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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2010
Jun
30
GUEST BLOG #100: TVWW WELCOMES ITS NEWEST CONTRIBUTOR, ERIC MINK, WHO ASSESSES THE MEDIA FLAP OVER THE MCCHRYSTAL STORY By Eric Mink
 
 
[Bianculli here: Just in time for the relaunch, we're proudly adding yet another co-conspirator to TV WORTH WATCHING: Eric Mink, whom long-time New York Daily News readers will remember was my co-conspirator, and fellow TV critic, there as well. And for his first story for us, Eric offers his take on the reporting of, and reaction to, the Gen. Stanley McChrystal remarks...]
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
29
POWERFUL FX TWO-PUNCH: "RESCUE ME" RETURNS, LOUIS C.K. REGROUPS By David Bianculli
 
 
The characters played by Denis Leary in FX's "Rescue Me" and by Louis C.K., who plays an exaggerated version of himself in the new FX series "Louie", have two major things in common: They misbehave so much, they almost dare you to like them. And somehow, the more abrasive and honestly caustic they get, the funnier they are...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
28
DVD DEALS: WARNER ARCHIVE'S BIG SALE By Diane Werts
 
 
Talk about timing. Right after we post a column about direct-sale archive DVDs, big-daddy Warner Archive decides to celebrate the 4th of July with massive discounts -- buy $50 or more, get $15 off and free shipping...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
28
GUEST BLOG #99: TOM BRINKMOELLER ON THE BERLIN WALL -- WELL, NOT LITERALLY By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
[Bianculli here: PBS presents a new documentary on the Berlin Wall tonight, and contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller gives us an advance look at the literally two-sided political story...]
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
25
HELL FREEZES OVER AGAIN: FIRST THE BOOK IS FINISHED, AND NOW THE WEBSITE RELAUNCH IS NEARLY HERE By David Bianculli
 
 
Long ago, I swore to myself that TV WORTH WATCHING would be redesigned and relaunched before we published "Guest Blog #100." Our guests, after that much time, deserve their own comfy spaces. Well, when we post our next guest contributor's column Monday, it'll be #99, so we're cutting it really, really close...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
24
CHECK OUT -- OR CHECK INTO -- ABC'S "BOSTON MED" DOCUMENTARY SERIES By David Bianculli
 
 
While most so-called reality TV shows are unwatchable and uninspired, there's a show about actual reality that begins tonight on ABC, and sparkles like a diamond amid all the summertime TV coal. It's an eight-week documentary series called Boston Med, and it's captivating...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
24
WATCH THIS: LAPPING UP 'PARTY DOWN' By Diane Werts
 
 
Okay, I'm going for broke on this one -- Party Down is TV's best current comedy. As it eavesdrops on a Hollywood cater crew full of wannabes waiting for their acting/singing/writing talents to be appreciated...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
24
FLICK PICKS: MOVIES NOT ON DVD By Diane Werts
 
 
Two of my favorite not-available-on-DVD films are coming up on Turner Classic Movies in the next week...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
23
DOWNLOAD THIS: FREE FIRST EPISODES By Diane Werts
 
 
Looking for some good summer TV? First episodes available for free download at iTunes could get you hooked on quality shows like Friday Night Lights, Damages, Burn Notice, Rescue Me, Lie to Me, The Closer and more...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Jun
23
GUEST BLOG #98: ERIC GOULD ON WHETHER BRAVO'S "WORK OF ART" IS ONE By Eric Gould
 
 
The third installment of Bravo's Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist is coming up tonight (Wednesday) at 10 ET, and those of us left wanting to know more about the artistic process of designers on Project Runway haven't been left wondering too long. Help is on the way in the virtual carbon copy of the show, but this time with fine artists...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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