This second episode of Aaron Sorkin’s new series institutes the fictional TV news show’s inaugural relaunch, with new rules, new ideals – and a lot of old-fashioned behind-the-scenes, and on-the-air, disasters. Jeff Daniels stars.

2012

Jul

WEEDS By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This is the eighth and final season for this Mary Louise Parker dark comedy, and it certainly opens on the darker side. Parker’s Nancy has assembled her extended and eccentric family to start yet another new life – this time in a communal residence back in suburbia, where the series began – when a laser dot appears on her forehead (pictured) just as she’s giving a toast to their new fortune. That turns out to be a false alarm – a dot from a la

2012

Jul

EPISODES By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This droll, deliciously wry comedy about Hollywood’s lures, dangers and excesses returns for a second season, picking up at the point where the show-within-a-show, Pucks! starring Matt LeBlanc, is about to premiere – but not to the best of reviews. For my full review – of Episodes, not Pucks! – see Bianculli’s Blog HERE.

2012

Jul

1941: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TELEVISION! By Christy Slewinski

This day in 1941 marked the first day of commercial television broadcasting. Although "experimental" television had been around since 1939, July 1, 1941 was the day that the Federal Communications Commission licenses went into effect, permitting broadcasters to transmit programs and advertising. The first channels to receive FCC licenses were New York's WNBT (the precursor to WNBC), operated by the National Broadcasting Company, and WCBW (now CBS) operated by the Columbia Broadcasting System.

2012

Jul

MARINA ABRAMOVIC: IN THE NAME OF ART By Eric Gould

As cryptic as modern art can be, performance art can be the most challenging. And it can be the most moving. Both sides are revealed in one artist's work...

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