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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2010
Dec
31
TOP 10: SHOWS THAT DESERVED LONGER LIVES By Diane Werts
 
 
Let somebody else pick the year's Top 10 best shows or worst shows. I'm going with 10 shows that ended in 2010 while deserving to run much longer. These series were so entertaining, so distinctive, so informative or such archetypes that their premature loss diminishes the medium of television itself...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Dec
27
WEIRD & WILD: HOLY RERUNS, BATMAN! By Diane Werts
 
 
"Batman" is back! Adam West and Burt Ward romp once more at 11:30 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. ET weekdays on The Hub, starting Monday night. Not ideal times, or an ideal format, for that matter, when it comes to Adam West's legendary '60s live-action crimefighting comic lampoon...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Dec
19
CHRISTMAS TV UPDATE: SAMANTHA AND DARRIN, DR. HOUSE, LARRY DAVID, ET AL By Diane Werts
 
 
It's not too late to catch a new Christmas episode of "The Closer," along with vintage holidays from "The Wonder Years," "House," "The Golden Girls," "Bewitched," and even "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Not to mention George C. Scott's "A Christmas Carol." Check TVWW's continuing listings for Christmas TV episodes/specials...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Dec
17
YULE TUBE: HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE CHRISTMAS ON TELEVISION By Diane Werts
 
 
Everybody's got favorite Christmas movies and TV shows they watch year after year. But it's also great finding a new fave you never knew existed. That's why Christmas books are so cool -- and why I wrote one myself, "Christmas on Television." I'd been watching (and recording) holiday episodes for years, for reasons that weren't clear to me until I started thinking on it for the book...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Dec
16
CHRISTMAS TV UPDATE: DOZENS MORE SHOWS! By Diane Werts
 
 
If you've been looking to revisit holiday cheer from "The Wonder Years," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "King of the Hill," "The Hughleys," "Ally McBeal" [photo] or "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," all these shows and more have been added to our ever-expanding Christmas TV listings...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Dec
16
HAPPY FESTIVUS: 'SEINFELD' DVD DEAL! By Diane Werts
 
 
How much "Seinfeld" can you stand? Find out by buying The Complete Series box as Thursday's Amazon spotlight deal of the day. Just in time for Festivus!...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Dec
12
HOLIDAY LISTINGS UPDATE: PHOTOS TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR FAVES By Diane Werts
 
 
Finally, TVWW's Christmas TV listings for episodes/specials and movies are now souped up with photos. That makes it easier to spot upcoming airings of classics like "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "It's a Wonderful Life," along with newcomers like holiday episodes of "Hawaii Five-0" and "Glee" (yes, it's getting an encore), plus movies...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Dec
9
CHRISTMAS TV: IT'S A 'WONDERFUL' WEEKEND! By Diane Werts
 
 
Big holiday weekend! You like classic Christmas episodes? You get TV Land's "Merrython," plus Spike's stackup of "Married With Children." You like new Christmas episodes?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Dec
9
WEIRD & WILD: MEXICAN SANTA AND VIDEO GAMES By Diane Werts
 
 
Not everybody's list of film credits includes both the family fun of Santa Claus and the adult exploitation of "Shanty Tramp," plus the unmistakable oeuvre of masked Mexican wrestler/superhero Santo. But one man's does...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Nov
26
CHRISTMAS TV: 'BUFFY,' 'MEEK,' MERRYTHON By Diane Werts
 
 
Wake up to seasonal spookery this Thursday morning. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" make "amends," while Santa's got a brand new bag that holds everything everybody wants in the "Night of the Meek" episode of "The Twilight Zone." Full listings here...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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