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Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
Apr
17
PAT SUMMERALL: 1930-2013 By Ed Bark
 
 
The voice: unsurpassed. The diction: letter-perfect. The run at the top: unparalleled. Pat Summerall announced some of the greatest games ever played...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
16
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
Here’s what to watch for, other than the “knockout” round which pits singer against singer. Will the ratings remain constant, or go down, in this less compelling portion of this series? To me, the blind judging part is the best segment of this show – and that’s now over.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
16
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah and her husband David McMahon collaborated on this 2012 documentary, making its PBS premiere tonight after a limited theatrical run last year. It’s a tense, evocative study of the 1989 rape and assault of a Central Park jogger – a crime that sent five teenagers to jail for seven years, even though subsequent evidence suggests strongly they were innocent. For a full review, see my Bianculli’s Blog, or listen to today’s Fresh Air with Terry Gro
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
16
REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: This new edition was totally mapped out with other stories before yesterday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon – but it’s a good bet that Bryant Gumbel, with all his news instincts, will use the time to address, if not update, the tragic act of terrorism.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
16
PIERRE ETAIX MARATHON By David Bianculli
 
 
In addition to his short films, French comic filmmaker Pierre Etaix made only five movies – and three of them, along with a pair of shorts, are presented tonight in this generous introduction to the works of one of France’s most acclaimed, and least known, cinematic clown princes. Yo Yo, from 1965, opens this TCM retrospective at 8 p.m. ET, telling the story of a wealthy man who has everything but love. In 1968’s Le Grand Amour, at 10 p.m. ET, Etaix stars as a happily married m
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
16
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON By David Bianculli
 
 
Boy, this was fast: Nathan Fielder, star of Comedy Central’s Nathan for You, has only been around as a “celebrity” for a short while with his twisted new series – but already, he’s scored a guest spot opposite Craig Ferguson on tonight’s show.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
16
FRANK BANK: 1942-2013 By Bill Brioux
 
 
Frank Bank passed away Saturday, one day after his 71st birthday. Bank, a native Californian, played Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on Leave it to Beaver...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
15
RACE, PLACE AND FAMILY ARE CENTRAL TO 'CENTRAL PARK FIVE' By David Bianculli
 
 

The Central Park Five, the newest Ken Burns documentary to hit PBS, addresses his familiar, favored themes of race and place. But this time, making the movie was a family affair…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
15
TWO SIRS WHO LOVE By Christy Slewinski
 
 
Acting legends Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi star in a new British sitcom, Vicious...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
15
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
After presenting as many audition shows as it could get away with, The Voice now shifts to phase two – a less satisfying phase, the battle stage, when two singers enter a boxing-type “ring” and perform duets. They’re trying to stand out more than blend, though, so it’s always an odd dynamic. But here we go…
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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