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2011
Aug
15
 
 
Intelligent, suspenseful and stylish through and through, The Hour has just one shortcoming. BBC America didn't send enough episodes. Four of the six were made available for review and devoured in one sitting. So the central mysteries of this mid-1950s period piece are still very much at large for everyone except those who watched "The Hour" during its earlier United Kingdom airing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Aug
14
 
 
It's a song from MGM's blockbuster "talkie" musical The Hollywood Revue of 1929, designed to showcase all their silent-era stars as they made the scary transition to sound. The studio's chameleon "Man of a Thousand Faces" wasn't actually in that movie, though. Instead, a chorus sang about Lon Chaney surprising them in the form of a spider or a monster because, really, who knew what this master of makeup and body manipulation might look like next?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Aug
14
 
 
The Emmy nominations are out, and AMC's Rubicon, the one-season wonder (or blunder, depending on your point of view) got only one nomination -- for title design. It's a small, but important, nod for this cancelled little show that went way outside the lines of conventional TV storytelling. And maybe it's a fitting tribute to one of its best parts -- its tantalizing, cryptic art direction. It's also an excuse for us to look closely, and appreciatively, at one of TV's most creative elements of all: the opening credits of quality series...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Aug
14
 
 
Cleveland Plain DealerTV critic Mark Dawidziak is a veteran writer I fully intend to add to this site the day his newspaper is stupid enough to let him go. I don't see that happening soon, unfortunately (for me, not him) -- so in the meantime, I'll settle for providing links to stories in which he quotes me, as a TV historian and Rowan University professor...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Aug
11
 
 
Back from press tour, clearing out my notebooks as well as my suitcase -- and happy to share leftover quotes and anecdotes regarding some of the (few) bright spots in this year's fall TV season. Keep reading if you're intrigued by any of the above: TV history, funny comedy, scary horror, intense drama, and television's answer to Nostradamus...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Aug
11
 
 
George Lopez played the good soldier. Now he's paying the price. TBS abruptly canceled the veteran comic's Lopez Tonight Wednesday, with his final fresh hour airing Thursday. In a statement, the network said it had "reached the difficult decision not to order a third season" of the show, which premiered on Nov. 9, 2009 at 11 p.m. ET before the arrival of Conan O'Brien's Conan pushed Lopez back to midnight ET last November....
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Aug
10
 
 
TV critics and bloggers across the nation just gathered at the semi-annual Television Critics Association tour looking for the next great thing. I've watched several already and imagine that one of the series bound to get the most attention is CBS' new drama "Person of Interest" -- There are plenty of reasons for it to get extra buzz...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Aug
8
 
 
tca-top-ten-josh-groban.jpg Press tour is winding down, but some of our TVWW contributors are still wound up about everything the networks have said and done at their 2011 fall-season presenations. So we'd like to point you to links where you can find coverage from our ace Eds -- Ed Bark and Ed Martin. All of our TVWW contributors will have more to say as the broadcast and cable networks move forward with their just-touted plans...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Aug
7
 
 
Who doesn't love a lovefest? And that's what the annual TCA Awards are. Members of the Television Critics Association invite folks from the shows we've named outstanding, and every year, those folks accept their awards by turning the tables and giving us praise...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Aug
7
 
 
I was a no-show at Saturday night's Television Critics Association Awards in Los Angeles, but I have the best of all possible excuses: I was further down the California coast, hosting the rehearsal dinner for my son Mark's Sunday wedding to Jessica Kozzi. But the TCA sent out news of the winners, which I'm glad to relay. Especially because it gets me out to the wedding festivities more quickly...