Could it be that the lowest of the low has actually hit rock bottom? Britain's hit Big Brother "reality" franchise is being dropped by Channel 4 next year after a 10-year run. It's part of a "creative overhaul"...

2009

Aug

FLICK PICKS: THE MUSICAL MIND BEHIND THAT 'PSYCHO' SHRIEK By Diane Werts

Bernard Herrmann is the man to thank for those Psycho shower scene strings. And the spooky rumble under Citizen Kane. For Taxi Driver's moody Manhattan vibe. And Vertigo's dizzy delirium.Now Herrmann gets a suitable salute...

2009

Aug

IN MEMORIAM: TED KENNEDY COVERAGE By Diane Werts

Sen. Edward Kennedy's funeral ceremonies will be carried live on cable's C-SPAN this weekend, starting with Friday night's "Celebration of Life Memorial Service" 7-9 p.m. ET from Massachusetts' JFK presidential library...

2009

Aug

TV ON DVD: 'THIRTYSOMETHING' FINALLY ARRIVES By Diane Werts

Bet you thought it would never happen: That oh-so-'80s fave thirtysomething finally hits DVD this week. And it turns out to be oh-so-21st-century, too...

2009

Aug

WEIRD & WILD: QUENTIN TARANTINO ON WEATHER CHANNEL By Diane Werts

Who needs Good Morning America and The Tonight Show? Celebs can always hype their stuff on The Weather Channel. Seriously...

2009

Aug

FLICK PICKS: MOVIE LEGEND, SHE WROTE By Diane Werts

If you only know Angela Lansbury for TV's Murder, She Wrote, you don't know Angela. Not only was she a '60s Broadway musical star in Mame (and a '70s revelation baking those man-made meat pies in Sweeney Todd), but decades before that, Lansbury had launched her career in her teens as a busy Hollywood studio contract player...

2009

Aug

FALL PREVIEW: NEW 'DANCING' CAST By Diane Werts

So, whom from this list do we want to see least? Kelly Osbourne? Ashley Hamilton? Tom DeLay? Michael Irvin?...

2009

Aug

DVD ALERT: 'ON THE ROAD WITH CHARLES KURALT' By Diane Werts

Sunday Morning fans will appreciate this DVD announcement: On the Road With Charles Kuralt comes out Oct. 27 from our friends at Acorn Media (responsible for British drama sets like Poirot and Life on Mars, plus other releases like Stephen Hawking and the Theory of Everything)...

2009

Aug

SUMMER SLUDGE: THE TRUE COST OF NETWORK COST-CUTTING By Diane Werts

It strikes me that the real "cost" to which the networks should be paying attention is the psychological one they've inflicted on themselves by giving every indication to viewers that their driving concern is money, not quality, and not even entertainment value...

2009

Aug

TV WORTH BUYING: CLASSIC SERIES STAMPS By Diane Werts

Lassie will be happy to mail your letter. So will The Lone Ranger. Even Ralph Kramden. TV icons from 20 classic series get a U.S. Postal Service salute Tuesday, when a commemorative sheet of 44-cent stamps called Early TV Memories becomes available at post offices and online...

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