Since AMC got into the one-hour drama series business, it's made one masterpiece after another. One was Mad Men, the other was Breaking Bad, and both are still on the air. Starting Sunday night at 8 ET, they're joined by a third new series, a modern-day spy thriller called Rubicon. Is it another TV triumph? Too early to tell. A TV show that should be watched? Most definitely...

2010

Jul

AMC'S "MAD MEN" RETURNS, STARTING WITH FOUR BRILLIANTLY WEIGHTED WORDS By David Bianculli

Sunday's season premiere of AMC's period drama series Mad Men begins with Jon Hamm's Don Draper being interviewed by a reporter for a trade journal, who asks Don an innocuous puffball question as preparation of a profile about the successful advertising-agency executive. But because of what we know about Don's past -- and what most people around him DON'T know -- that puffball turns into a potential hand grenade...

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BURT REYNOLDS SHOULD BE A RECURRING CHARACTER ON USA'S "BURN NOTICE" By David Bianculli

Thursday night at 9 ET on USA's Burn Notice, Burt Reynolds guest stars as a retired spy targeted by a Russian hit squad. Michael and his crew come to the rescue -- in a crisp TV "buddy movie" so delightful, it all but demands a string of sequels...

2010

Jul

LETTER FROM THE TVWW MAILBAG -- ONE CONTRIBUTOR WRITES A READER ABOUT... ME? By David Bianculli

Bianculli here: It's getting nuts around here. First Eric Gould writes a column about a Lady Gaga video. Then I write an open column, addressed to Eric, challenging him to review three more videos, and selecting them for him as a dare. Then one of our readers writes in, good-naturedly questioning my psychological stability...

2010

Jul

USA'S "COVERT AFFAIRS" WORTH WATCHING; OTHER SUMMER SHOWS, NOT SO MUCH By David Bianculli

The newest offering from the USA Network, a mostly lighthearted concoction called "Covert Affairs" and starring Piper Perabo as a fledgling CIA agent, couldn't be more well-timed, given the recent Russian spy swap and the inescapable images of young, sultry Anna Chapman. For that, and other reasons, it's TV worth watching -- but many other summer offerings are not...

2010

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TVWW INTERNAL MEMO: YOUR MISSION, ERIC GOULD, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT... By David Bianculli

The website upgrade is coming along great. Lots of progress on all fronts this weekend. Meanwhile, our website designer, Eric Gould, posted one wildly entertaining column, analyzing Lady Gaga's latest video. So I have a challenge for him, which I'm sharing with all of you...

2010

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NEWEST EMMY NOMINATIONS: LOTS OF PAST OVERSIGHTS CORRECTED! By David Bianculli

The nominations for the 2009 Emmy Awards, announced early Thursday morning, offered a few surprises, many of them pleasant -- including an in-your-face nomination for Conan O'Brien's version of NBC's "Tonight Show", while Jay Leno's version, also eligible, was snubbed in the variety category...

2010

Jul

GUEST BLOG #102: TVWW GANG WEIGHS IN ON EMMY NOMINATION WISHES: WHO SHOULD GET NOTICED... By David Bianculli

With the Emmy nominations coming Thursday morning, I asked our TV WORTH WATCHING contributors to weigh in on the subject. And boy, did they, with a passion that explains why we all spend so much time watching, and writing about, television...

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