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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
May
13
FOX'S NEW FALL 2013 SHOWS: FIRST CLIPS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS By David Bianculli
 
 

Fox announced its plans Monday for the 2013-14 TV season, and beyond. The biggest announcement: The return, a year from now, of a pared-down version of 24…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
13
FOX'S LINEUP NEWS OVERSHADOWED BY JACK BAUER'S RETURN By Ed Bark
 
 
Knocked off its perch as No. 1 with 18-to-49-year-olds, Fox will re-load in the fall with three new comedies, two new dramas and another Gordon Ramsay spinoff...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
13
NBC'S NEW FALL 2013 SHOWS: FIRST CLIPS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS By David Bianculli
 
 

Once again this year, TVWW offers quick, bite-sized video samples of the new fall TV offerings, along with our own very first impressions. We start with NBC…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
13
NBC REBUILDS THURSDAYS, ACCENTUATES STAR POWER THIS FALL By Ed Bark
 
 
Returning to the network where he emerged as a major star more than 30 years ago, Michael J. Fox is the big ticket item on a new NBC prime-time lineup laden with familiar TV faces...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
13
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin (Cobie Smulders) hold their wedding in tonight’s Season 8 finale, but not before they get into an altercation with a particularly abrasive couple at the bar. But when it’s all over, supposedly, we’ll watch as Ted (Josh Radnor) finally, finally, finally meets the woman who will become his future wife, and the mother of this show’s title.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
13
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week’s competition whittled the contestants down to the Top 12 (a decision that was so tough for Adam Levine, he barely made it while the live show was still on the air). This week, the dozen finalists – three from each team – compete for survival once more. And the judges shall lead them…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
13
THE PARENT TRAP & FREAKY FRIDAY By David Bianculli
 
 
Flix has a bizarre double feature tonight, even if it’s not official, or even intentional. (Though if it’s not intentional, it’s one hell of a coincidence. Two Disney movies are shown back-to-back in prime time – movies that later were remade starring Lindsay Lohan. At 10:10 p.m. ET is 1977’s Freaky Friday – the original version, in which mom Barbara Harris swaps bodies with daughter Jodie Foster. (In Lohan’s remake, Jamie Lee Curtis played her mom.) And
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
13
MATILDA By David Bianculli
 
 
Right now on Broadway, Matilda: The Musical is up for 12 Tony Awards. This 1996 movie is based on the same Roald Dahl children’s story, and co-stars and is directed by Danny DeVito. On stage, four girls take turns playing the demanding title role. In this movie, Mara Wilson gets the role all to herself. Rhea Perlman co-stars.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
13
RECTIFY By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s episode is partly about faith, and has Daniel (Aden Young) considering religion as a path back to something closer to normalcy after his unexpected release from 19 years on Death Row. Meanwhile, the faith Sundance had in this show already has been rewarded. It’s been renewed for a second season.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
13
THE 2013-'14 FALL TV SEASON - A COMPLETE PRIME-TIME SCHEDULE By David Bianculli
 
 
As the networks release their schedules for the 2013-14 TV season, we'll collect them here, so you can plan your upcoming viewing schedule...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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