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GUEST BLOG #82: Tom Brinkmoeller Considers the Endangered Pioneers of "How-To" TV
GUEST BLOG #81: Diane Holloway feels 'Justified'
HBO's "The Pacific" Is a Superb Sibling to "Band of Brothers"
Diane Holloway, and Millions of Others, Get Their Wish: Betty White Will Host "SNL"
CBS "Early Show" Presents "Colon Cam," Billed as "First TV Anchor to Undergo Live TV Colonoscopy"
My "Breaking Bad" Interview Breaks Today on NPR's "Fresh Air"
2010 ABC Oscar Telecast: Twice the Best Picture Nominees, Twice the Hosts, but Not Twice the Value
After Leno's First Week In Late Night, What's Happening? Lots -- But Not in Late Night
GUEST BLOG #80: Tom Brinkmoeller On Tom Brokaw's CNBC "Boomer$"
GUEST BLOG #79: Diane Holloway wants Betty White on 'SNL'
Jay Leno Returns to Late Night, Leaves Prime Time to "Parenthood"
Post-Olympics Reprise: One More Look at Theresa Corigliano's On-the-Scene Olympics Report
I Don't Usually Do This, But You MUST Watch This Keith Olbermann Segment from MSNBC's "Countdown"
Late Night Prepares to Shift Again, And Ferguson Already Is Experimenting
"Under Our Skin" Documentary Deserves National TV Exposure
Ricky Gervais Continues to Bat 1.000 on TV, This Time with HBO's "Ricky Gervais Show"
GUEST BLOG #77: Cindy Ronzoni on the coolest February sweep of all -- curling!
NBC's 2010 Olympics: Off to a Tragic/Thrilling/Impressive Start
GUEST BLOG #76: There's Snow Way Diane Holloway Is Passing Up the Winter Olympics
Did Super Bowl XLIV Really Outdraw "M*A*S*H"? Not Necessarily...
GUEST BLOG #75: Diane Holloway Looks Forward to the Oscars... But Why?
"Undercover Boss": For CBS, A Smart Use of the Post-Super Bowl Slot
HBO's "Temple Grandin": The Best Telemovie in Years
GUEST BLOG #74: Tom Brinkmoeller Wonders If "30 Rock" Is An Endangered Species on NBC
What Did YOU Think of Last Night's "Lost"?
The Beginning of the End: ABC's "Lost" Is Back, For One Last Lap
GUEST BLOG #73: Tom Brinkmoeller on the New Installment of PBS's "Frontline"
STUDENT BLOG #3: An Anime Primer, and Pop Quiz: What Is "Moe"? (Hint: NOT One of the Three Stooges)
Final Verdict on Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse": Regarding the Cast, Missed It By That Much
Please Stand By: New Blogs Coming This Afternoon, Tomorrow
GUEST BLOG #72: Diane Holloway on Diane Sawyer's First Month at "ABC World News"
Goodbye, Conan -- Hello, Returning Cable Series and Other Good TV
We Know Jay Leno's Next Move -- Now How About David Letterman's?
Academy of TV Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame: The Smothers Brothers Get Inducted, Not Indicted
Today's Blog Is Late -- But With a Great Excuse
GUEST BLOG #71: Tom Brinkmoeller On HIS Buried TV Treasures
GUEST BLOG #70: Diane Holloway Warms Up to January
Conan, Take 2: Here's My Opinion Piece for CNN.com
NEWS FLASH: Conan Refuses NBC's Post-Midnight "Tonight Show" Offer
Leno Rumored to Return to 11:30: NBC's Latest Moronic Move
Smothers Brothers Book Update: Mostly Good News, and One Missed Opportunity
Coming Up for Fresh Air, I End Up Doing a Lot of "Fresh Air"... Today, George Lucas!
GUEST BLOG #69: Diane Holloway Wishes For a Very Terry New Year... As in Terry Kinney
Your Own "Top 10" Lists and Additions -- Keep 'Em Coming!
Today, "Fresh Air"... Tomorrow, "Fresh Air" Again, Maybe... Two Chats, With Two Different Terrys
Only Four Shopping -- and Viewing -- Days Until Christmas
GUEST BLOG #68: Tom Brinkmoeller Samples Two Very Different TV Cooking Shows: Pot Roast vs. Truffles
GUEST BLOG #67: Ed Martin says we need our soaps
Perfect Timing: Smothers Brothers Pop Up on "The Simpsons," and Are Dreamy
"Dangerously Funny," Week 3: Fun, Pivotal, Scary Thrill Ride
Another Shopping-Weekend Reminder: "Fresh Air" and TVWW Recommendations
Holiday Shopping Steal of the Day: "Seinfeld" DVD Set at 1/3 the Price!
GUEST BLOG #66: Ed Martin Bestows Mercy Upon NBC's "Mercy"
And the Smothers Stuff Just Keeps on Coming... Now, New Web Pages At A New Website
"Dangerously Funny" Update, But Also Back to Business: Watch TNT's "Men Of a Certain Age"
"Dangerously Funny" Week: What a Whirlwind, Part 2: Ferguson and Skirball
"Dangerously Funny" Week: What a Whirlwind, Part 1
My Smothers Brothers Book "Drops" This Week -- And So Do I, Into a Few National TV and Radio Shows
GUEST BLOG #65: Tom Brinkmoeller Embraces the "Healing" Power of TV
Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm"/"Seinfeld" Combo Platter: Pure, Delicious Brilliance
Early, Easy Quality-TV Shopping: The TV WORTH WATCHING Holiday Gift Guide Rises Again!
