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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Apr
4
'HOMELAND,' 'THRONES,' 'PARKS & RECREATION,' 'PORTLANDIA' AMONG THOSE WINNING PEABODY AWARDS By David Bianculli
 
 
The 71st Annual Peabody Awards committee announced their latest awards Wednesday, and among those recognized were Showtime's "Homeland," HBO's "Game of Thrones," and IFC's "Portlandia." Also nabbing highly prized Peabody's for 2011...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
3
COURIC VS. PALIN MORNING SHOW DUEL: READY, AIM, FIREWORKS! By David Bianculli
 
 
The morning-show wars went nuclear Tuesday, as reigning NBC superpower "Today" countered increasingly competitive ABC "Good Morning America's" aggressive week-long guest host stunt. Then "Today" launched its own offensive missile...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
2
WHICH OF MONDAY'S 'AMERICAN MASTERS' DOCUMENTARIES IS BETTER? I SAY: 'BOO!' By David Bianculli
 
 
Of Monday's two new American Masters literary profiles on PBS, the much better one is titled Hey, Boo! And if your response is "Boo who?," my response is: Quit your crying...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
1
TONIGHT'S TV WORTH WATCHING? HERE ARE MY BEST BETS -- NO FOOLING By David Bianculli
 
 
On this particular day, April 1, there are so many TV shows of note that there wasn't room for them all in BIANCULLI'S BEST BETS. So today only, if you want to find out about the best shows on TV tonight, keep reading BIANCULLI'S BLOG here...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Mar
31
'THE KILLING,' 'GAME OF THRONES' ARE UP TO THEIR OLD TRICKS By David Bianculli
 
 
One series returns in search of redemption. The other returns in hopes of maintaining momentum. And this Sunday they both arrive -- both of them, in coming back, are up to their old tricks...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Mar
19
I LOVE AMC'S 'MAD MEN,' BUT CAN'T TELL YOU WHY By David Bianculli
 
 
It takes 22 months to give birth to an elephant -- so by that measure, the 17-month wait for a new season of AMC's Mad Men is no big deal. And yes, this Sunday's two-hour Season 5 premiere is worth the wait. Though there are so many secrets begging to be held here, I can't really tell you why...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Mar
18
'FROZEN PLANET' IS REALLY COOL TV - BUT LOOKS BETTER THAN IT SOUNDS By David Bianculli
 
 
Frozen Planet, the latest nature documentary series co-production between the BBC and Discovery Channel, premieres in the United States with a Sunday night doubleheader that is astoundingly gorgeous. But once again, at the same time Discovery rewards our intelligence by scheduling a nonfiction series this good, it also insults us -- by swapping narrators for American ears...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Mar
13
CALLING ALL READERS! LET YOUR DAY JOB BE A TICKET TO A TVWW GUEST COLUMN By David Bianculli
 
 
The next incarnation of TV WORTH WATCHING really, truly is coming -- maybe a month or so away, at this point, but closer all the time. And we're making room, among other things, for one new feature that will allow us to take advantage of you. Yes, you. In a way we hope you'll enjoy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Mar
8
HBO SARAH PALIN DOCUDRAMA, 'GAME CHANGE,' IS FAIR AND BALANCED By David Bianculli
 
 
There's one quick and easy way to distinguish my critique of HBO's Game Change, the new telemovie about Sarah Palin's foray into national politics in the 2008 presidential election, from those of most of the criticisms leveled by conservative commentators, political insiders, and even Palin herself. I've actually seen the damned thing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Mar
6
BOLDLY GO TO NPR'S 'FRESH AIR' TODAY, AND HEAR MY INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM SHATNER By David Bianculli
 
 
On the Tuesday, Mar. 6 edition of NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the second half of the show is devoted to my interview, conducted last week, with an actor, an author, a Broadway star, recording artist, movie actor, commercial spokesperson and TV icon. And they're all the same guy -- William Shatner...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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