Hollywood mourns, and Turner Classic Movies shuffles its schedule. Tributes to both movie/TV director Arthur Penn, who died Tuesday at 88, and golden-age star Tony Curtis, who died Wednesday at 85, have been inserted into TCM's October lineup...

2010

Sep

CANCELED: FOX'S 'LONE STAR' By Diane Werts

Wow. That didn't take long. Lone Star is dead. Not after a lone episode, but after just two. Fox plugged the plug Tuesday by scheduling Lie to Me for an early return next week in the Texas saga's Monday 9 p.m. ET time slot. Critics like me extolled Lone Star, but apparently we're the only ones who watched it...

2010

Sep

NBC FINALLY GETTING NEW LEADER By Diane Werts

What the zuck? Hard to believe, but Jeff Zucker is finally heading out at NBC. Out after the Leno-Conan-Leno Tonight Show debacle. The Leno prime time debacle. The NBC-ratings-in-the-toilet debacle(s). And none of that did it...

2010

Sep

SPOT ON: WORST COMMERCIALS VOTE By Diane Werts

Now here's a public-voted award I can get behind. Who can resist categories like Most Annoying Animated Spokesthing?

2010

Sep

READ THIS: WHY 'HOUSE' IS A HIT By Diane Werts

House has many things going for it, of course, but Numero Uno is star Hugh Laurie. It's not just that the British import is a fine actor, a diligent American-speaker, and all that. He's one very funny fellow....

2010

Sep

NEW COLUMNIST: TVWW FACES REALITY (SHOWS) By Diane Werts

I don't watch a lot of "reality" TV. You can tell by the quotes around the word that it's hard for me to take most of it seriously. But the best of any genre is worth watching, and now, TVWW has a columnist who specializes in sorting those out. Ronnie Gill's new Altered Reality column debuts today -- and her keen analysis is worth your attention...

2010

Sep

TV UPDATE: HE IS NOT 'SPARTACUS' By Diane Werts

If you want to see Andy Whitfield as Starz' gladiator Spartacus, you'd better buy this week's new Season 1 DVD/Blu-ray of Spartacus: Blood and Sand...

2010

Sep

FLICK PICKS: DIRTY MOVIES! By Diane Werts

Disgusting, offensive filth! That's what Turner Classic Movies spotlights on Friday night. Movies so vile, they were condemned! In the 1950s, that is...

2010

Sep

TUBE NEWS: MORE ADS, LESS SHOW By Diane Werts

Does it seem like commercial breaks are getting longer? Like the show itself may never "be right back after this message"? You're not imagining things...

2010

Sep

THIS WEEK: SEASON FINALES! By Diane Werts

No, not fresh finales. Last May's finales. But that's okay. Watching them again will refresh your memory for the new seasons starting next week. Prime among them: House and Glee...

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