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2012
Jul
18
BEFORE WILL MCAVOY...
By Eric Gould
...there was Bill Moyers. If the idea of journalism as a critical part of democracy is important to you, the HBO series
The Newsroom
, and the Jeff Daniels character Will McAvoy, are going deep into that subject each week. And Bill Moyers has been doing it for real, for decades...
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2012
Jul
16
BAD IS FUNNY
By Eric Gould
OK, so we're finally off to a new season of
Breaking Bad
. And it's been a verrry good start. For as much enjoyment that we get out of the show, here's something to remind us that the cast might be enjoying it more...
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2012
Jul
13
INSIDE BREAKING BAD SEASON FIVE
By Eric Gould
The Season Five premiere of
Breaking Bad
is on Sunday, July 15 at 10 .p.m. ET.
It's time for former high school chemistry teacher-turned-crime lord Walter White to burst back onto the screen, and indeed, he does just that...with a vengence...
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2012
Jul
11
SUBMITTED FROM MIKE WALLACE: ROD SERLING
By Eric Gould
Rod Serling just might be the blue print for the Don Draper character; combat veteran, thin, smoking, intense, articulate -- a rapid-fire machine of literary acumen. Here's the full 20 minute interview he gave Mike Wallace in 1959, coutesy of PBS/
American Masters...
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2012
Jul
8
GUILTY PLEASURES
By Eric Gould
Romance novels have maybe never been more popular; and as the upcoming PBS documentary points out, one is sold about every four seconds around the world. it unmasks the forces shaping this large part of the publishing industry, but it's also a humourous and touching look at ordinary readers...
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2012
Jul
5
DOGS IN CARS
By Eric Gould
We're well into summer even though we haven't reached the dog days yet. Or have we? Sunny days usually means road trips -- and no riders are more jazzed about cruising with the windows down and a great song on the radio and the than the four-legged kind...
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2012
Jun
29
PRESTON STURGES NIGHT
By Diane Werts
TV and movies are still trying to recreate the screwball mayhem unleashed 70 years ago by writer-director-producer auteur Preston Sturges. This Saturday, Turner Classic Movies shows us why, piling up six Sturges flicks, starting at 8 p.m. ET...
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2012
Jun
27
TURNING AARON SORKIN’S ART INTO ITS OWN MASHUP ART
By David Bianculli
Some people have interpreted this intensely edited video, excerpting and compiling recycled lines and bits of stage business from Aaron Sorkin’s various TV shows and movies, as a critical attack on the writer’s propensity for repeating himself. But I sense as much love and affection here as anything else...
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2012
Jun
19
AARON SORKIN RETURNS TO NBC – BUT ONLY BRIEFLY
By David Bianculli
Aaron Sorkin’s first TV series was ABC’s
Sports Night,
followed by NBC’s
The West Wing
and
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
He’s back on NBC Thursday, but only for a few minutes – profiled by Savannah Guthrie for a segment on
Rock Center...
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2012
Jun
16
NEW BBC AMERICA SERIES THIS SUMMER: COPPER
By Eric Gould
Barry Levinson
and
Tom Fontana
have produced a couple of memorable television series together,
Homicide: Life on the Street
and
Oz
. (You can add
Diner
,
Rain Man
and
Bugsy
to Levinson's credits, and
St. Elsewhere
to Fontana's.) The two are at it again with
Copper
, a period piece set in the notorious Five Corners of Civil War-era New York City. Premiering on Sunday, August 19, 9 p.m. ET, the crime-drama will be the first sole-produced series for BBC America...
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