No, it hasn’t been 50 years since TV Worth Watching started handing out Seals of Approval to DVD collections of TV’s best shows. But we’ve just awarded #50...

2014

Feb

THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION, COURTESY OF HAND PUPPETS By David Bianculli

This six-minute video isn’t a history of hand puppets on TV, though that would be fun, too. It’s a history of TV presented by hand puppets from the Glove and Boots puppet web series...

2014

Feb

AS JIMMY FALLON STARTS HIS NEXT LATE-NIGHT JOB, A LOOK BACK AT HOW HE GOT HIS FIRST ONE By David Bianculli

Jimmy Fallon was born Sept. 19, 1974 – 20 years after the premiere of NBC’s Tonight Show, and one year before the premiere of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Fifteen years ago, he joined the cast of SNL. Monday night, he takes over The Tonight Show…

2014

Feb

SID CAESAR, 1922-2014: AN APPRECIATION By David Bianculli

Sid Caesar, who died Wednesday at age 91, was the driving engine behind NBC’s original “Saturday night live’’ – a show that has had as great an impact on popular culture as the current SNL…

2014

Feb

TONIGHT ON CBS, WATCH THE BEATLES THEN – AND HALF OF THEM NOW By David Bianculli

Fifty years to the minute after The Ed Sullivan Show introduced The Beatles to America on live TV, CBS presents another musical Beatles special…

2014

Feb

IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY - THE BEATLES TAUGHT THE WORLD TO PLAY By David Bianculli

Fifty years ago – on Feb. 7, 1964 – The Beatles touched down at JFK airport, launching the British Invasion in America. Two days later, they stormed The Ed Sullivan Show, and changed the world…

2014

Feb

DAVID STEINBERG GETS, AND DESERVES, SHOWTIME DOUBLE-BILL SHOWCASE By David Bianculli

David Steinberg gets a well-deserved double dose of attention Monday night on Showtime: a documentary profile, and the season premiere of his Inside Comedy series…

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