Last month’s Paterno starred Al Pacino as the legendary Penn State coach...Now comes The Tale which recounts director/writer Jennifer Fox’s real-life recovered memories of her sexual abuse as a 13-year-old...

2018

May

HBO'S REMAKE OF 'FAHRENHEIT 451' GENERATES LITTLE HEAT By Ed Bark

The books go up in flames a bit faster than the movie itself in HBO’s adaptation of sci-fi author Ray Bradbury’s famed Fahrenheit 451...

2018

May

LED BY CBS (AND SAVE FOR ABC), THE NEW FALL SEASON IS ALL IN WITH MINORITIES AND WOMEN AS LEADS By Ed Bark

The face and faces of network prime-time television underwent a major makeover this week with the announcements of next fall’s new series on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and The CW...

2018

May

THE CW GOES SUPER AND SUPERNATURAL IN NEW SUNDAY ADDITION TO 2018-19 LINEUP By Ed Bark

The little network that could is adding Sunday nights next season while announcing the final seasons of three veterans...

2018

May

CBS ACCENTS A MONDAY REBUILDING PROJECT IN NEW FALL LINEUP MARKED BY 'MAGNUM P.I.,' 'MURPHY BROWN' REBOOTS AND HEAVY-DUTY DIVERSITY By Ed Bark

A completely rebuilt Monday, including a Magnum P.I. reboot, highlights CBS’ new fall schedule while another second coming, Murphy Brown, will be joining the network’s Thursday prime-time lineup...

2018

May

NBC AGAIN SLIMS AND TRIMS WITH JUST THREE NEW FALL SERIES (AND THINLY VEILED MIDSEASON REINCARNATIONS OF PAST PRIME-TIME HITS) By Ed Bark

NBC, which dominated this season in the ratings battle for advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-olds, is going lean again in 2018-19 with just three new fall series...

2018

May

FOX GOES TRADITIONAL (WHETHER ADMITTING IT OR NOT) WITH LATEST PRIME-TIME MENU By Ed Bark

Adding Thursday Night Football, Last Man Standing, and another laugh track-juiced sitcom set in a retirement home seems like something CBS might do...

2018

May

ABC ADDS/SUBTRACTS IN ABUNDANCE FOR NEW FALL SCHEDULE By Ed Bark

Depending on one’s definition, ABC will either have four or six new prime-time series entering this fall...

2018

May

A TALE OF A CHILDHOOD LOST AND AN ADULTHOOD ON THE BRINK IN SHOWTIME'S 'PATRICK MELROSE' By Ed Bark

Reeling, raging, slurring and hallucinating, the title character in Showtime’s Patrick Melrose begins by riding high while sinking ever lower from non-stop addictions to booze, pills, and injections...

2018

May

#METOO ERA FORMS OF SEXISM – ON THE PART OF WOMEN IN POSITIONS OF POWER By Ed Bark

Your friendly content provider isn’t overly fond of juggling with hand grenades...

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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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