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On Thanksgiving weekend, if you want to get a jump on holiday shopping, but don't want to deal with the traffic and crowds and lines, TV WORTH WATCHING is happy to provide an easy solution, Several of them, actually...
Diane Werts, who already has compiled a too-cool-for-school ...
Drama
Jack Black
[Bianculli here: Pledge periods for PBS stations are notorious for bait-and-switch tactics, but sometimes some very valuable fish can be found among the bait. Contributing writer Tom Brinkmoeller writes about one such public TV special, but using much better metaphors...]
'Science ...
Reality
PBS
Sunday's season finale of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm , which served up a savory Seinfeld reunion as well, was as everything I hoped it would be, and more. What an episode. What a delight.
And, if Larry David chooses to end Curb with this most recent episode, what a sneaky, ...
Comedy
Jerry Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Larry David
HBO
Give Diane Werts all the credit for this puppy. She's been toiling long and hard, and has compiled a terrific sampler of new holiday TV-on-DVD treats to give as gifts. Wait till you see her lineup - but you don't HAVE to wait. It's ready now, by clicking the banner just above BEST BETS...
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Drama
Diane Sawyer
Brothers
[Bianculli here: Contributing critic Diane Holloway gives The Good Wife a good review -- so good that she calls the CBS drama series "the good news of the fall season"...]
'The Good Wife' is good news for viewers
By Diane Holloway
As far as I'm concerned, The Good Wife is the ...
Drama
The Good Wife
Diane Sawyer
CBS
Alicia Keys
Despite a fine performance by Ian McKellen as the chief antagonist, AMC's six-hour miniseries remake of 1968's classic The Prisoner series is not worth watching. And that's not news I'm pleased to report...
Whereas Patrick McGoohan's original series was playful as well as thoughtful, this ...
Other
AMC
The Prisoner
Ian McKellen
Patrick McGoohan
[Bianculli here: Contributing critic Diane Holloway, a "seasoned veteran" herself, takes a look at one of TV's most tenured institutions, and finds it still relevant and excellent. Well, almost all of it, anyway...]
"60 Minutes" Is Still Ticking... And Not Only Surviving, But Thriving ...
News/Talk
60 Minutes
Diane Sawyer
Eric Gould is an architect in Boston, the designer of this TV WORTH WATCHING website, and now is eyeing a new specialty side interest: he wants to be the Nostradamus of TV critics. Specifically, he has a bold -- and, I think, brilliant -- prediction about how this season's Curb Your ...
Comedy
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jerry Seinfeld
HBO
NBC Universal
Last week, I posted a picture of my basement office, post-book, with a vow to clean it up because my life had gotten too disorganized. Well, I haven't even gotten down the stairs yet. And last weekend, when I was out of town, my laptop decided to break by refusing to have the space bar ...
Other
[Bianculli here: Contributing Critic Diane Holloway was, to quote from Rocky Horror, restless with antici...pation about the premiere of Fox's The Wanda Sykes Show. Now that she's seen it, Diane is singing a slightly different tune...]
Hey, I Wanda Who's Liking Her Now
By Diane ...
Drama
Wanda Sykes
Diane Sawyer
[Bianculli here: Last year, I interviewed cooking author and columnist Mark Bittman for Fresh Air, in an interview you can hear HERE . Today, contributing TV WORTHWATCHING writer Tom Brinkmoeller revisits him. I asked about steaks; Tom asks about podcasts and television. Showoff...]
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Other
If you've recorded, but haven't yet seen, last Sunday's episode of AMC's Mad Men , don't read any more of this column until you've watched the episode. It contains surprises too potent to spoil - but too artistic and well-handled, on the other hand, not to celebrate. So if you HAVE seen ...
Drama
Mad Men
[Bianculli here: Contributing critic Diane Holloway returns to a topic she first addressed in April. She regrets that circumstances have forced her to do so -- but I'm just happy she's been writing for TV WORTH WATCHING for that long...]
NBC Lets "Southland" Go -- But I Can't ...
