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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
Jun
10
TELEVISION SUCKS, SING BROADWAY STARS By Christy Slewinski
 
 
Stars of The Book of Mormon, Wicked and Gypsy — Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty and Laura Benanti — joined Tony Awards host Neil Patrick Harris in a number that points out the risk of leaving the the Great White Way for television: cancellation.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jun
9
'RED WEDDING' REACTIONS ARE WORTH WATCHING By Al Mannarino
 
 
Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin is not one to shy away from torturing his characters, but his fans?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jun
8
'LATE NIGHT' POKES FUN AT 'GAME OF THRONES' ... AND ITSELF By Al Mannarino
 
 
The Late Night with Jimmy Fallon team recently transformed the iconic 30 Rockefeller Center into Westeros, George R.R. Martin's fictional land of magic and dragons, for the Game of Thrones parody, "Game of Desks"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jun
7
FEMALE-FOCUSED WIGS LAUNCHES NEW SERIES, 'PALOMA' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
Paloma, a web-based drama written and directed by Julia Stiles, is the latest offering from WIGS...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jun
6
"SING TOGETHER": A NEW MR. ROGERS MASHUP By Christy Slewinski
 
 
PBS Digital Studios has released yet another Mr. Rogers mashterpiece, "Sing Together"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jun
4
"BE LIFE" JOSS WHEDON TELLS WESLEYAN GRADS By Al Mannarino
 
 
Joss Whedon cut right to the chase when delivering the 2013 Wesleyan University commencement address: "You are all going to die," he told graduates...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jun
2
MORE 'NOISE' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
Can't get enough of Mel Brooks? Yep, we can relate...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
30
A 'FRESH PRINCE' REUNION By Christy Slewinski
 
 
Will Smith orchestrates a mini-Fresh Prince reunion on BBC America's The Graham Norton Show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
23
WALTER WHITE, BRICK BY BRICK By Bill Brioux
 
 
Makers of TV shows must see these skillfully-animated viral videos much the same way series creators and producers in the '60s and '70s saw those great Mad magazine parodies...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
15
A SNEAK PEEK AT 'THE GOODWIN GAMES' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
Hulu is offering a full-episode sneak peek at Fox's midseason replacement series, The Goodwin Games...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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