GUEST BLOG #64: Diane Holloway thinks 'Good Wife' makes great TV
AMC's "The Prisoner" Remake: Not Worth the Wait, Or the Time
GUEST BLOG #63: Diane Holloway Loves "60 Minutes" -- Give Or Take a Few
How will "Curb Your Enthusiasm" End This Year? Our Website's Designer Has a Bold Prediction
Why Has TV WORTH WATCHING Been Sluggish of Late? Guilty -- with an Explanation
GUEST BLOG #62: Diane Holloway Says Yikes to Sykes
GUEST BLOG #61: Tom Brinkmoeller Cooks Up a Tasty TV and Podcast Recommendation
AMC's "Mad Men" Serves Up a Stunning Surprise -- And a Modern-Day TV Triumph
GUEST BLOG #60: DIANE HOLLOWAY Ponders the Future of "Southland"
The Time Has Come: I'm Grounding Myself Until My Room Is Clean
GUEST BLOG #59: Tom Brinkmoeller Leads Us On a "Nature" Walk
GUEST BLOG #58: Diane Holloway is waiting for Wanda
Postseason Baseball Delivers Drama, If You Can See It, Find It -- Or Stay Awake for It
Back from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood -- And What a Warm, Inspiring Place It Was
New Monty Python Mega-Documentary: And Now for Something Completely Entertaining
GUEST BLOG #57: Tom Brinkmoeller on TV's coolest road trip
Taking a Travel Day -- To Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
What a Blast: Two Blasts from My Distant Past Check Back In
GUEST BLOG #56: Diane Holloway on TV's Friday night sights
Great News: My Smothers Brothers Book Arrives In Time for the Holidays
Imagine, If You Will... The 50th Anniversary of "The Twilight Zone" Goes Largely Unnoticed
Letterman's Surprise Admission: An Unexpected Late-Night Time Bomb
GUEST BLOG #55: Diane Holloway cruises TV cityscapes
CW's "The Beautiful Life" Is Cursed, But Not Kickoff Cursed
A Week Into the New TV Season, What Do YOU Think?
Park Yourself In Front of the TV for PBS "National Parks"
GUEST BLOG #54: Diane Holloway Thinks "Dexter" Is Bloody Good
GUEST BLOG #53: Tom Brinkmoeller Takes A Critical Look... At Critics
Craig Ferguson: Amusing, Honest, Literary Autobiography Author -- on Purpose
GUEST BLOG #52: Tom Brinkmoeller On a New Way to Appreciate Old TV
GUEST BLOG #51: Diane Holloway Offers a Dissenting "Idol" Opinion
GUEST BLOG #50: P.J. Bednarski on Leno, The Day After
TV History All Over the Place: Larry Gelbart Friday, "Bonanza" Saturday, Leno Tonight
GUEST BLOG #49: Ed Martin Checks Into CW's New "Melrose Place"
Beatles Fans, Repeat After Me: "Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine..."
GUEST BLOG #48: Diane Holloway Rides Along with FX's "Sons of Anarchy"
15 TV Things to Look Forward To This Month
GUEST BLOG #47: Diane Holloway's Whiff of Fall TV
Themes to Me, And to Others, That TV Is Missing a Musical Best Bet
GUEST BLOG #46: Tracking "History Detectives" and Digging "Time Team America" with Tom Brinkmoeller
Feeling Nostalgic about the Wild, Wild Western
GUEST BLOG #45: Just When Tom Brinkmoeller Thought He Was Out, We Pulled Him Back In...
twentysomething years ago, there was "thirtysomething"...
GUEST BLOG #44: Diane Holloway is committed to 'The Closer'
Don Hewitt Dies At 86, But His 41-Year Old CBS "60 Minutes" Is Still Ticking
Fox "Octomom" Special Is the Runt of the TV Litter
GUEST BLOG #43: Diane Holloway on Former Colleague Turned CNN Analyst
GUEST BLOG #42: Tom Brinkmoeller Laments the Later Resumes of All-Star TV Casts
AMC's "Mad Men" Returns with Its Charismatic Cast of Retrosexuals
Solution to Emmy Flap: Make Better Programs, Stupid
GUEST BLOG #41: Diane Holloway Is Tickled Pink By TNT's "Dark Blue"
Taking One Final Smothers Day Off -- To Finish Final Proofs!
GUEST BLOG #40: Tom Brinkmoeller on "Julie & Julia" -- and the Real Julia Child
"Monk" Begins Final Season with a "Brady" Punch
One "Cheers" for the TCA Awards: How and When the Awards Really Began
GUEST BLOGS #38-39: Diane Holloway, Bill Brioux on 2009 TCA Awards
GUEST BLOG #37: Bill Brioux from TCA Press Tour, on Munchies and Muppets
GUEST BLOG #36: Another Bill Brioux Dispatch from TCA, About... Lorenzo Lamas?
