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2010
Sep
22
 
 
On Comedy Central, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are mounting a Washington, D.C. rally that may end up being one of the biggest political stories of the season. Meanwhile, on HBO, Bill Maher is making news by resurrecting old Politically Incorrect clips featuring current Tea Party heroine Christine O'Donnell. What's going on here? Why are our politically interested comics making more sense, and news, than anyone else around right now?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
21
 
 
Starting today, there's another new columnist roaming free here on the TV WORTH WATCHING ranch...he's the only human I know who watches more TV than I do, and he's got some strong, often contrary opinions. His name is Mike Donovan (seen teaching above), and my nickname for him -- a nod to his childhood TV idol, Hopalong Cassidy -- is Hoppy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
20
 
 
Busy day -- for the networks, and for us. The 2010 TV season begins officially today, and we have new stories, new summaries, and even new TV WORTH WATCHING writers on board. Plus we have our first Student Blog of the term, assessing whether NBC's new Lost-like drama really IS an Event. So welcome, and come dive in...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
17
 
 
There's only one new show, among all the offerings for the fall 2010 TV season, that has earned its place onto a must-watch list from the start -- and it's not a series from any of the broadcast networks. Instead, it's Boardwalk Empire from HBO, which starts Sunday night at 9 ET with the sort of opening salvo that promises great things ahead...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
16
 
 
Next week is the busiest, most premiere-crammed fall TV launch in many, many years. ABC, CBS, NBC and ABC all are rolling out a majority of their top guns, beginning Monday, in hopes of generating both buzz and viewership. But on broadcast TV, the most excitement, by far, comes from the returning shows. That's not to say that there's nothing from the broadcast networks this year that's both brand new and great...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
15
 
 
In what amounts to the first nearly unanimous vote of the 2010 fall season, nine critics here at TV WORTH WATCHING have delivered the same verdict regarding Outlaw, Jimmy Smits' new legal drama on NBC. Pending appeal, the verdict is: Don't bother. But there is ONE dissenting opinion...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
13
 
 
Next week will mark the busiest fall TV season opening week in years, with ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox all rolling out an aggressive schedule of season premieres and new shows. But this week, as the countdown to the 2010-11 TV season gets nearer to launch, there's STILL a lot going on...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
11
 
 
On the eve of its third-season finale, I come not to bury HBO's True Blood, but to praise it. Good thing, because burying the vamps and vengeful spirits in this wild supernatural series wouldn't have much effect anyway...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
9
 
 
The Kickoff Curse has done it again. Each fall, it targets the first new series to premiere each fall from a broadcast network, and predicts that the show in question will not live to see a sophomore season. Last year, the Curse -- which I invented, by the way, decades ago -- fingered CW's Melrose Place for extinction. And hey: Look what show isn't back for 2010...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Sep
8
 
 
The first new show of the 2010 fall TV season, CW's Hellcats, shows up tonight. On cable, so does FX's Terriers. And accompanying them both, for the third straight year, is TV WORTH WATCHING's annual Fall TV Preview...