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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Apr
17
RINGER By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Mea culpa. Last week I identified that night’s episode of Ringer as the season finale. Imagine my surprise when I watched it on air and it concluded with promos for next week’s episode. So honest: This is the season finale. I blame last week’s confusion on my evil twin. Get used to him.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
17
RAISING HOPE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: A courtroom episode – a custody battle for Hope – allows this series, like Seinfeld in its final episode, to populate the court with familiar faces from previous episodes. And in this case, some of the faces are not only from previous episodes, but from series creator Greg Garcia’s previous loony sitcom, My Name Is Earl. Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee and Jaime Pressly are all here, again.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
16
EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC: A THEATRICAL LIGHTING DESIGNER SHEDS LIGHT ON NBC'S 'SMASH' By TVWW Guest Contributor
 
 
Theatrical lighting designer Benjamin Ehrenreich takes a look at NBC's "Smash"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
16
FREE HBO!: WATCH 'GIRLS'/'VEEP' ONLINE, ON-DEMAND By Diane Werts
 
 
HBO is making the premiere of "Girls" available to non-subscribers now on various platforms -- and they'll do the same next week for Julia Louis-Dreyfus' new comedy "Veep." Obviously trying to build some buzz...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
16
WHERE THE BOYS ARE By David Bianculli
 
 
A week of "Spring Break" movies starts with this 1960 beach classic, which has college kids descending upon Fort Lauderdale, FL to soak up some rays and seek some fun, adventure, hedonism, even love. This film codified the Spring Break experience - and since I grew up in Lauderdale, I get a particular joy out of watching the vintage scenery and hot spots (the Elbo Room still stands, but, except for the beach, that's about it). The stars of this sandy romp include George Hamilton (the role in whi
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
16
HOUSE By David Bianculli
 
 
On this episode, House (Hugh Laurie) learns that his hooker friend with benefits is getting married. So, to solve the problem of a possible replacement, he holds auditions – at the hospital.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
16
EUREKA By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: The crew that blasted off from Eureka in last year’s cliffhanger season finale return – but for them, it’s five years later, things are odd, and certain people are acting really, truly strange. Which is odd, because some people were acting like that already. But here we go: another slide down the rabbit hole, this time for the final season of this witty, constantly shifting Syfy series.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
16
SMASH By David Bianculli
 
 
Uma Thurman, playing a Hollywood actress brought in to play Marilyn, starts to behave – or misbehave – like a true diva, and complaining about, among other things, the fact that the musical has her breaking into song from time to time. For a review of this series from a theater insider and guest reviewer, read the inaugural entry of our newest TVWW feature, Everybody’s a Critic, in today’s Bianculli’s Blog.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
16
CASTLE By David Bianculli
 
 
Fans of Firefly and Serenity (the Joss Whedon TV series and subsequent movie), take heed. Tonight’s episode features guest star Adam Baldwin, who, before co-starring on Chuck, played futuristic mercenary Jayne on Firefly. Here, he plays a new partner paired with Nathan Fillion’s Castle – and gets to play, again, opposite Fillion, now the star of Firefly.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
15
WHERE THE REAL "GIRLS" ARE By Eric Gould
 
 
The comic timing in Lena Dunham's new HBO series Girlsis less about sticking the landing than flubbing it...The ability to craft those odd dismounts are often the most charming part of this new cringe-comedy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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