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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
Nov
28
A FOWL HOLIDAY SCENE By Eric Gould
 
 
Here’s Stephen Colbert’s contribution to your Thanksgiving table: a virtual family member who has had a little too much to drink, is embittered... anf chooses the absolute wrong time to spill it all...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
27
PAUL SIMON IS DRESSED FOR THANKSGIVING By Eric Gould
 
 
Paul Simon went against type for his 1976 Thanksgiving appearance on Saturday Night Live by walking out in a turkey suit to begin “Still Crazy After All These Years”...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
24
JFK FUNERAL, NOVEMBER 25, 1963 By Eric Gould
 
 
The body of slain President John F. Kennedy was carried by a horse-drawn caisson to the U.S. Capitol on November 24 to lie in state... the funeral took place the next day with representatives of over 90 countries attending. Here are clips from those  two days – all in color footage not usually associated with the events of the day...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
20
NOVEMBER 22, 1963 By Eric Gould
 
 
As we noted in our review of the documentary, JFK: One PM Central Standard Time, Walter Cronkite's breaking-live broadcast of the Kennedy assassination was significant for his rigorous delivery of what were confirmed facts, and just as rigorous reminders of what were not, even though they were thought to be reliable...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
17
LEARN THE ADDRESS By Eric Gould
 
 
Ken Burns has launched an initiative in which he’s inviting us to learn the Gettysburg Address to honor the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s speech...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
14
'THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR' IS COMING By Al Mannarino
 
 
John Hurt, Matt Smith and David tenant all star as Doctor in the upcoming Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special, The Day of the Doctor, premiering November 23 on BBC America...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
11
NOT SO FAST By Eric Gould
 
 
Norway’s public TV company, NRK, has the antidote for those burned out on the deluge of quick-cut images on modern television. It’s the new genre they call “Slow TV”... and has shows that include 12 hours of knitting...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
7
'HOMELAMB' By Monique Nazareth
 
 
Sesame Street's parodies are turning out to be better than SNL's. In their homage to Showtime's Homeland, Carrie has to help find the big bad wolf...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
4
TOKYO DOES BOURDAIN By Eric Gould
 
 
Channeling his best Hunter Thompson-Lowell Thomas-Paul Bowles reportage, Anthony Bourdain finds Tokyo at once reserved, yet bound in erotic fantasy -- perhaps the ultimate enigma...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
2
ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? By Eric Gould
 
 
For the celebration of what would have been Jimi Hendrix’s 70th birthday, PBS American Masters will be premiering the two-hour documentary Hear My Train A Comin’...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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