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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2014
Oct
4
DOCTOR WHO By David Bianculli
 
 
The Doctor Who gang has spent almost as much time running down corridors this season as the West Wing folks used to spend walking down them – except that, on Doctor Who, they’re usually being chased by deadly invaders. This week, it’s deadly spiders. In a remote mining camp. On the moon. As always, what fun…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
4
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Here’s another SNL Vintage rerun: This one is Season 3, episode 18, from April 22, 1978, and it’s one of the all-time best episodes of Saturday Night Live. Steve Martin was the host, and the musical guests were the home-grown breakout act The Blues Brothers, namely SNL regulars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Martin unveiled his instantly classic “King Tut” musical number in this show – and in addition to showcasing the Blues Brothers, other super-standout bits includ
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
4
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Welcome back, Graham! On tonight’s Season 16 opener, he’s got Denzel Washington, actress Gemma Arterton, and the current Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi. Wait until you hear the band names for old groups fronted by Arterton and Capaldi, respectively.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
4
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli
 
 
On this new Season 40 edition of Saturday Night Live, Maroon 5 appears as musical guest – which means more TV time for Adam Levine – and Sarah Silverman is this week’s host.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
3
2014 AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli
 
 
The American League games today are shown, as they were last night, on TBS. At noon ET, the Detroit Tigers are back for Game 2 against the Baltimore Orioles, who dazed the Tigers with an eighth-inning offensive explosion in last night’s playoff series opener, eventually winning 12-3. Then, at 9:30 p.m. ET, return to TBS for Game 2 of the Kansas City Royals vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
3
2014 NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli
 
 
For today’s National League postseason games, you have to find Fox Sports 1. There, at 3 p.m. ET, the San Francisco Giants face the Washington Nationals, who have home-field advantage. Then, at 6:30 p.m. ET, also on FS1, the Los Angeles Dodgers host the St. Louis Cardinals.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
3
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS CELEBRATES 40 YEARS By David Bianculli
 
 
As well it should. Performers on this understandably celebratory and feel-good concert include Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt and Lyle Lovett – and that’s just for starters.  Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
3
THE KNICK By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week, Thackery and Lucy discovered something they had in common: a fondness for liquid cocaine. It’s not a relationship that seems long-term – with either their addiction or their drug-fueled passion. But at least tonight, it’s continuing…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
3
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s guests include Ben Affleck, who’s here primarily to promote Gone Girl, but whose appearances on this show always have been thoughtful and quotable, and often surprising.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
2
2014 AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli
 
 
The past two nights, we’ve seen postseason baseball begin with teams scrambling to make it into the playoffs with a wild-card win – the Kansas City Royals in intensely dramatic fashion, the San Francisco Giants cruising to an easy victory. Tonight, the playoffs begin in earnest. At 5:30 p.m. ET on TBS, in the first game of an American League double-header, the Baltimore Orioles host the Detroit Tigers, with the Tigers starting last year’s Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, Max Sch
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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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