GUEST BLOG #35: Bill Brioux Checks In From TCA Press Tour
Knights of The TV Round Table: A Freewheeling Critical Discussion
Ben Silverman Exits NBC Universal: Quality TV Stock Futures Rise
GUEST BLOG #34: Diane Holloway Gives Local Love to "Friday Night Lights"
Pushing Daisies: Gone from TV, But Arriving on DVD
One Last Piece of Our Cronkite Tribute: Bill Brioux Quotes A Swearing, Stuttering Uncle Walter
Walter Cronkite: All of Us At TV WORTH WATCHING Remember The Way He Was
GUEST BLOG #33: Ed Martin loves a show named 'Maria'
2009 Emmy Nominations: What They Missed, What They Got Right
RomaFictionFest: Keeping Scripted Television Alive, Part II
RomaFictionFest: Keeping Scripted Television Alive, Part I
GUEST BLOG #32: Diane Holloway Says "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" Has Struck Gold with Goldblum
GUEST BLOG #31: Tom Brinkmoeller on 'Sunday Morning' delights
Thanks to the Jackson Memorial TV Coverage, We'll Always Have Paris -- But Should We?
Problems With Site Server -- May Not Be Able to Update Today
Michael Jackson Coverage Goes Mega -- Again
GUEST BLOG #30: Diane Holloway likes Dick Enberg's versatility
What's On YOUR Wish List of TV Shows That Ought to Be Out on DVD?
GUEST BLOG #29: Diane Holloway celebrates a screwy show that fixed itself
GUEST BLOG #28: Tom Brinkmoeller pokes 'Jon & Kate' in the eye
GUEST BLOG #27: Ed Martin on a wholesome show that's full of sex
GUEST BLOG #26: Tom Brinkmoeller has music on the brain
GUEST BLOG #25: Diane Holloway salutes ads that outshine the show
My Smothers Brothers Book Now Has a Cover -- And I Love It
GUEST BLOG #24: Tom Brinkmoeller reveals 'Antiques Roadshow' secrets
TNT's "HawthoRNe": Is Cable TV Trying Too Much AND Too Little?
GUEST BLOG #23: Diane Holloway suggests some satisfying summer libations
"True Blood": Once Again, a Bloody Good TV Treat
Re-Entry to Real Life: Today "Fresh Air," Tomorrow the World...
Neil Patrick Harris Slam-Dunks CBS Tony Awards with Naughty Musical Finale
Frozen Hell! Flying Pigs! Peaceful Middle East! My Smothers Brothers Book Is Done!!
TV WORTH WATCHING Has a Father's Day Treat, If You're Shopping for Dad (Or Are One)
GUEST BLOG #22: Diane Holloway is hot for 'Burn Notice'
GUEST BLOG #21: Tom Brinkmoeller falls hard for Apple TV
On the Same Night, NBC Glides with Conan, But Not Before Crashing with "I'm a Celebrity"
NBC: "I Used to Be a Network... Get Me Out of Here!"
GUEST BLOG #20: Diane Holloway's Teeny-Weeny NBA Lament
Jay Leno Leaves "Tonight," "Pushing Daisies" Returns, and Alan Alda Drops a "M*A*S*H" Note
Conan's Proper Approach to NBC's "Tonight Show": Reverent Irreverence
GUEST BLOG #19: Tom Brinkmoeller Ends TVWW Contest, Takes a Powder
GUEST BLOG #18: Tom Brinkmoeller Launches a TV WORTH WATCHING Contest Of His Own
GUEST BLOG #17: Diane Holloway Observes Season Cliffhangers and Asks: Who Cares?
Fox Gets Buoyant Head Start on Fall Schedule, with "Glee"
Great News for Quality TV: "Dollhouse," Others Get Fall Renewals
GUEST BLOG #16: Diane Holloway Salutes Michael J. Fox's Fierce, Fiery Stint on FX's "Rescue Me"
The Day After: Already, I'm Lost without "Lost"
CW's "Everybody Hates Chris" Deserves Reprieve for its "Sopranos" Cliffhanger
"Star Trek" TVWW Contest Prizes Boldly Go To Two Different Winners
BREAKING NEWS: Was the Fix In On NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice"? Take Your Own Smell Test
"Amazing Race," "Celebrity Apprentice" Finales: Very Emotional, For Very Different Reasons
"Star Trek" TVWW Contest Is Officially Closed -- Winner Announced Tuesday
TV WORTH WATCHING Contest: On Opening Weekend, How High Will "Star Trek" Boldly Go?
STUDENT BLOG #2: A Younger Perspective on Fox's Endangered "Dollhouse"
GUEST BLOG #15: Tom Brinkmoeller On A First-Class TV Travel Series
GUEST BLOG #14: Diane Holloway on Leno at 10, Now That It's "Officially" Official
NBC Unveils Clips of Several New 2009-10 Fall Series -- "Parenthood" Makes Best First Impression
Closing In On Smothers Book, Opening Up On Twitter
GUEST BLOG #13: Diane Holloway Views 'Southland' Via 'Hill Street Blues'
GUEST BLOG #12: Tom Brinkmoeller Loves Public TV's No-EVOO Diet
GUEST BLOG #11: Ed Martin Checks Into "General Hospital"
"Celebrity Apprentice" Heavyweight Diva Duel: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Beeyotch
TV Worth Watching Begs: Networks, Please, Renew These Shows
DirecTV Makes Two More Brilliant TV Acquisitions: "Oz" and "Deadwood"
GUEST BLOG #10: P.J. Bednarski offers an 'American Idol'/Jimmy Durante mashup
GUEST BLOG #9: Tom Brinkmoeller pits Hawkeye vs. Hannah
GUEST BLOG #8: Ed Martin Votes No On "American Idol" Format Changes
"The Cougar" on TV Land: What's Wrong with This Picture?
