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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2009
Jan
9
JACK'S BACK ON FOX'S "24," ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY -- BUT UNAPOLOGETIC By David Bianculli
 
 
It's that time of year -- time for the Fox network to relaunch its two most important mid-season weapons. "American Idol" returns Tuesday, and "24" returns Sunday. Both are coming back in slightly retooled, but still recognizable, models for 2009...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jan
7
PACKING AWAY THE HOLIDAY ORNAMENTS, AND SAYING THANKS... By David Bianculli
 
 
Overdue, but done: The TV WORTH WATCHING Holiday Shopping Guides and TV listings are retired from the site, packed away. No more little Nippers with Santa hats. Nothing left to do but say thanks...So, thanks...to Eric Gould for the special holiday designs -- and for surviving a holiday meal of grisly bear...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jan
7
MAXIMIZE YOUR "DAMAGES": INTENSE FX LEGAL DRAMA IS BACK By David Bianculli
 
 
Now that we know what tricks FX's "Damages" is capable of pulling -- time shifts, loyalty shifts, stunning plot relevations, character assassinations in both the figurative and literal sense -- is there any way for a second season to live up to the first?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jan
7
FLICK PICKS: JACK LEMMON ON TCM By Diane Werts
 
 
Let other people be Movie Stars. Jack Lemmon was America's Everyman. A manic modern husband. A mousy Navy ensign. An eager-beaver young executive used by his wily old boss...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jan
6
FLICK PICKS: JEAN HARLOW, NO DUMB BLONDE By Diane Werts
 
 
January 6, 2009 10:09 AM She even reads books! That's the punchline of the first of five fun films starring Jean Harlow, Dinner at Eight (Saturday at 8 p.m., Turner Classic Movies). The night's TCM mini-festival spotlights the brassy blonde's sex appeal and comedic spark as well as her dramatic chops (or lack thereof), in early films from 1931-33. Dinner at Eightis a sleek MGM all-star affair, where a 1933 high society dinner party attracts not only Harlow (in a gown so tight, the actress lite
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jan
6
WEIRD & WILD: SPOCK/KIRK & ELVIS & CES -- OH, MY! By Diane Werts
 
 
Let Bianculli cover the network biggies. I prefer sifting through the more obscure sands of cable/satellite to find peculiar jewels among the junk. Like a new Shatner's Raw Nerve where the BIO host pokes away at old Trek second Leonard Nimoy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jan
5
SO WHAT TV IS WORTH WATCHING IN 2009? TRY THESE, FOR STARTERS... By David Bianculli
 
 
We're six days into the New Year, and finally have our first quality new show of 2009. Of course, it's only new to ABC, because it used to be on NBC, but "Scrubs" is back tonight with a fresh pair of episodes (9 p.m. ET), and that's excellent news about an excellent sitcom.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jan
5
DEEPER INTO THE TV WORTH WATCHING READERS' POLL -- YOUR QUESTIONS, YOUR OTHER FAVORITES By David Bianculli
 
 
Some readers, checking out the results of and replies to the TV WORTH WATCHING Readers' Poll, asked some follow-up questions. What other shows placed highly in the poll? What shows drew more or less support than expected. Good questions. Here are the answers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jan
1
TV WORTH WATCHING READERS' POLL: "MAD MEN" BEST SHOW OF 2008 By David Bianculli
 
 
The votes are in for the first TV Worth Watching Readers' Poll, and they're very impressive. Good for you guys. AMC's "Mad Men" took top honors by an impressive margin...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
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The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
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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