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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Nov
30
1986: THE DISNEY CHANNEL SIGNS OFF ONE LAST TIME By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1986, The Disney Channel — an 18-hours-a-day premium channel — signed off the air one last time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
29
1980: ABC BROUGHT 'BREAKING AWAY' TO TV By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1980, ABC debuted its adaptation of the Academy Award-winning coming-of-age film, Breaking Away...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
28
1982: NBC PRESENTS MAILER'S 'THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1982, NBC presented a made-for-TV version of Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize-winning true-life novel, The Executioner's Song...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
27
1980: 'BOSOM BUDDIES' DEBUTS ON ABC By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1980, ABC introduced the sitcom Bosom Buddies, which served as the first significant role for actor Tom Hanks...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
26
1956: 'THE PRICE IS RIGHT' DEBUTS ON NBC By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1956, NBC debuted the game show, The Price is Right...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
25
2008: FX PRESENTS THE FINAL EPISODE OF 'THE SHIELD' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 2008 marked the final episode of The Shield on FX...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
24
1996: CBS PRESENTS THE MINISERIES 'IN COLD BLOOD' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1996, CBS presented a miniseries version of Truman Capote's celebrated nonfiction crime novel, In Cold Blood...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
23
1963: THE BBC INTRODUCES 'DR. WHO' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1963, the BBC introduced the the first incarnation of Doctor Who...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
21
1980: THE NATION DISCOVERS WHO SHOT J.R. By Christy Slewinski
 
 
This day in 1980 marked the resolution of one of television's most famous cliffhangers: Who Shot J.R.?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
20
1983: ABC PRESENTS 'THE DAY AFTER' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1983, ABC presented The Day After, a miniseries depicting the aftermath of a fictional nuclear war...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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