On Thanksgiving weekend, if you want to get a jump on holiday shopping, but don't want to deal with the traffic and crowds and lines, TV WORTH WATCHING is happy to provide an easy solution, Several of them, actually...

2009

Nov

GUEST BLOG #65: TOM BRINKMOELLER EMBRACES THE "HEALING" POWER OF TV By Tom Brinkmoeller

[Bianculli here: Pledge periods for PBS stations are notorious for bait-and-switch tactics, but sometimes some very valuable fish can be found among the bait. Contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller writes about one such public TV special, but using much better metaphors...]

2009

Nov

LARRY DAVID'S "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM"/"SEINFELD" COMBO PLATTER: PURE, DELICIOUS BRILLIANCE By David Bianculli

Sunday's season finale of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," which served up a savory Seinfeld reunion as well, was everything I hoped it would be, and more. What an episode. What a delight. And, if Larry David chooses to end Curb with this most recent episode, what a sneaky, perfect-pitch series finale...

2009

Nov

WATCH THIS: GIVING THANKS FOR 'DEXTER' By Diane Werts

Can't wait for the Christmas episode! Oh, wait, Dexter already had one (or at least first-season action set at yuletide time. Remember the fake snow and squabbling elves? But now we get a real Thanksgiving episode...

2009

Nov

EARLY, EASY QUALITY-TV SHOPPING: THE TV WORTH WATCHING HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE RISES AGAIN! By David Bianculli

Give Diane Werts all the credit for this puppy. She's been toiling long and hard, and has compiled a terrific sampler of new holiday TV-on-DVD treats to give as gifts. Wait till you see her lineup - but you don't HAVE to wait. It's ready now, by clicking the banner just above BEST BETS...

2009

Nov

DOWNLOAD THIS: FREE 'FAWLTY' FUN By Diane Werts

Oops, it's too late now for the free Ally McBeal episodes, but iTunes is offering another download treat -- three Fawlty Towers extras in which cocreator/star John Cleese shares the secrets of his ageless hotel farce...

2009

Nov

AMC'S "THE PRISONER" REMAKE: NOT WORTH THE WAIT, OR THE TIME By David Bianculli

Despite a fine performance by Ian McKellen as the chief antagonist, AMC's six-hour miniseries remake of 1968's classic "The Prisoner" series is not worth watching. And that's not news I'm pleased to report...

2009

Nov

YULE TUBE: 42 DAYS AND COUNTING! By Diane Werts

The decorations are in the stores, the music is on the Muzak, and here come the TV shows. Yes, it's officially Christmas already!...

2009

Nov

TV ON DVD: AND MOVIES, TOO, MANUFACTURED JUST FOR YOU By Diane Werts

Turns out that show you've always wanted to see on DVD might finally get there. But it won't necessarily land on a store shelf. Warner Archive is now producing individual DVDs of hundreds of vintage movies -- and TV, too -- for delivery direct to consumers...

2009

Nov

WEIRD & WILD: MARTHA AND RACHAEL, TOGETHER! By Diane Werts

The name of the site is TV Worth Watching, so I guess I have to explain why I think Friday's episode of The Martha Stewart Show is worth watching, and you're about to see me (read me?) work real hard at that - Martha's Friday guest is Rachael Ray...

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