Diane Werts
Diane Werts writes about television for Newsday. Werts previously was the founding editor of Newsday's trend-spotting magazine TV Plus for three years, as well as the paper's entertainment editor.
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Diane Werts 5/25/12 Off the Wall: John Wayne's birthday
Off the Wall swims like a shark in its search for offbeat viewing options. ... Read more »
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TV 5/23/12 Memorial Day TV marathons
When it comes to holiday weekends, the TV question is: Which channels aren't having massive ... Read more »
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Movies 5/10/12 Live arts come to Huntington big screen
'THIS AMERICAN LIFE' LIVE. Ira Glass' quirky NPR radio series (and Showtime TV show) hits ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 5/10/12 'Dark Shadows:' Behind the big-screen
Off the Wall wonders how many moms have a thing for vampires. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 5/5/12 Off the Wall: And the winner is . . .
Off the Wall is waiting for the week without an awards show. ... Read more »
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Other Columnists 5/4/12 TV on DVD: 'Dark Shadows' '70s series
NOW ON DVD "Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series/Limited Edition," officially released Tuesday by MPI ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 4/28/12 Off the Wall: 'Space Twister' blows in
Off the Wall welcomes you to the May sweeps. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 4/20/12 Off the wWall: Three Stooges on 3 channels
Off the Wall never tires of eye-pokes and head-bonks. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 4/20/12 Off the Wall: 'Halloweentown,' a family film series
Off the Wall says boo ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 4/14/12 Off the Wall: Fox enters 'dead zone'
Off the Wall is ready to play ball. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 4/6/12 Off the Wall: A Titanic centennial
Off the Wall is a titanic fan of thrifty things. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 3/24/12 Off the Wall: Busting duct tape myths
Off the Wall uses duct tape for everything, too. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 3/16/12 Off the Wall: Irish eyes smiling tubewide
Off the Wall goes green for St. Patrick's Day. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 3/10/12 Off the Wall: Marathons always in vogue
Off the Wall scouts this week's odd, obscure and inexplicable. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 2/24/12 Off the Wall: Oscars, Oscars, more Oscars
Off the Wall has never been nominated for anything. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 2/17/12 Off the Wall: H2 at the Playboy Mansion
Off the Wall has been there. (Don't ask.) ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 2/11/12 Off the Wall: The Oscars take Manhattan
Off the Wall always comes through. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 2/3/12 Off the Wall: Go to England with TCM
Off the Wall kicks off right now. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 1/28/12 Off the Wall: Cloo's 'Mannix' marathon
Off the Wall is always on the lookout for fierce and funky fun. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 1/21/12 Off the Wall: Livin' large on LI, really
Off the Wall finds TV fun close to home. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 1/13/12 Off the Wall: 'The Fades' comes in focus
Off the Wall can't resist a monster mash. ... Read more »
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TV 1/11/12 'One Life to Live' ends its 43-year run
TV becomes less vibrant Friday with the signoff of one of the medium's longest-running shows. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 1/7/12 Off the Wall: Catch bull riding on CBSSN
Off the Wall can always stay on for 8 seconds. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 12/17/11 Off the wall: Jerry Lewis, comic genius
Off the Wall rocks on. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 12/10/11 Off the wall: An array of year-enders
Off the Wall watches the year wind up. ... Read more »
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Other Columnists 12/9/11 Behind the 1954 hit 'White Christmas'
You know the movie "White Christmas," right? The one for which Irving Berlin wrote that ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 12/3/11 Off the wall: MTV2's 'Sucker Free Awards'
Off the Wall speaks up about silents. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 11/25/11 Beyond TV: Auditions for dance show
THINK YOU CAN DANCE? Then make your plans to audition for next year's ninth season ... Read more »