STUDENT BLOG #1: A Review, and Defense, of "Wrestlemania 25"
What Do Jon Stewart and Benjamin Franklin Have in Common? Or Stephen Colbert and Will Rogers?
GUEST BLOG #7: P.J. Bednarski Votes Yes to Leno at 10
Three New Thursday TV Shows, No New Thursday Triumphs
GUEST BLOG #6: Tom Brinkmoeller Adds 'Scrubs' to List of TV Classics
FX's "Rescue Me" Returns -- Finally, and Brilliantly
With HBO's "In Treatment" and Showtime's "United States of Tara," TV is Great Therapy
40 Years Ago -- On April 3, 1969 -- CBS Fired the Smothers Brothers
GUEST BLOG #5: Ed Martin on CBS Dimming Its "Guiding Light"
GUEST BLOG #4: Ed Martin on FX's "Damages" Season Finale
A Few Minutes About Andy Rooney...
Hey, Look! Another Smothers Day!
28 Years of NBC Thursday Drama Excellence -- Great Streak, But It's Almost Over
GUEST BLOG #3: Yet Another New TVWW Contributor -- Tom Brinkmoeller
Another "Smothers Day" -- Remember, Patience Is a Virtue
GUEST BLOG: Welcome Our Newest TV WORTH WATCHING Contributor -- P.J. Bednarski
Spring Break for My Students, Smothers Marathon for Me
With "Kings," NBC Does Something Different -- And Interesting
NBC's "Chopping Block": Off With Its Head
Does Ken Burns Need a New Sponsor -- Or a Federal Bailout?
Nathan Fillion Makes ABC's "Castle" a Comfy Place to Visit
"Breaking Bad" Returns Brilliantly, With Even More Intensity
Late-Night TV Chess: Thanks to a Bishop, Craig Ferguson Is King
Second Impressions: NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," Day Two
First Impressions: NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Debut
Talk Show History Is Written Tonight, In a New Game of Late-Night Chess
Another Happy Smothers Day: More High-Intensity Book Work
NBC Needs To Extend Its "Life"
What the Oscars Did Right Last Night
"American Idol" Still Connects... And Serves Up Some Karmic Payback
TV Worth Watching Guides You to eGuiders
"Stealing Lincoln's Body" Is Too Good To Be True -- Yet, Amazingly, It Is
Fox's "Dollhouse" Has the Feel of Joss Whedon's Fourth TV Triumph
Letterman Soars With Heroic US Airways Crew
Just a Tease -- But Changes, and New Writers, Are Coming to TV Worth Watching
With "60 Minutes" and Grammys, CBS Does Itself Doubly Proud -- Next Step, Timberlake TV?
41 Years Later, "60 Minutes" Still Delivers the (Very) Goods
Over-the-Air TV: Now You See It, Now You See It a Little Longer
Three-Way Scripted TV Battle: How Unusual Is THAT?
Here's an Irritating TV Mistake, From NBC's "Medium"
Super Bowl XLIII: Super Game, Super Halftime, Not-So-Super Ads
Tacky Tricks of the TV Trade: NBC's "Office" After Super Bowl, "Chuck" in 3-D
Katie Couric As Ready-For-Prime-Time Player
"CBS Evening News" Makes It A Later Evening -- Why Not?
Catching Up on Press Tour, Courtesy of Bill Brioux
TNT's "Trust Me" Is No Modern "Mad Men" -- or Updated "thirtysomething," Either
One TV Question Posed, One TV Press Tour Secret Revealed
If Broadcast TV Is to Survive, All is "Lost"
I Watched President Obama in My TV History Class -- Where Were You?
Watch History on TV Today, Almost Wherever You Turn
Sunday Serves Up Two Powerhouse Battles for Viewer Attention -- Both Involving HBO
Appreciating Patrick McGoohan: To Me, His "Prisoner" Was Number 1
Make 'Em Laugh: PBS Humor Documentary IS a Laughing Matter
Golden Globes: This Year, They Went Off Without a Strike
Jack's Back on Fox's "24," Accepting Responsibility -- But Unapologetic
Packing Away the Holiday Ornaments, And Saying Thanks...
Maximize Your "Damages": Intense FX Legal Drama Is Back
So What TV is Worth Watching in 2009? Try These, for Starters...
Deeper Into the TV Worth Watching Readers' Poll -- Your Questions, Your Other Favorites
TV Worth Watching Readers' Poll: "Mad Men" Best Show of 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR! My New Year's Resolution Is...
Here's My Top 10 TV List of 2008 -- What's Yours?
Merry Christmas Eve Two-Way: Terry Gross Interviews Me On Today's "Fresh Air"
TV Holidays Are Festive Again: Letterman Is Back with His Annual Christmas Show
The Password is... Unfortunate
Whoops! Some TVWW Shopping Links Were Messed Up...
With NBC Presenting "Momma's Boy" at 10, A Leno Alternative IS Better
More Christmas TV Treats -- This Time, Where to Find Them Online
Not Too Many Shopping Days Left Until the Holidays -- So Please Shop Here!
"The Shield," Boston Legal" Ended Beautifully -- But for TV Drama, What's Next?
Now That Leno Has Landed, What's Next? Some Thoughts...
