I’m not likening the end of TVWW’s 14-year run to the end of life as we knew it… Where daily newspapers and magazines were once the nexus of TV criticism, it seems fair to say this is another reminder that a torch is passing...(continued)

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THIS IS THE END, MY FRIENDS, AND YET NOT THE END By Alex Strachan

I did not have a TV when I grew up. The family moved from city to city, country to country — a life on the road, constantly on the move...

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I did not have a TV when I grew up. The family moved from city to city, country to country — a life on the road, constantly on the move. I have vague recollections of Doctor Who playing — in flickering black-and-white — in a tiny room in a tiny house during one early childhood memory, but I don't remember much about it, except that I'm pretty sure that incarnation of the Doctor was played by Jon Pertwee and I was terrified of the Daleks...(continued)

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CHEERS TO THE CONTENT CREATORS By Mike Hughes

By now, way too many TV memories are taking up space in my mind.

They leave little room for anything else, except movie plots and Cubs' batting averages. But one vivid memory is basic – a show in which a man simply played records...

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CHEERS TO THE CONTENT CREATORS By Mike Hughes

By now, way too many TV memories are taking up space in my mind.They leave little room for anything else, except movie plots and Cubs' batting averages. But one vivid memory is basic – a show in which a man simply played records...(continued)

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TO QUOTE SAM MALONE, "SORRY. WE'RE CLOSED" By David Bianculli

After 14 years of operation, TV Worth Watching is shifting to an archival site, where reader's comments still will be welcome and monitored, and all previous blogs will be available to revisit – but without any new editorial content after April 1. No Fooling...

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TVWW AND LUCILLE BALL: TRUE ORIGINALS By Ed Martin

There has never been a showcase for smart television criticism quite like TVWW...I may never have to get used to a world without I Love Lucy, but I can't say the same about TVWW. I'm going to have to get used to that. Sort of...

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TV WORTH WATCHING GAVE US A FRONT ROW SEAT By Bill Brioux

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