DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

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2008
Aug
9
 
 
The opening ceremony of the XIX Summer Olympics was a transcendent TV event. Every time you think the Chinese couldn't top themselves, they did. "A picture is worth a thousand words," usually cited as an ancient Chinese proverb, actually isn't ancient or Chinese at all. But with the Olympics opening ceremony handled so stunningly by China, only an annotated photo album does the evening, or the NBC telecast, justice. So here goes...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Aug
9
 
 
I'm becoming a quick fan of NBC's online Olympics video. Like a kid set loose in a candy store, you get to taste whatever you want...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Aug
9
 
 
Bernie Mac, gone? At 50? Even more surprising than the comedian's early death from pneumonia is the fact that his fine Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show doesn't seem to be repeating nationally anywhere...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Aug
8
 
 
Since you never know when you're gonna wanna see North Korea play Nigeria in a pre-Olympic women's soccer match, you should go now -- NOW -- to NBCOlympics.com and download the Silverlight plug-in...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Aug
8
 
 
And cable wonders why customers are exasperated. Even when this industry does something good for viewers, they don't manage to tell you about it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Aug
8
 
 
Normally on TV WORTH WATCHING, I'm describing and recommending things to watch, and where to find them. For the Olympic Games, since they're spread so far and wide over cable, broadcast and the Internet, I've decided to reverse the traffic flow...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Aug
7
 
 
I'm really glad Diane Werts wrote all about the Olympics coverage and where to find it, even on the Internet, so I didn't have to. Her comprehensive rundown, and instruction manual, was written for TV WORTH WATCHING, and can be found here...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Aug
6
 
 
With two days to go until China hosts the Summer Olympics, ABC devotes tonight's edition of Primetime (10 ET) to a thoughtful, valuable special, hosted by Bob Woodruff, called "China: Inside Out"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Aug
5
 
 
"P.O.V." documentary on Johnny Cash is nothing new. In fact, it's something pretty old -- filmed in 1968 and 1969, the time in which he married June Carter, released his famous concert album recorded at Folsom Prison, and was honored as Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Aug
5
 
 
He loves breakfast and the safety dance, "but not necessarily in that order." He's Steve, the 25-year-old ESPN intern you've seen wearing a 15-pound countdown clock/billboard around his neck. He's our Play of the Day...