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 7/12/13 Off the Wall: An odor of 'Honey'
Off the Wall can smell Honey Boo Boo four days away. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 6/27/13 Off the Wall: Catch canceled network series
Off the Wall goes country and funky. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 6/20/13 Weekend TV: 'Raymond' marathon and more
SUMMER OF SITCOM MARATHONS It's on at TV Land every Thursday-Sunday, featuring Long Island faves ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 6/13/13 Off the Wall: Honor thy father on TV
Off the Wall finds TV's duds just as interesting as its hits. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 6/7/13 'Big Bang Theory' marathon this weekend
BACK TO THE BIG BANG That would be the start of everything. It's true, too, ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 5/30/13 Kardashians, housewives and season finales
Off the Wall is always trying to catch up to cool TV. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 5/24/13 Series marathons and season finales
Off the Wall is psych-ed. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 5/17/13 Catch those season finales
IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL But TV loves it this weekend. Roosevelt rap sensation Public ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 5/13/13 TV on DVD: 'China Beach,' all four seasons
Way to make a DVD debut -- here's "China Beach," ABC's entire 1988-91 drama series ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 5/9/13 Harryhausen doc airing on Sony Movie Channel
RAY HARRYHAUSEN SALUTE Paying tribute after the movie creature-movement master's Tuesday death at 92 is ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 5/3/13 'Back to the Future' times 3 on Encore
BIG-MONEY TRIPLE FEATURES We might be talking in the billions here. Hit film series from ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 4/26/13 Celebs on 'Smash,' 'Mindy Project' for sweeps
MONSTROUS STUFF And it's from Hollywood's '50s-'60s glory days! Saturday afternoon's Turner Classic Movies lineup ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 4/19/13 Ke$ha docusoap premieres
MORE CELEBREALITY Cable has actually found three celebs who don't already have their own docusoaps! ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 4/5/13 Off the Wall: Dates (or cats) from hell
Off the Wall loves its suds. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 3/29/13 Easter all over weekend TV
CATCH-UP MARATHONS Before their shows return for new seasons, channels like to bring us up ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 3/22/13 Weekend TV: 100 episodes of 'Psych'
'PSYCH'-OUT! ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 3/14/13 Weekend TV: 'Downton Abbey,' 'Girls' reruns
MARATHON MANIA Revisit "Downton Abbey" (Saturday noon-10:30 p.m., WLIW/21) with Saturday afternoon's Season 3 stackup. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 3/8/13 Weekend TV: Wrangling for Westerns
WILD FOR WESTERNS Reelz unreels an all-star double feature of Clint Eastwood's "Pale Rider" and ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 3/1/13 Weekend TV: Harry Nilsson portrait and more
ROCK OUT Cool classic sounds on public TV. First comes the great bioportrait "Who Is ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 2/22/13 Weekend TV: 'I Love Lucy' marathon and more
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE LUCY? Find out with Saturday's all-day marathon of "I Love ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 2/15/13 Off the Wall: 'Dirty Jobs' redux
Off the Wall has a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 2/7/13 Off the Wall: Grammys, Boo Boo, dogs
Off the Wall goes to the dogs. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 2/1/13 Off the wall: Almost time for Super, man
Off the Wall is feeling super, thanks for asking. ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 1/24/13 'Roots' after 35 years, in Astoria
'ROOTS' REVISITED The legendary 1977 miniseries "Roots" is recalled by cast members Ben Vereen, Louis ... Read more »
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Diane Werts 1/24/13 'Action,' Jay Mohr replay on IFC
Off the Wall helps you figure out who-dat. ... Read more »