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2012
Jun
9
 
 
I  intended to have spent this past week with other members of the advisory council for the Fred Rogers Center, but had to cancel. However, I was there in spirit – and Fred Rogers is here in spirit, in this delightful – and addictive – musical video mash-up called “Garden of Your Mind"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
5
 
 
TVWW's Diane Werts is previewing the returning summer shows, and among the first to premiere is Suits, one of the smarter of USA's quip-tastic dramedies, starting Thursday, June 14 at 10 p.m. ET. It features winning banter between Gabriel Macht as high-powered, dressed-to-win corporate attorney Harvey Specter, and Patrick J. Adams as Mike Ross, a junior player with a photographic memory and a secret to hide...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
2
 
 
LONGMIRE — One of the better summer series, Longmire, premieres Sunday, June 3 at 10 p.m. ET on A&E. It's a contemporary western crime thriller based on Craig Johnson's best-selling mystery novels...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
24
 
 
Diane Werts is previewing the new summer shows for TVWW, with the first batch available to see in her current "For Better or Werts" blog. Comedy Bang! Bang!, the smart and offbeat podcast, goes televisual on IFC starting on Friday, June 8 at 10 p.m. with creator Scott Aukerman hosting ...As a special extra, IFC  is showing the second episode featuring guest Amy Poehler in it's entirety...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
21
 
 
Kristin Wiig signed off of Saturday Night Live last weekend -- and it's hard to think of the show being as good without her. SNL has had a resurgence beginning with her becoming a cast member seven years ago, and you could even say has triumphed since Seth Meyers took over as head writer...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
20
 
 
The Simpsons have had a long line of guest stars, from James Earl Jones to Elizabeth Taylor. For this Sunday night's season finale (May 20th, 2012) on Fox, 8:30 p.m. ET. Lady Gaga goes to Springfield, in "Lisa Goes Gaga". As a long time champion of the socially downcast, she arrives to encourage Lisa to just be herself, and perform for the town...and sing about accepting monsters, among other things.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
15
 
 
My enthusiastic response to the new PBS American Masters biography, Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, has been echoed by TVWW readers – one of whom admitted to crying at the end, even without having been aware of Carson before. For readers old and new, here’s a treat: the entire two-hour special, courtesy of a shared embed from PBS. – DB
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
13
 
 
In Bianculli's Blog, David Bianculli reviews Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, the PBS American Masters profile of one of the greats of television talk. Carson conducted thousands of interviews, and on October 16, 1987, this included Myrtle Young, with her potato chip collection...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
11
 
 
DARK SHADOWS, 1967 - Diane Werts, in her review of the new, complete Dark Shadows TV series box set HERE, describes how the daytime gothic soap opera series changed when Jonathan Frid entered the fray, by exiting his coffin, as long-dormant vampire Barnabas Collins. Here’s the moment, from 1967, when Barnabas emerged – released by Willie Loomis, who was in search of treasure. – DB
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
8
 
 
Maurice Sendak died Tuesday at age 83, and the media are paying proper tribute – if you know where to look, and listen. Tuesday’s edition of NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross is devoted to Sendak, and includes a crushingly tender and raw interview. Then there are the folks at Moyers & Company, who distributed this full-length program from NOW in which Moyers talks to Sendak – and begins the interview by quoting what Joseph Campbell told Moyers about the hidden message of Where the Wild Things Are. – DB
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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