Leno in Prime Time? Good for Business, Bad for TV
The Show with the Most Famous Balcony Scenes Since "Romeo & Juliet" Ends Tonight
Once Again, It's Smothers Day!
Look Who's Talking -- On TV, That Is -- And Who's Shockingly Good At It
ABC's "According to Jim" -- It's Alive! Alive!
Holiday DVD Shopping? Holiday TV Viewing? TV Worth Watching Has It All, So Please Dive In!
For Thanksgiving, TV Worth Watching Will Spare a Turkey: "Rosie Live!"
The Variety Show Deserves to Be Reincarnated -- But Is Rosie Its Savior?
FX's "The Shield" Ends As It Began, with a Killer Episode
Even Sweeps Don't Keep Cable From Demanding Attention
ABC Mows Down "Daisies," Fox Presents Bite-Sized Taste of "24"
"Pushing Daisies" Needs ABC's Support Now More Than Ever
ABC's "Pushing Daisies": An Endangered Flower That Must Be Protected
New Holiday DVD Shopping Guides Are Up -- Please Shop. Please. Pretty Please...
The Best, And Worst, Of Current TV Commercials
Ricky Gervais Scores Comedically and Technologically -- Look Ma, No Hands!
NBC Product Placement Stoops to Another Egregious Low
"Chocolate News": Comedy Central Gets Its Newest Breakout Vehicle
Scarborough Spills Steaming Cup of F-Word on "Morning Joe"
TV Worth Watching Marks First Anniversary! Exclamation Marks Justified!
Obama Wins -- Election TV Coverage Does, Too
Today's Election Day Advice Is Short and Simple...
"SNL" Fires One Final Election-Year Bullseye
TV Worth Watching Is Voting Early: Best TV Series of 2008 Is "The Daily Show"
Will "30 Rock" Ride Tina Fey Fever to Become Must-See TV?
TV Hardball Doubleheader: Obama, Baseball Throw Their Best Pitches
World Series Game 5, Pt. 2: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, and Obama's On the Horizon
Two TV Acting Triumphs in Two Days: What a Hamm!
This Weekend, It's a Mad Mad "Mad Men" World
Will "SNL" Fever Transmit to "30 Rock"? It Deserves To...
"Pushing Daisies": ABC Loves It, ABC Loves It Not
Taking a Personal Holiday: It's Smothers Day
For Remainder of Presidential Campaign, Politics Is, And Isn't, A Laughing Matter
Mini-Reviews: McCain on "Letterman," Latest "SNL Thursday," New Series "Crash" and "Crusoe"
Final Presidential Debate Was...A Debate! And a Great One...
Baseball Playoffs on Fox, Possible "Hail Mary" Pass on Presidential Debate
Tonight's "Frontline" is Truly "Choice" Television
Bob Schieffer: Having Candidates Scrap Debate Rules Would be "The Dream"
Funny Thing: Politics Makes Comedians Work Overtime
Lots of New Shows Tonight, But Only Some Are Worthwhile
Who Came Out Ahead in the Second Presidential Debate? "That One..."
Tina Fey As Sarah Palin: One of the All-Time Greats In the "SNL" Political Pantheon
Dissecting the Debate: One More Episode in This Season's Best TV Drama
Tonight's Vice Presidential Debate: Three Predictions, One Recommendation
"Friday Night Light" Returns -- But Where? And What is NBC Thinking?
Sarah Palin May Be Slipping, But Katie Couric and Tina Fey Are Soaring
"Dexter" Returns -- Showtime's Killer Show is Back, And is Thrilling
McCain Bails on Tomorrow's Debate -- And on Last Night's "Letterman"
More Premieres, More Season Returns, More Yawns
Network Series Premiere, But PBS Shines with "American Masters"
Emmys The Day After: Good Wins, Bad Hosts, Dull Presenters, Nice Surprise
Emmy Voting Procedures Better, But Still Tricky to Predict
Three Quirky New DVD Sets, All Worth Watching (And Owning)
Tuesday's One-Two-Three Punch of Quality TV: "House," "Fringe," "Shield"
"Saturday Night Live" Returns Brilliantly -- For Five Minutes
Good for Viewers: Bad New Shows Are Rejected Quickly
Craig Ferguson Goes All Howard Beale, In A Good Way
The "Hole" Truth About Fox's "Hole in the Wall"
Among the New Broadcast Series We've Seen, Fox's "Fringe" Is the Best
TV Season Is Rolling Out New Stuff -- And So Are We
Coagulations! HBO Bounces Back with "True Blood"
Republicans Get Message Across Unfiltered
Palin Takes Stage, "Daily Show" Takes Aim, "90210" Takes Off (Barely)
Gustav Storms Gulf Coast, TV News Networks Storm Storm
Republican Convention, Hurricane Season, Fall Season -- Split-Screen Scrambles Everywhere You Look
Obama Gets High Marks from Most Analysts, But CBS Deserves Low Ones
Democratic National Convention Day 3: Broadcast TV Missed the Best Parts
Democratic National Convention Day 2: More Unity, But Also More PUMAs
Democratic National Convention TV Coverage: Here's What You're Missing
Goodbye, Olympics -- Hello, Politics and Other "Dangerous Jobs"
First of New Fall Shows Surfaces Monday -- And So Does TV's Kickoff Curse
Networks Thrilled by Olympics Viewership -- But May Be Embracing the Wrong Moral
Best New TV Show of the Fall Season? No One Can Say...
