Spanning 30 years and drawn from the real-life romance of the principal executive producers, Love Is __ gives Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network what looks to be a durable drama with a sweet/spicy sauce...

2018

Jun

FX'S 'POSE' CHARTS NEW TERRITORY BUT SOMETIMES GROANINGLY SO By Ed Bark

FX offers a case study in counter-programming with Sunday’s premiere of Pose (9 p.m. ET) opposite Game 2 of the NBA Finals...

2018

Jun

CINEMAX MAKES SOLID CONTACT WITH J.K. ROWLINGS' 'C.B. STRIKE' By Ed Bark

How sweet it is to see a straight-ahead crime solving series starring a detective with no built-in superpowers, physical or otherwise...

2018

May

FAREWELL TO 'THE AMERICANS' By Ed Bark

It was a somber farewell to The Americans... Here are some explanations as to why it played out the way it did -- and whether there might be more...

2018

May

NBC'S REVERIE CAN'T MUSTER MUCH OF A GRIP By Ed Bark

Sci-fi traveling used to be -- and sometimes still is -- a lot more basic and easily grasped...

2018

May

ROSEANNE BARR'S RACIST TWEET TRIGGERS ABC'S ABRUPT CANCELLATION OF HER HIT REBOOT By Ed Bark

In a jarring development, ABC has canceled Roseanne after the star of the show, Roseanne Barr, authored a since deleted tweet disparaging Valerie Jarrett, a former advisor to President Barack Obama...

2018

May

ABC PLAYED WITH FIRE UNTIL ROSEANNE BARR FINALLY BURNED HER LAST BRIDGE By Ed Bark

Hindsight is always 20/20, which happens to be the name of another ABC show... perhaps the network should have abided by that vintage Rolling Stones song: “Don’t play with me, ‘cause you’re playin’ with fire"...

2018

May

HBO TIMES ITS SALUTE TO JOHN MCCAIN FOR MEMORIAL DAY By Ed Bark

Fittingly premiering on Memorial Day, HBO’s John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls affords him an opportunity to, in a sad sense, see his own obituary...

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Ed Bark

Since 2006, Ed Bark's local and national TV stories and observations have been showcased on his pioneering website, www.unclebarky.com. For 26 years before that, he was TV critic for the Dallas Morning News. He's a past president of the Television Critics Association, and for seven years served on the national Peabody Awards board.

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