On May 2, 1982, The Weather Channel began its nonstop programming cycle with a bare-bones budget and approach that made C-SPAN look like Donald Trump’s bedroom. You can see an image from the network’s opening seconds at left. To see more moments from throughout the channel’s 30-year history, tune in all day today, and be entertained by the interstitials. All hurricanes, some of the time!

2012

May

GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD By David Bianculli

Part 2 of 2. You can buy this excellent documentary HERE, or read about it on TVWW by clicking HERE (and listening to the Beatles’ rooftop concert as you do so). Or, you can just tune to HBO2 tonight, and catch the conclusion of Martin Scorsese’s excellent biography and appreciation of “the silent Beatle.” Musically, he was anything but.

2012

May

SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS By David Bianculli

Preston Sturges wrote and directed this 1941 comedy, one of the best Hollywood films about Hollywood ever made. Joel McCrae stars as a disillusioned screenwriter who hits the rails in search of truth, and Veronica Lake is the woman who brightens his journey – and then some. Slyly cynical, yet full of heart, and still impressively sharp and smart.

2012

May

MODERN FAMILY By David Bianculli

Jay (Ed O’Neill) is eager to take his family to a school reunion – and since he’s married to Gloria, who’s played by Sofia Vergara, who can blame him?

2012

May

DON'T TRUST THE B---- IN APARTMENT 23 By David Bianculli

In tonight’s episode, Dreama Walker’s June gets invited to a wedding, but the invitation is addressed to both her and her ex-fiance. A pep talk by Krysten Ritter’s Chloe has her attending anyway – and displaying, perhaps, a bit too much pep. Kevin Sorbo guest stars. For a review of this unexpectedly quirky new sitcom, see guest contributor Cecilia Razak's review HERE.

2012

May

DON'T MISS THE B---- IN APT. 23 By TVWW Guest Contributor

Nice guys finish last in ABC's Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23, says TVWW guest contributor Cecilia Razak. And that's just one reason to watch...

2012

May

'FAMILY GUY' RETURNS FROM THE DEAD By David Bianculli

After being cancelled by the Fox network in 2003, the Seth Macfarlane animated series Family Guy returns from the dead - after notching impressive DVD sales - and returns with new episodes, beginning May 1, 2005. First episode of its second, still-current run: "North by North Quahog," in which Peter and Lois attempt a second honeymoon in the hotel room of Mel Gibson.

2012

May

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: "JESSE OWENS" By David Bianculli

This new one-hour biography of Jesse Owens, whose speed mocked Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, is itself presented at a breathtaking, exhilarating pace. Narrated by Andre Braugher, and co-produced by Stanley Nelson (who wrote it) and Laurens Grant (who directed it), Jesse Owens, like its subjects, bursts out of the blocks with no wasted motion – and never slows down. For a full review, see Gerald Jordan’s Crossing Jordan review HERE. C

2012

May

GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD By David Bianculli

The same day this four-hour documentary is released on home video, HBO2 repeats it, showing Part 1 tonight and concluding with Part 2 at the same time tomorrow. To order the DVD, click HERE. And to watch the Beatles’ complete rooftop concert, with links to previous Material World reviews by Eric Gould and me, click HERE.

2012

May

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

This is the elimination night that gets us down to the Final Four. All I’m saying is, Juliet Simms had better be one of them. Even when they make her go on stage dressed as a fallen angel to sing an Aerosmith song, as they did last week (see photo), she takes those two strikes and somehow manages to score a hit. And last night, she channeled James Brown -- and got very good reception. For a report about the British version of this show, now in its first season over there, read new contri

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