The Starz network’s latest rebranding campaign -- “The Future is Female. Fearless. Fierce” -- both marches in step with the #MeToo movement and rips some pages from the longstanding Lifetime playbook...

2018

May

DIRE STRAITS LEFT IN THE LURCH DURING HBO'S ANNUAL REPRISE OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY By Ed Bark

The man who isn’t there, unfortunately, is the one who stands out at HBO’s annual re-packaging of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony...

2018

May

MICHELLE WOLF AT THE DOOR, BUT HER BEST SNARLS WERE SAVED FOR LAST AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER By Ed Bark

The detractors and defenders of Michelle Wolf continue to pile up like a chain collision on a slippery freeway...

2018

Apr

HULU'S 'THE HANDMAID'S TALE' KEEPS THE FAITH WITH A BRACINGLY STRONG SEASON 2 By Ed Bark

The show that flipped the switch for Hulu has returned under its own full power...

2018

Apr

'GENIUS: PICASSO' SO FAR IS A PORTRAIT WORTH SEEING By Ed Bark

Vincent Van Gogh got a movie and Kirk Douglas an Oscar nomination for playing him in Lust For Life. The same goes for Jackson Pollock and Ed Harris in Pollock...

2018

Apr

HBO'S 'WESTWORLD' RETURNS ON A GRANDER SCALE -- MIND GAMES INCLUDED By Ed Bark

It’s again easy to get lost in HBO’s Westworld, both from a total absorption standpoint and in trying to deduce what possibly, or impossibly, is going on...

2018

Apr

IN TIMES OF TURMOIL, THE BIG FOUR BROADCAST NETWORKS ARE MORE DEVOTED THAN EVER TO SAME OLD/SAME OLD By Ed Bark

Believe it or not, these are unprecedented times of stability, familiarity, and continuity...

2018

Apr

HBO'S 'ELVIS PRESLEY: THE SEARCHER' HAS THE ADDED POIGNANCY OF TOM PETTY'S PERSPECTIVES By Ed Bark

It can be disconcerting to those of us who have reached a certain age. In truth, though, there’s no denying that the life and times of Elvis Presley have become ancient history to a majority of Americans...

2018

Apr

NETFLIX FINDS A WAY TO RELAUNCH 'LOST IN SPACE' By Ed Bark

The Season of the Reboot now has a reboot that itself was rebuilt from the very start. (Try saying that fast ten times.)...

2018

Apr

PACINO TAKES THE HBO FIELD AGAIN WITH A BRAVURA PERFORMANCE IN 'PATERNO' By Ed Bark

Having dispensed with cutthroat lawyer Roy Cohn, death-dealing Dr. Jack Kevorkian and convicted murderer Phil Spector, HBO’s most famous repertory player is back with another real-life portrayal -- and also with the TV performance of the year thus far...

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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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