Hanging art in a museum is nothing unusual, but the way New York's Guggenheim Museum hung the collected works of Maurizio Cattelan for a recent exhibit certainly qualified as odd. All of his pieces, in a display appropriately titled All, were hung from the ceiling of the museum's seven-story rotunda-- one of them spoke to me the most...

2012

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GOOD 'LUCK': HBO BRINGS DAVID MILCH, AND OTHER THOROUGHBREDS, TO A NEW TV SERIES By David Bianculli

David Milch. Michael Mann. Dustin Hoffman. Nick Nolte. HBO's Luck, which premieres Sunday night at 9 ET, claims all of those defiantly individual artists and more, working towards a common goal: to produce an involved, multi-layered, intriguing show about the world of horse racing. At that goal, they cross the finish line impressively -- but not in record time. It takes a while to define, understand and warm up to the characters and conflicts in Luck -- but it's worth the effort, and the comm

2012

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IT'S WORTH EAVESDROPPING ON DAVID STEINBERG'S 'INSIDE COMEDY' CONVERSATIONS By David Bianculli

Showtime series Inside Comedy, David Steinberg doesn't get much respect from Don Rickles in the opening show -- and that's funny. But he does get lots of respect, with equally amusing results, from Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Steve Carell, Jane Lynch, Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Brad Garrett and Larry David. And that's just in the first five installments of this very welcome, very entertaining, arguably important 10-part TV show...

2012

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REACH OUT AND 'TOUCH' KIEFER SUTHERLAND'S NEW FOX TV SERIES By David Bianculli

When Kiefer Sutherland ended his run on Fox's 24 -- and much of the time, as CTU loner Jack Bauer, he was indeed running -- he wasn't expected to return to TV very quickly. Yet here he is, starring in a new series called Touch, which is unveiled with a sneak preview Wednesday night at 9 ET on Fox...

2012

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'NOVA' INVESTIGATES A FASCINATING MYSTERY -- AND THE PRIME SUSPECT IS FRAMED! By David Bianculli

The newest installment of the PBS Nova series is the best mystery thriller I've seen on TV this year. It's got forensic scientists trying to identify partial fingerprints and examine photographic evidence, investigators traveling the globe to track down promising leads, experts adamantly offering conflicting testimony -- and enough twists and turns to satisfying the most fervent mystery fan. The hour, premiering Wednesday night at 9 ET on PBS (check local listings), is called Mystery of a M

2012

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PHIL OCHS DOCUMENTARY KICKS OFF SECOND QUARTER-CENTURY FOR SUPERB PBS 'AMERICAN MASTERS' SERIES By David Bianculli

Impressively -- and amazingly -- the PBS American Masters series has been examining popular art and profiling gifted artists for a quarter of a century. And now, to start Season 26, it turns it attention to yet another worthy, inspirational figure: talented, tragic folksinger Phil Ochs... Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune, a 2010 documentary written and directed and co-produced by Kenneth Bowser, premiering Monday at 10 p.m. ET (check local listings) will please and inform those who are fans o

2012

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KARL PILKINGTON TALKS TO TVWW ABOUT 'AN IDIOT ABROAD 2: THE BUCKET LIST' By David Bianculli

You've seen similar scenes dozens of times on CBS's Survivor, even on the same South Pacific islands of Vanuatu: people stranded and working frantically to build a makeshift shelter as the rain pelts them mercilessly...except, this time, one of the people marooned is Karl Pilkington, the reluctant world traveller sent around the globe by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for the new season of the Science Channel TV series An Idiot Abroad...

2012

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MMM, DOUGHNUTS! ... AND OTHER MENU ITEMS ON MY CAN'T-MISS 'TV DINNERS' RESTAURANT By David Bianculli

They laughed at me when I brought doughnuts into the Fresh Air with Terry Gross office in Philadelphia last Friday. Not because I brought doughnuts -- I always do that when I guest host...They laughed because last week, I brought in special Dunkin' Donuts, offered in celebration of the 60th anniversary of NBC's Today show -- But while they're laughing, I'm dreaming...

2012

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FX'S 'JUSTIFIED' JUSTIFIES ITS PLACE ON ANNUAL TOP 10 TV LISTS... INCLUDING MINE By David Bianculli

How does FX's Justified follow a season where it served up one of the best season finales in TV history? By doubling down -- and tossing out weekly explosions, in the form of delightful and unexpected guest stars, while slowly setting the table for a season-long feast of continuing story lines and confrontations. What a start. What a show... Season 3 of Justified, which premieres Tuesday night at 10 ET on FX, begins a few weeks after last year's phenomenal season finale ended. And I guess, b

2012

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EVEN ON A HOLIDAY, THE TVWW GANG IS HARD AT WORK By David Bianculli

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is an official holiday. It's also the return travel day for critics and reporters who have been out in Pasadena for the Television Critics Association press tour. And at Rowan University, where I teach, it's the last day of winter break before the spring term begins Tuesday.mSo the TV WORTH WATCHING staff should be enjoying a day of rest. Instead, we're all over the place -- literally, figuratively, and, on the web, virtually...

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