CW Withholds Press Screeners for "90210" -- Earth Continues to Rotate on Axis
For Michael Phelps and NBC's Olympics Coverage, Eight is Enough
Michael Phelps' Midas Touch: Every Outstretched Hand Turns to Gold
Your Mission, Mr. Phelps, Should You Decide To Accept It...
Thanks to the Olympics, NBC Looks Like a Network Again -- For Now
Smothers Brothers Finally Coming Out on Video -- With My Liner Notes!
NBC's Olympics Coverage -- So Far, So Great
Olympics Opening Ceremony Was Transcendent TV -- Here's An Annotated Scrapbook
Olympics Opening Weekend: What and Where Are You Watching It?
Check Your TV Temperature: Do You Have Olympic Fever?
Bob Woodruff Serves Up Tasteful TV Special, On China
TV Worth Watching Suggests: A Roundabout Way for "Dr. Horrible" to Reach Broadway
Forget "American Idol" -- British Idol is "Doctor Who"
TV's Digital Conversion: What Will Bugs Bunny Look Like Without Rabbit Ears?
I Come to Bury "EliteXC Saturday Night Fights," Not to Praise It
No, You're Not Delusional -- The TV in TV Worth Watching Is Flickering On!
For "X-Files" Movie Box-Office Returns, The Truth Is Out There - And It's Brutal
AMC's "Mad Men" Returns -- And Once Again, It's a Blast from the Past
One More Day for "X-Files" Contest Guesses -- and One More Round of News from TCA
Another Box-Office Guessing Game: X (Files) Marks the Spot, but Which One?
A Personal History of, and Farewell to, TCA Press Tour
TCA Awards Presentation: The Makers and Watchers of Quality TV Share the Love
"Desperate Housewives" Time-Jump Inspired by "Lost" Flash-Forward
Emmy Nominations Are Out, "Mad Men" Is In, and "Friday Night Lights" Was Robbed
Update: Evil Triumphs, "Dr. Horrible" Back Up and Running
Joss Whedon's "Dr. Horrible" Is Just What the Doctor Ordered
"Fringe" Is Fabulous: J. J. Abrams and Company Do It Again, This Time for Fox
Reopening "The Closer," Trying to Save "Grace," Diving Into TCA Press Tour
HBO's "Generation Kill" Caught between Iraq and a Hard Place
TCA Press Tour: Canaries in the Coal Mine, with Note Pads?... And an Update!
Breaking News from TCA Tour, Courtesy of Diane Werts
AFTRA Votes to Settle, Fellow Union's Hopes SAG
Minisodes, Mini-Seasons and Mini-Press Tours
TCM Stays True to Its Identity -- A Cable Rarity These Days
Linda Ellerbee, As Always, Treats Kids Like Adults
What's Right with This Picture?
If You Don't Dive Into "Mad Men" DVD, You're Crazy
Hollywood Should Balk at Prospect of a Strike Two
True TV Tributes Deserve Hours, Not Moments
For Summer-Starved Quality TV Fans, ABC's "Hopkins" Is Just What the Doctor Ordered
ABC's "Japanese Game Show" Is Better Than Expected, but "Wipeout" Is Even Worse
Can I Be Trusted to Accept -- and Decline -- Ads? I Need Your "P.O.V."
"Get Smart" Movie -- Your Mission, Should You Decide to Accept It...
"Get Smart" Movie Remake: Sorry About That, Chief
Good DVD for a Slow Summer: "Californication"
Tim, Tiger, the Tonys and Kobe: What a Father's Day for TV...
Father's Day Choices: Remembering Old Broadway, Old TV, and Old TV Dads
"Celebrity Circus" Another Big (Top) Network Embarrassment
NBC's "Celebrity Circus": Another Sucker-Born-Every-Minute Move
"Soap" Navigates Slippery Slope of Overpopulated DVD Boxed Sets
One Good Side Effect of the Writers' Strike: Summer TV Documentaries
New CBS Drama Takes "Sybil" Liberties
"Swingtown" Languishes on CBS, "Fear Itself" Surprises on NBC
2008 Presidential Primary Contest Is History -- In More Ways Than One
"Sex" Adjusts Opening-Week Total, But Winner Stays the Same Here
"Sex" Sells -- $55.7 Million Worth! Who Would Have Guessed? (Besides Me...)
Season Finale Was So Good, I'm Lost without "Lost"
TV Worth Watching's First Reader Quiz: How Much Is "Sex" Worth?
"Sopranos" Educational Conference Sparks Unexpected C*ntroversy
HBO's "Recount": Enjoy It, But Don't Mistake It for a Documentary
Frank Rich Working with HBO? This Could be Rich Indeed...
From "American Idol" to "American Gladiators" -- Goodbye, TV Season
TV Worth Watching Welcomes Its First Other Contributor: Diane Werts
My Smothers Brothers Book Is In the Works -- Finally!
CBS Upfront Update: Dog and Pony Show, Minus the Pony
Upfront Update: CBS Dims "Moonlight," Embraces "Mother"
What's New at the Network Upfronts? So Far, Less than Usual...
