 2006 pilot (Saturday, July 5 at 8 p.m. ET, HBO2)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
4
LINDA ELLERBEE, AS ALWAYS, TREATS KIDS LIKE ADULTS By David Bianculli
 
 
Looking for family specials keyed to the 4th of July weekend? One of the best is the latest "Nick News with Linda Ellerbee" special on Nickelodeon (9 p.m. ET Sunday), titled Coming Home: When Parents Return from War. It explains a lot. It speaks clearly and cleverly. It never condescends...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
3
WHAT'S RIGHT WITH THIS PICTURE? By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, ABC presents the second installment of its excellent documentary series "Hopkins," NBC presents the latest installment in its creepy suspense anthology series "Fear Itself," and CBS presents another new episode of its period drama series, "Swingtown"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
1
IF YOU DON'T DIVE INTO "MAD MEN" DVD, YOU'RE CRAZY By David Bianculli
 
 
Lionsgate's first-season DVD set of "Mad Men," AMC's first, fabulous weekly drama series, comes out today -- and if there's one thing that will make this long, hot summer of TV doldrums more tolerable, this is it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jul
1
FLICK PICKS: BIG BAND MOVIES ON TCM By Diane Werts
 
 
Well, beat me daddy, eight to the bar -- Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Artie Shaw, Kay Kyser and Cab Calloway [pictured at left] are just a few of the varied big band leaders being showcased on Wednesday nights throughout July by Turner Classic Movies...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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