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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2008
Apr
2
THIS JUST IN: 2007 PEABODY AWARDS ANNOUNCED, AND IT'S ANOTHER DISCERNING ROSTER By David Bianculli
 
 
The University of Georgia just released its list of the 2007 Peabody Award winners for excellence in broadcasting... and what an amazing, discerning, inspiring list it is. These folks sure know excellence when they see it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Apr
2
NETWORKS MISSING THE VALUE OF RELIABILITY By David Bianculli
 
 
If you're watching broadcast network TV these days, you've been inundated with the various ways they're letting you know their scripted programs are about to come back. NBC plays the theme from "Welcome Back, Kotter." CBS has gone from "All Gnu" to letting you know, like ABC, that you have only a week or two until your favorites will be back!...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Apr
1
BROADCAST NETWORKS BOUNCE BACK FROM STRIKE WITH AMBITIOUS NEW SCRIPTED SERIES... APRIL FOOLS! By David Bianculli
 
 
More scripted shows are trickling back into prime time in their post-strike incarnations -- both "My Name Is Earl" on NBC and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" on CBS return Thursday. But as some shows return, and others are benched until fall or buried forever, what's next? Maybe it's better not to ask...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Mar
31
WE'RE NUMBER 1'S! TOP NCAA SEEDS ADVANCE TO FINAL FOUR By David Bianculli
 
 
Last night's Davidson-Kansas game was a down-to-the-buzzer thriller, and I wish Davidson had won. As it is, though, Kansas' victory means that all four regional #1 seeds made it to the Final Four. That's unprecedented -- and it makes for the prospect of some more terrific television...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Mar
28
IT'S SHOW TIME ON SHOWTIME: "TUDORS" RETURNS, TRACEY ULLMAN DEBUTS By David Bianculli
 
 
Last year was an image-changing year for the Showtime cable network in its battle to emerge from the shadow of HBO. "Dexter," more brilliant than ever. "Californication," audaciously enjoyable. "Meadowlands," quirky and unpredictable. "Weeds," always a delight, with its best guest-star list ever...And, oh yes, "The Tudors"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Mar
27
EXCLUSIVE!: NBC'S "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS" RETURNING FOR SURE By David Bianculli
 
 
Here's an exclusive I'm very pleased to report: NBC's "Friday Night Lights" will, indeed, be returning for a third season, according to series star Kyle Chandler...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Mar
26
HBO'S "IN TREATMENT" HAS BEEN VERY GOOD THERAPY By David Bianculli
 
 
When HBO's "In Treatment" began nine weeks ago, it established its unorthodox dramatic structure instantly: Gabriel Byrne would play a therapist, Paul, who each weekday would take part in a different scheduled session...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Mar
25
GREAT DOCUMENTARIES ARE ALIVE AND WELL -- JUST NOT ON BROADCAST TV By David Bianculli
 
 
PBS offers a fabulous documentary tonight, the conclusion of its thorough two-part "Frontline" examination of "Bush's War." HBO offers a fabulous documentary tonight, too, an inspiring special called "Autism: The Musical"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Mar
24
SIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME: BRITNEY GOES THE SITCOM ROUTE By David Bianculli
 
 
As the first step in her career reclamation attempt, troubled pop star Britney Spears goes the sitcom route. She appears tonight (8:30 p.m. ET) in a guest spot on the CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Mar
21
"AMERICAN IDOL" BEATLES NIGHTS DIDN'T PLEASE PLEASE ME By David Bianculli
 
 
After six seasons, "American Idol" finally got rights to the John Lennon-Paul McCartney catalog and did a theme night, then returned a week later with George Harrison's songs added to the mix as well. Given such an amazingly deep and rich resource, how could the contestants and the show fail? Yet they did. Big time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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