[Editor’s note: The producer and director of our daily Best TV Tomorrow videos for TVWW, Larry Siegel, has some very specific opinions – for example, about science fiction movies and TV. He insists, for example, that while George Lucas released the first taste of his ongoing Star Wars saga in the mid-70s, it is only now, in Lucas’ own mid-70s, that he’s found new purity of storytelling in his Disney+ series, The Mandalorian. So I asked him to tell us more… -DB]

2020

Mar

A TREK THROUGH TV SCI-FI RECOMMENDED BINGES By TVWW Guest Contributor

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The director and producer of TVWW's Best TV Tomorrow videos, Larry Siegel, recommends some of his favorite, and eerily relatable, TV series in the science fantasy genre. Go forth and binge...

2019

Nov

WHEN TELEVISION GREW UP: DAVID SIMON, MODERN AMERICA AND THE MATURING OF THE TV LANDSCAPE By TVWW Guest Contributor

EDITOR'S NOTE: Our latest Guest Contributor is Andreas Halskov, an external lecturer in Film and TV Studies and a curator of screenings of historical films at the two biggest arthouse theaters in Denmark. In addition, he has written numerous books on film and TV...

2019

Sep

WAITING FOR YEARS FOR 'COUNTRY MUSIC,' AND NOW IT'S HERE By TVWW Guest Contributor

[Guest columnist Keith Brand:] When I heard that documentarian Ken Burns was planning on bringing his prodigious talents to documenting the history of country music, I was excited. A frequent visitor to Rowan University where I teach, Mr. Burns mentioned this was one of his upcoming topics. I’ve been waiting in anticipation for this for over five years. Now the wait is over...

2018

Dec

ANOTHER MOVING BOUNTY FROM 'HARVEST OF SHAME' By TVWW Guest Contributor

[Editor's note: Edward R. Murrow's 1960 CBS documentary, Harvest of Shame, is a staple of my TV History & Appreciation class at Rowan University. This term, it spurred an inspirational reaction from two of my students, in a blog posted here on TVWW. Amazingly, the same class has generated another unexpected bounty: a reaction from Edgar Aquino-Huerta, who lives an amazing double life: farm worker by day, media student by night. His very personal account follows. -DB]

2018

Nov

MURROW'S 'HARVEST OF SHAME' STILL RESONATES - ESPECIALLY WITH THESE TWO SISTERS By TVWW Guest Contributor

[Editor's note: On Thanksgiving Day in 1960, CBS Reports premiered a one-hour documentary, hosted by Edward R. Murrow, called Harvest of Shame, about the plight of migrant workers harvesting our crops...]

2018

Oct

SEX, LIES AND IAMBIC PENTAMETER: SEASON THREE OF 'SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED' PREMIERES ON PBS By TVWW Guest Contributor

TVWW fan Matt Glaser is a well-known fiddler (and featured on the soundtrack of Ken Burns The Civil War)... He’s also an ardent student of Shakespeare and runs down the upcoming third season of PBS’s Shakespeare Uncovered...

2018

Apr

AN AMERICAN EXPERT ON RUSSIA OFFERS HIS REVIEW OF 'THE AMERICANS' By TVWW Guest Contributor

Guest contributor, James Heinzen, offers his uniquely informed take on the first few episodes of the final season of The Americans...

2018

Feb

REDISCOVERING 'STAR TREK' By TVWW Guest Contributor

All eyes have been on the sky lately with the recent launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy, but Elon Musk isn’t the only one bringing us closer to the stars...

2018

Jan

PHIL ROSENTHAL SAYS 'SOMEBODY FEED PHIL' WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND FOOD A GOOD TIME By TVWW Guest Contributor

TVWW Guest Contributor Theresa Corigliano talks with host Phil Rosenthal about his eponymous travel series that’s devoted to finding the perfect bite…

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