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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2015
Nov
26
ALICE'S RESTAURANT 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT By David Bianculli
 
 
Away from college for the Thanksgiving holiday, Arlo Guthrie stayed at a friend’s house in Great Barrington, MA, in an old church turned into a very welcoming family home. That was in November 1965 – 50 years ago today. After trying to help out by taking a load of garbage to the local dump, Arlo ended up arrested for littering, a crime which, much later, resurfaced when he was contacted by his local draft board. He wrote a famously rambling song about his misadventures, released as t
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
26
BROADWAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE By David Bianculli
 
 
Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison headline this theatrical symposium for high schoolers, held at the White House.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
26
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: "THE PILGRIMS" By David Bianculli
 
 
I recommended this when it premiered Tuesday – and it’s even more appropriate to recommend today. Not only is it Thanksgiving, but now we have a full review of this latest Ric Burns documentary: for more, see David Sicilia’s TV Moneyland. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
26
TURKEY DAY GOES TO THE DOGS By David Hinckley
 
 
Let’s make this simple. It’s time to join 25 million other Americans and add cute dogs to your Thanksgiving Day TV menu. The National Dog Show airs on NBC, right after the Macy’s parade and it’s the perfect appetizer before our long national overdose of turkey and football...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
25
BEING 'INSIDE EINSTEIN'S MIND' IS MIND-BENDING AND... DOWNRIGHT WEIRD By David Sicilia
 
 
The Nova documentary patiently sketches the emerging contours of the genius’s special and general theories, then follows the careers of those ideas beyond his death...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
25
THE MAKING OF THE WIZ LIVE! By David Bianculli
 
 
On Dec. 3, NBC will mount television’s latest live musical broadcast: a TV version of The Wiz, starring young newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy, as well as Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier, Uzo Aduba and others. In this promotional special, NBC gives viewers a look behind the scenes, of a production that will arrive, ready or not, in less than two weeks.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
25
PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES By David Bianculli
 
 
This 1987 movie is perfectly suited for a Thanksgiving Eve telecast, because it’s all about a man (Steve Martin) desperately trying to get home to his family in time for Thanksgiving. John Candy plays his often unwelcome traveling companion, and they make for a delightful comedy duo.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
25
RATATOUILLE By David Bianculli
 
 
Before the Pizza Rat became an Internet sensation, Remy the chef rat was a big hit with kids, and adults, as the star of this 2007 animated Pixar film. With the family gathered for the holiday, it’s a wonderful viewing choice for the entire family – especially for foodies.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
25
EMPIRE By David Bianculli
 
 
Alicia Keys begins a multi-episode guest stint tonight, playing popular singer Skye Summers, in an episode that also features Rosie O’Donnell and returning guest star Vivica A. Fox.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
25
NOVA: "INSIDE EINSTEIN'S MIND" By David Bianculli
 
 
Everything is relative, even relativity, but centenary anniversaries don’t get much more precise than this. It was 100 years ago today – on Nov. 25, 1915 – that Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity. This new Nova gets inside Einstein’s mind, or tries to, to ask the simple yet very complex question: What was he thinking? For a full review, see David Sicilia's TV Moneyland. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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