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Founder / Editor

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Associate Editor

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Assistant Editor

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2011
Mar
14
 
 
Because we know there must be somebody out there who cares, be informed that Comedy Central's Roast of Trump (Donald, that is) will premiere not on-air but online. That's if you include the "first-ever live socially integrated online roast pre-show"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Mar
8
 
 
Hollywood's original blonde bombshell only lived to be 26 years old. But she made 20 films that make her worth showcasing as Turner Classic Movies' star of the month on Tuesdays through March. And 75 years after her death, movie mavens still know -- and love -- Jean Harlow...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Mar
3
 
 
If this isn't it...From Bravo: Pregnant in Heels, "a docudrama following Rosie Pope, maternity concierge to the most affluent expecting mothers in New York City." Since you're now dying to know when you can see it, Bravo premieres the series on Tuesday, April 5 at 10 p.m. ET...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Mar
2
 
 
Now here's why I love Turner Classic Movies. Besides no cuts and no commercials, TCM does quality stack-ups like the two don't-touch-that-dial nights coming up this weekend. Saturday night starts with "Cool Hand Luke", where hard-labor convict Paul Newman has a '60s "failure to communicate" with drawling jailer Strother Martin...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Feb
25
 
 
I have nothing to say about this Sunday's CBS hour of The Amazing Race(8 p.m. ET). I just want to run this photo. Thanks, CBS!
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Feb
14
 
 
You see this headline and you're thinking what late-season extras? Many TV DVD releases, especially for vintage shows, seem to give up on goodies after Season 1. But not all of them -- take "The Lucy Show Season 3". When I finally got around recently to checking out this fall release, I found a slew of cool features that made me sorry I'd waited so long to look at the back of the box and into the discs themselves...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Feb
13
 
 
This is one of those completely you-had-to-be-there posts. But if you ever liked Starz' unsung comedy Party Down even the itty-bittiest little bit, you must read the oral history of this inspired short-lived classic. Jane Lynch, Adam Scott, Lizzy Caplan, Megan Mullally, Martin Starr, co-creators Paul Rudd and Rob Thomas -- all testify to the warmth and the wildness behind the scenes and, often, on-screen. Take the orgy episode...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Feb
6
 
 
While I would dearly love to mock TV's latest reality ride-along, I find myself charmed like a child by Monday's 8 p.m. ET series premiere on TLC. "The Unpoppables" tracks the travels of the balloon design group New Balloon Art, stocking events around the country with cool balloon sculptures...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Feb
5
 
 
If the Super Bowl's not your thing, Sunday TV offers some pretty great options for avoiding it -- silent movies, global taboos, Jane Austen, Roseanne, sports-and-society profiles, Hollywood musicals, and even a sort of real-life version of The Wire. Here's a look at some of Sunday's marathon alternatives...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
Feb
1
 
 
Nice of Showtime to post its first three episodes of the acclaimed showbiz comedy "Episodes" online for all. They're hoping to seduce new subscribers with this handy free preview of Matt LeBlanc's sneaky little gem. Other channels are looking to lure viewers with iTunes freebies for download. Available now: the "Lights Out" and "Fairly Legal" pilot episodes...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Diane Werts

Associate Editor
Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.
 
 
 
 

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