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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Nov
16
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA By David Bianculli
 
 
David Lean directed, and Peter O’Toole starred in, this widescreen 1962 historical epic, set in lands that, though with different names, figure prominently in today’s international conflicts and history. O’Toole cuts an accurately flamboyant figure as T.E. Lawrence, and costars include Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif and Anthony Quinn.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
16
FRINGE By David Bianculli
 
 
The Observers now know that the Fringe team – what’s left of it – is more powerful and threatening than they had, uh, Observed. And tonight, the freedom fighters of the future (or is that for the future?) instigate their own Fringe event. And if they can indeed affect the future, then anything is possible – except, I suppose, avoiding this series’ scheduled cancellation.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
16
HUNTED By David Bianculli
 
 
Sam (Melissa George) didn’t die last week, but she could have – and that’s the point the guy who didn’t kill her was trying to make, as he now insists he’s on her side. But in a show so steeped in paranoia, Sam doesn’t even know which side she’s on. Or, at least, whom she can trust among those already on it.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
16
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: End of Season 10. Last show of the year features Eric Idle as the opening interview guest. And on the panel, guests include David Frum and Michael Moore, whose respective vocal viewpoints ought to be especially combustible – but capable of giving off light as well as heat.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
16
1981: 'GENERAL HOSPITAL' CELEBRATES LUKE AND LAURA'S WEDDING By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1981, one of television's most famous wedding celebrations took place, with General Hospital's Luke and Laura saying "I do" in front of 30 million viewers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
16
OBAMA'S GIFT BAG By Eric Gould
 
 
It looks like Jon Stewart got more than his fair share of the government gifts Republican candidate Mitt Romney referred to on a post-election conference call released last week...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
15
DAVID GEFFEN: THE MOTHER OF ALL INVENTIONS By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
Watch American Masters: Inventing David Geffen and it's difficult not to think of the man as a secret weapon, a new-millennium neutron bomb who can atomize people and leave everything around them standing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
15
1989: THE COMEDY CHANNEL GOES LIVE By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1989, Time Warner introduced cable's first all-comedy channel, simply called The Comedy Channel...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
15
30 ROCK By David Bianculli
 
 
In tonight’s episode, Tracy (Tracy Morgan) and Jack (Alec Baldwin) square off against one another, after Tracy portrays Jack as a villain in his latest film. Meanwhile, Liz (Tina Fey) puts her worst foot forward – to finally face some long-needed foot surgery.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
15
GLEE By David Bianculli
 
 
Grease is the word – and in this week’s episode, past graduates of the program return to McKinley High to watch the younger glee club veterans, and the newbies, stage a high-school version of Grease. There are worse things they could do.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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