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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2010
Jun
10
LOTS GOING ON: NEW TVWW TV-TO-MOVIE CONTEST, NEW LATE-NIGHT "FEUD" WITH FALLON AND FERGUSON, AND LIVELY NEW COMIC SHOWCASE ON SHOWTIME By David Bianculli
 
 
There's so much going on, I'm going to try and catch up in one big burst. Today's column will cover a) the latest TV WORTH WATCHING TV-to-Movie contest; b) the latest late-night "war"; and c) a delightful new talk show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
9
IT'S TRUE LOVE, WELCOMING BACK HBO'S "TRUE BLOOD" By David Bianculli
 
 
The third season of HBO's True Blood begins Sunday (9 p.m. ET), picking up right where last year's season ended -- and man, is it a joy to have back...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
8
DVD UPDATE: 'A-TEAM,' 'FAMILY MATTERS,' 'GOLD MONKEY' AND MORE By Diane Werts
 
 
Time really does make the heart grow fonder for vintage TV. Shows originally loathed by the critics and cool kids can morph into "classics" after decades of reruns and memories nurtured by those who grew up with them...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
8
TRIBUTE: DENNIS HOPPER ON TCM TUESDAY NIGHT By Diane Werts
 
 
Dennis Hopper is remembered tonight on Turner Classic Movies with a five-film salute covering the earlier years of his half-century acting career. No Apocalypse Now or Blue Velvet here, no Speed or Colors, but a good selection of youthful supporting roles, lead turns and the directing debut of the Hollywood iconoclast who died May 29...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
7
NEWS FLASH: 'TORCHWOOD' TO STARZ By Diane Werts
 
 

Torchwood lives! And not in the Americanized form that Fox was considering, either. The juicy scifi-sex-comedy-drama-adventure sensation is returning in its original format seen here on BBC America -- but it's moving to Starz, which is eager to make noise in premium cable...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
4
FLICK PICKS: NATALIE WOOD, 'KARATE KID,' JACQUES COUSTEAU, 'JAWS' By Diane Werts
 
 
Natalie Wood is June's Star of the Month at Turner Classic Movies, honored with 25 films unreeling Monday nights starting this week...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
4
TRIBUTE: RUE MCCLANAHAN GETS SORDID By Diane Werts
 
 
Let everybody else watch those Golden Girls marathons. We'll pay tribute to Rue McClanahan after her Thursday death by savoring the actress' most recent, and most raucous, series work. Sordid Lives runs in marathon form on LOGO Sunday night 8 p.m.-2 a.m. ET -- all 12 episodes of the trailer park trashcom in which McClanahan plays matriarch to a screwy crew of drunks, pill poppers, closet gays, amputees, and male Tammy Wynette wannabes...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
4
GUEST BLOG #96: ERIC GOULD EMBRACES CHELSEA HANDLER... AND WHO CAN BLAME HIM? By Eric Gould
 
 
One night a few months back, I got lucky and found Chelsea Lately, Chelsea Handler's weeknight talk show at 11 ET on the E! network. It took just a minute to get hooked by her jaded, world-weary, no-time-for-it-all shtick that was high on smarts, and extremely low on patience...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
2
GUEST BLOG #95: TOM BRINKMOELLER THINKS "OLD CHRISTINE" DESERVED MORE RESPECT By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
[Bianculli here: First CBS denied "The New Adventures of Old Christine" a spot on its upcoming fall schedule, then yanked it Wednesday night for a special-night rerun of "How I Met Your Mother." Contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller thinks Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and her very funny sitcom (that's my verdict, too), got a raw deal...]
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
1
TVWW MOVIE CONTEST RESULTS: MACGRUBER BOMBED BIGGER THAN ANYONE EXPECTED By David Bianculli
 
 
The results are in for the latest TV WORTH WATCHING guess-the-opening-weekend grosses of movies based on TV. I'll reveal the winner(s) in a moment, but man, the clear loser is MacGruber. The latest Saturday Night Live spinoff managed to scrape up only $4.1 million of ticket sales its opening weekend...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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