ABC Rescues NBC's "Scrubs," While NBC Launches First Fall Promo and NBC NY Anchor Drops the 'F' Bomb
Being Up Front With the Network Upfronts
The Aloha TV Season: You Say Hello, I Say Goodbye
HBO's "Hear and Now" Is A Treat for the Eyes -- and Ears
CBS Calls Indiana for Clinton, Then Sweats Hours Waiting for a Second Opinion
"Two and a Half Men" Spoofs "CSI" -- But Not for the First Time
CBS Goes to the Dark Side of the "Moonlight" Promos
Watching Ringo Starr Now and Then -- As in 2008 and 1981
NBC Slips from Must-See to Please-Watch TV
The Magic of Live TV: Paula Abdul Hears Double On "American Idol"
Special Guest Stars -- A TV Trick That Goes Back a Long Way
Timely Advice for CBS: Be Good to "Your Mother" -- With Update!
One More Democratic Debate? Sure -- If Run By Some Good, Old Moderators
Don't Look Now (Actually, Please Do), But Broadcast TV Is Back
American Idol, American Politics -- "America Has Voted, and..."
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Pennsylvania Primary
More on My Newsmaking Conversations with Kyle Chandler and Tim Robbins
Murrow, Minow, Chayefsky, Sorkin, Kelley and Robbins -- Six Degrees of "Mad As Hell"
Latest Democratic Debate Provides No Fireworks -- And Maybe That's Okay
More Tim Robbins, and Other News, from the NAB: What Happens in Vegas Isn't Staying There
At NAB Convention, Tim Robbins Speaks His Mind -- And His Speech
April 14, 2008 - Extras! Extras! Read All About Them -- Finally!
April 10, 2008 - Welcome Back, NBC Thursday Night -- Especially "30 Rock"
April 09, 2008 - I've Got a "Secret" I Don't Want
April 08, 2008 - Broadcast Showings of Cable Series: Something Borrowed, Something Blew
April 07, 2008 - More Shows Returning! Another Strike Looming?
April 04, 2008 - "Battlestar Galactica" Returns with Frakking Strong Episode
April 03, 2008 - NBC Plans, God Laughs
April 02, 2008 - This Just In: 2007 Peabody Awards Announced, and It's Another Discerning Roster
April 02, 2008 - Networks Missing the Value of Reliability
March 31, 2008 - We're Number 1's! Top NCAA Seeds Advance to Final Four
March 28, 2008 - It's Show Time on Showtime: "Tudors" Returns, Tracey Ullman Debuts
March 27, 2008 - Exclusive!: NBC's "Friday Night Lights" Returning for Sure
March 26, 2008 - HBO's "In Treatment" Has Been Very Good Therapy
March 25, 2008 - Great Documentaries Are Alive and Well -- Just Not on Broadcast TV
March 24, 2008 - Sit Me Baby One More Time: Britney Goes the Sitcom Route
March 21, 2008 - "American Idol" Beatles Nights Didn't Please Please Me
March 20, 2008 - Nights of the Round(ball) Table: TV Coverage to Please Lance a Lot
March 19 - Changes Are Coming to This Site... Glacially, but Surely
March 18, 2008 -- When Good Shows Happen to Bad People
March 17, 2008 - It's Some Laughing Matter: The First Post-Strike Sitcoms Are Back
March 14, 2008 - HBO's "John Adams" Makes It Three for Three for Tom Hanks
March 13, 2008 - ABC's "Lost" Is Great, But Its "Enhanced Lost" Is Grating
March 12, 2008 - Lewis Black Doesn't Triumph Over "Evil"
March 11, 2008 - Digging Deeply Into HBO's "In Treatment"
March 10, 2008 - When Is It Fair, and Unfair, to Reveal TV Secrets?: Two Case Studies
March 07, 2008 - Saying Goodbye to "The Wire"
March 06, 2008 - When Good Ads Happen to Bad TV Shows
March 05, 2008 - Republicans Solidify, Democrats Liquefy
March 04, 2008 - For TV, It's Super-Super-Duper Tuesday
March 03, 2008 - Here's Something Rare: Praise for What ISN'T On TV
February 29, 2008 - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Blog
February 28, 2008 - An Embarrassment of Riches on Live TV
February 27, 2008 - To Everything There is a (TV) Season, Turn, Turn, Turn... Including Pete Seeger
February 26, 2008 - I'm Just Mad about Saffron... And HBO's "The Gates"
February 22, 2008 - Post-Strike Rewards: "Saturday Night Live" One Night, Oscars the Next
February 21, 2008 - Listen to the Jukebox, Send Some Feedback
February 20, 2008 - "Company," From Then to Now
February 19, 2008 - Careful, NBC, or Your Initials Soon May Stand for "Nothing But Crap"
February 18, 2008 - The Writers' Strike Is Over, But the Unscripted Junk Continues
February 16, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
February 15, 2008 - On the CBS "Dexter," There Will Be Blood... But Not as Much
February 14, 2008 - The Writers Are Back: Wow! Wow! Wow!
February 13, 2008 - Viewers Held Hostage, Day 100: Our Long National TV Nightmare Is Over
February 12, 2008 - Fiddling Around with "My Grammy Moment"
February 11, 2008 - TV Writers Vote Tomorrow, And May Be Back to Work Wednesday
February 9, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
February 08, 2008 - The Strike May be Ending - And HBO's "Inside the NFL" Definitely Is
February 07, 2008 - With or Without Writers, Late-Night Shows are Hitting Home Runs
February 06, 2008 - Super Tuesday's Clear Winner Is... A Player to be Named Later
February 05, 2008 - Shifting from Super Bowl to Super Tuesday
February 04, 2008 - Yes, Virginia, It Was a Super Bowl
February 2, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
February 01, 2008 - Super Debate, Super "Lost," Super Bowl, Super Duper Tuesday
January 31, 2008 - How Will Viewers Find "Lost" - If They Do?
