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TVWW ARCHIVE

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2009
Apr
3
THE JAY LENO WARS: HOMETOWN STATION NIXES 10 P.M. QUIP STRIP By Diane Werts
 
 
And it isn't even on the air yet. NBC's Boston affiliate WHDH has said "nuts" to the network's plan to strip Jay Leno into the weeknight 10 p.m. ET hour this fall. They'd rather run their own local news...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Apr
2
THE PEABODYS: AWARDS GO TO 'SNL' ON POLITICS, 'BREAKING BAD,' 'LOST,' 'JOHN ADAMS,' TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES, MORE By Diane Werts
 
 
The Peabody Awards have a long history of recognizing the best in television, whatever and wherever it is -- from pioneer '50s comedy Mister Peepers and early TV opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, to current overachievers like South Park and Battlestar Galactica...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Apr
2
GUEST BLOG #5: ED MARTIN ON CBS DIMMING ITS "GUIDING LIGHT" By Ed Martin
 
 
CBS made history today in a bad way. It cancelled Procter & Gamble Productions' classic soap opera Guiding Light, the longest running scripted franchise in the history of modern media! I have during the last ten years written many times about Guiding Light for Jack Myers Reports and other publications, and whenever possible I used those platforms to remind executives at CBS and P&G that it isn't simply another soap opera -- it's an American institution, and a national treasure at that...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Mar
31
GUEST BLOG #4: ED MARTIN ON FX'S "DAMAGES" SEASON FINALE By Ed Martin
 
 
One of the things I enjoy most about the experience of watching episodic television on its own terms is the feeling of breathless anticipation generated by the run up to a sizzling season finale. This can happen with a reality series...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Mar
30
A FEW MINUTES ABOUT ANDY ROONEY... By David Bianculli
 
 
I adore "60 Minutes." I love that the oldest surviving TV show in prime time is still among the very best. I'm thrilled that it caters to intelligence rather than panders to stupidity. Living up to its name, it's 60 minutes of outstanding television. Well, 55 minutes, anyway...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Mar
30
WATCH ONLINE: MARCH MADNESS CONTINUES By Diane Werts
 
 
Don't forget that CBSSports.com has free streams of March Madness on Demand, offering live game action online until the NCAA men's basketball championship is decided April 6...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Mar
29
WATCH THIS: 'FAMILY GUY' TAKES A TREK By Diane Werts
 
 
C'mon, you know you've been eagerly awaiting the day when Stewie and Brian would meet Data and Worf. And now that day is here...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Mar
29
FLICK PICKS: ALL-DAY '50S FLASHBACK By Diane Werts
 
 
Have fun (and fears) in the '50s all day this Tuesday as Turner Classic Movies salutes a pivotal decade. TCM's time trip collects everything from a surreal lesbian western smackdown (Johnny Guitar) to a gritty drama of media manipulation (Sweet Smell of Success)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Mar
26
28 YEARS OF NBC THURSDAY DRAMA EXCELLENCE -- GREAT STREAK, BUT IT'S ALMOST OVER By David Bianculli
 
 
I love the way NBC's "ER" is winding down. Rather than wait for next week's two-hour finale to serve its veteran and current characters, the series has been doing it every week, with moments that are touching, revealing, surprising and eminently satisfying. Shane West, as Dr. Ray Barnett, made a surprise appearance to cap last week's show with a perfect grace note...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Mar
24
GUEST BLOG #3: YET ANOTHER NEW TVWW CONTRIBUTOR -- TOM BRINKMOELLER By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
[No kidding: This place, all of a sudden, is starting to turn into a Dream Team of TV critics. First Diane Werts, then Bill Brioux, then our newest veteran recruits, PJ Bednarski and Ed Martin. More are on the way, and here comes one now: former TV critic Tom Brinkmoeller, of The Cincinnati Enquirer and elsewhere.]
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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