Can't wait for the Christmas episode! Oh, wait, Dexter already had one (or at least first-season action set at yuletide time. Remember the fake snow and squabbling elves? But now we get a real Thanksgiving episode...

2009

Nov

DOWNLOAD THIS: FREE 'FAWLTY' FUN By Diane Werts

Oops, it's too late now for the free Ally McBeal episodes, but iTunes is offering another download treat -- three Fawlty Towers extras in which cocreator/star John Cleese shares the secrets of his ageless hotel farce...

2009

Nov

YULE TUBE: 42 DAYS AND COUNTING! By Diane Werts

The decorations are in the stores, the music is on the Muzak, and here come the TV shows. Yes, it's officially Christmas already!...

2009

Nov

TV ON DVD: AND MOVIES, TOO, MANUFACTURED JUST FOR YOU By Diane Werts

Turns out that show you've always wanted to see on DVD might finally get there. But it won't necessarily land on a store shelf. Warner Archive is now producing individual DVDs of hundreds of vintage movies -- and TV, too -- for delivery direct to consumers...

2009

Nov

WEIRD & WILD: MARTHA AND RACHAEL, TOGETHER! By Diane Werts

The name of the site is TV Worth Watching, so I guess I have to explain why I think Friday's episode of The Martha Stewart Show is worth watching, and you're about to see me (read me?) work real hard at that - Martha's Friday guest is Rachael Ray...

2009

Nov

TV TRICKS: CABLE BAIT AND SWITCH By Diane Werts

What's wrong with The Weather Channel giving the weather? Probably the same thing as MTV Music Television playing music. We don't learn much from The Learning Channel now that it's TLC, and American Movie Classics turned to original drama series when it became AMC...

2009

Nov

RATINGS: SCORE ONE FOR 'DEXTER' By Diane Werts

Bianculli may be a Mad Men fan, but I'm one of the few critics who just can't get into its detached '60s chill. My Sunday night passion is Dexter, and I'm not alone...

2009

Nov

FLICK PICKS: JOHNNY MERCER MUSIC AND MORE By Diane Werts

Clint Eastwood isn't the first name that springs to mind when you think of movie music. But there was a time he wouldn't have seemed to fit the mold of Oscar-winning director either.Eastwood is indeed a music maven, as he demonstrates again this week by producing and hosting Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me...

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