January 30, 2008 - The February Ratings Sweeps Start Tomorrow - Barely
January 29, 2008 - Day 87: American TV Held Hostage
January 28, 2008 - Diving Into "In Treatment," And Loving It
January 26, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
January 25, 2008 - Fox and P.T. Barnum Agree Again... For Now
January 24, 2008 - One Month to the Oscars, and Counting - Quickly
January 23, 2008 - Ringo Stars on TV, And Saves the Best for Latest
January 22, 2008 - "Moment of Truth" for Network TV?
January 21, 2008 - Forget the Talk Show Wars - It's Time for an Official Late-Night Feud
January 19, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
January 18, 2008 - AMC Follows "Mad Men" With Another Bold Series
January 17, 2008 - What's On, and Gone, On TV's Late-Night Shows
January 16, 2008 - "American Idol" Up to Its Old Tricks - and Why Not?
January 15, 2008 - While Others are Idle, Fox Has "Idol"
January 14, 2008 - NBC's "Golden Globe Winners Special" a Real Loser
January 12, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
January 11, 2008 - Three Sunday TV Offerings Chase Past Glories... At Various Speeds
January 10, 2008 - Strike News: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
January 08, 2008 - Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Are Back - and Are Terrific
January 07, 2008 - Late-Night Comebacks, Take Two: Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Return Tonight
January 5, 2008 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
January 04, 2008 - Getting Down to "The Wire," One Last Time
January 03, 2008 - Late-Night Impressions, First Night Back
January 02, 2008 - Ready or Not, Here It Comes: TV's Pseudo-Second Season
January 01, 2008 - Happy New Year, Especially for Late-Night Fans
December 31, 2007 - 10 Best TV Series of the Year, Times Two
December 29, 2007 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
December 28, 2007 - Best TV Series of 2007? Best TV Ad? Same Winner...
December 27, 2007 - My Three Favorite Live TV Mistakes of 2007
December 26, 2007 - "Kennedy Center Honors" All of Television
December 25, 2007 - Merry Christmas!!!
December 24, 2007 - The Next Mass Medium, One Chunk at a Time
December 22, 2007 - Still Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
December 20, 2007 - Wait Till Next Year: In 13 Days, Late-Night Talk Shows Return
December 19, 2007 - New FCC Ruling is Worth Getting "Mad as Hell" About
December 18, 2007 - Late Night Shows Ask, "Can We Talk?" - And Some Will, Very Soon
December 17, 2007 - Yesterday, AFI Embraced TV's Best; Today, ABC and NBC Don't
December 15, 2007 - Easier Than Rolling Off a Blog
December 14, 2007 - Ricky Gervais And His "Extras" Special TV Show
December 13, 2007 - "Late Show" Christmas - Baby, Please Come Home
December 12, 2007 - Reality Can Be Cruel, And So Can Reality TV
December 09, 2007 - Tom Brokaw Brings "1968" Up to Date
December 08, 2007 - Fasten Your Seat Belts: Strike Talks Break Off Again, And Sound Really Broken
December 07, 2007 - Shop! In the Name of Love...
December 06, 2007 - TV Alchemy: Turning "Tin Man" Into Gold
December 05, 2007 - WGA Strike Reaches One-Month Mark - And So Does TV Worth Watching
December 03, 2007 - "You Guys Know Who Philo Farnsworth Was?"
December 01, 2007 - All Hail the Queen of Christmas TV
November 30, 2007 - Strike Movement, and Late-Night Strike Moves
November 29, 2007 - One Less Strike, One More Debate
November 28, 2007 - Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You-Tube...
November 27, 2007 - Great Grief! "Charlie Brown Christmas" Still the Best
November 26, 2007 - If Video Killed the Radio Star, Who Killed the Video Star?
November 25, 2007 - Strike Talks Resuming, Scripted Shows Evaporating
November 24, 2007 - Supporting the Strike, One Frame at a Time
November 23, 2007 - One-Word Advice, from Plastics to Quarterlife
November 22, 2007 - Happy Thanksgiving - Pass the TV Turkey
November 21, 2007 - Final Body Count for "The War"
November 20, 2007 - Quarterlife's Next Life...and Other Good News
November 19, 2007 - Day 14: Viewers Held Hostage
November 18, 2007 - Mission: Impasse-able
November 17, 2007 - Live, But Only in New York, It's Saturday Night!
November 16, 2007 - Icon Believe TV Land's "50 Greatest TV Icons" List
November 15, 2007 - Happy Birthday to Me
November 14, 2007 - Even on Broadway, The Show Mustn't Go On
November 13, 2007 - Gather Ye TV Shows While Ye May
November 12, 2007 - Is There Quarterlife After Television? Yes.
November 11, 2007 - Aaron the Strike Out King
November 10, 2007- Those were the (Satur)days
November 9, 2007 - The Play's the Thing
November 8, 2007 - Strike One! Strike Two
November 7, 2007 - Up and Cyber-Running
November 6, 2007 - Day One, of Both the Website and the Writers' Strike