Tag: tv
member name: Alan Waldman
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May 07, 2006 08:57 AM EDT --
Voices of the 2000 WGA Awards
Winners, nominees, presenters and celebrities discuss the craft of writing
Interviews by Alan Waldman
Gregory Peck, Al Pacino, Sheryl Lee Ralph,Tobey Maguire, Jane Kaczmarek, . . .
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October 10, 2006 01:11 PM EDT --
So far this new season, ABC has one hit and five flops. Ugly Betty is doing very well, but Help Me Help You, The Nine, Six Degrees, Men in Trees and Brothers & Sisters are all doing poorly and . . .
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November 27, 2006 10:03 AM EST --
Each year, TV performers in 24 categories are evaluated by an extensive poll of viewrs, resulting in a score called TVQ--with the highest rating going to the most popular person, and vice versa.
This . . .
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November 27, 2006 10:11 AM EST --
There are two more episodes to come in HBO's brilliant 13-part drama series, THE WIRE, which I consider the smartest TV program in a decade. I was blown away by last night's Episode 11, and I hate . . .
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August 17, 2006 08:36 PM EDT --
I love DEADWOOD (and anything else David Milch has ever written). I have interviewed Milch several times and am certain he is a genuine genius (although a very amusing and eccentric one).
Deadwood . . .
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September 27, 2006 12:43 PM EDT --
If you get cable and missed Meerkat Manor, you get a second chance this Friday and season two of this delightful, highly compelling series returns. It is not for young children, as some of the lovable . . .
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September 28, 2006 01:01 PM EDT --
I just started a free daily subscription to Mediaweek's newsletter The Programming Insider, which gives detailed ratings for the previous night's shows. I don't know if any of you are interested . . .
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September 08, 2006 01:29 PM EDT --
The Wire begins its fourth season this Sunday evening on HBO (with repeat episodes every weeknight on one HBO channel or another). I have told you this is the best-written TV series of the past decade. . . .
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December 11, 2006 12:14 PM EST --
Sunday Dec. 10 marked the finale of The Wire, the smartest TV show I have seen in a decade. It blew my mind. This fourth season dealt largely with four troubled Baltimore kids and the duel to see whether . . .
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September 20, 2006 12:43 PM EDT --
Here is HBO's summary of Episode 2 (of Season 4) of The Wire, that aired last Sunday, Sept. 17 and which repeats each night of the following (present week) on one HBO channel or another:
Directed . . .
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September 27, 2006 12:27 PM EDT --
The dozen TV shows I find most exciting and intelligently written all did well in the first week of the season, with each drawing 11 million to 22 million viewers and ranking in the top 35 shows (of 142), . . .
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October 04, 2006 12:47 PM EDT --
Excerpted from Nielsen Media Research:
New Program Results
WINNERS:
-Ugly Betty (ABC, Thurs. 8 p.m.) - premiere
Viewers: 16.32 million (#9 overall), A18-49: 5.0/14 (#15t)
-Shark (CBS, Thurs. 10 p.m.) . . .
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October 11, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
Nielsen's top 30 shows for the week of Oct 2-8 (total viewers; my favorites in bold):
Grey's Anatomy (ABC: 22.80 million), CSI (CBS: 21.51), Desperate Housewives (ABC: 20.96), Lost (ABC, season . . .
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September 13, 2006 03:12 PM EDT --
Excerpted from� TV Week September 12, 2006 article HBO Renews, Cancels Low-Rated 'The Wire,' By James Hibberd
With critical acclaim for "The Wire" at a fever pitch, HBO has renewed—and . . .
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October 12, 2006 02:03 PM EDT --
According to Mediaweek's newsletter The Programming Insider, which I receive each morning, NBC's new comedies 30 Rock and 20 Good Years did poorly in their debuts last night (10/11)--with the former . . .
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September 13, 2006 03:23 PM EDT --
This is a long excerpt from an interview with Ed Burns on HBO.com.
Writer and Producer Ed Burns talks to HBO about being a teacher in Baltimore's inner city and how that experience is informing . . .
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September 26, 2006 01:25 PM EDT --
Three outsanding new series light up this new TV season. Starting next Monday, Oct. 2, BBC America brings back one of the smartest, most gripping mystery series of recent years--WIRE IN THE BLOOD--based . . .
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March 02, 2006 04:05 PM EST --
In only five years, Anthony Zuiker went from being a bellboy at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas to creating and running C.S.I;which drew huge critical acclaim and audience in its first season and was the . . .
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May 13, 2006 09:54 AM EDT --
Because the Foggo/Goss/teenage Thai hookers/bribes/poker games story has lurid elements (which always appeal to Murdoch media), it is getting some pretty good coverage. Most Repug shennanigans get covered . . .
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May 12, 2006 03:37 PM EDT --
Of all the 2000-plus articles of mine published over the past 31 years, this one has the widest audience. It has run in dozens of countries and languages, on hundreds of websites. I only got paid $100 . . .
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