Studs Terkel wasn't just a prolific author, grassroots historian and radio personality. The Chicago institution, who died Oct. 31 at age 96, also did some groundbreaking TV work in the medium's infancy...

2008

Nov

FLICK PICKS: ALL-STAR VETERAN'S DAY By Diane Werts

There's the battlefront. Then there's the homefront. Where they intersect -- in movies, at least -- is in star-studded R&R...

2008

Nov

HAPPY SMOTHERS DAY -- AGAIN! By David Bianculli

Expect to see this blog entry headline more and more this month, because my book manuscript on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" is due at the end of the month...

2008

Nov

TV WORTH WATCHING MARKS FIRST ANNIVERSARY! EXCLAMATION MARKS JUSTIFIED! By David Bianculli

November 5 marked the first anniversary of this TV WORTH WATCHING website. I would have mentioned it then, but there was this pesky presidential election thing to write about instead...

2008

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OBAMA WINS -- ELECTION TV COVERAGE DOES, TOO By David Bianculli

Today on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Joe Scarborough likened last night's Barack Obama victory to another internationally televised event that took place in his lifetime: the moon landing in 1969. That's quite a comparison -- but there's no denying that, last night, the whole world was watching...

2008

Nov

ELECTION NIGHT: SHEP'S GOT THE GOODS By Diane Werts

It wasn't just Barack Obama marking a generational sea change on election night. As veteran anchors seasoned in the '60s and '70s held forth on most major channels, Shepard Smith was pointing the way toward the future on Fox network news...

2008

Nov

NEWS FLASH: 'WORLD NEWS' GOES ONE-HOUR TONIGHT By Diane Werts

Katie Couric says last week she wants a one-hour newscast, and Charlie Gibson goes and one-ups her by actually doing it. For one night, anyway...

2008

Nov

TODAY'S ELECTION DAY ADVICE IS SHORT AND SIMPLE... By David Bianculli

...And if you want to share your voting experience -- not for whom you voted, necessarily, but the locatlon and conditions of your polling place, unless you voted early -- feel free to fire off a sentence or two. We might be able to compile an early snapshot of what's happening nationwide, even if from a very small and skewed sample...

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Nov

"SNL" FIRES ONE FINAL ELECTION-YEAR BULLSEYE By David Bianculli

Tomorrow, the election. Tonight, one last chance to revel in the inspired political parodies from NBC's "Saturday Night Live." Don't miss it, because it's not only TV reacting instantly to history -- it's TV history, as well...

2008

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VOTE HERE: NOT THE SAME OLD ELECTION COVERAGE By Diane Werts

Everybody's into election coverage this year, not just the big broadcast networks and cable news channels. That means a broader range of perspectives and wider-ranging alternatives. Current goes Digg-ing. BET lets you Be Heard. Dan Rather recruits college reporters...

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