This is the one where Alan Cumming tests his leading man cred as an openly gay, recently married former CIA operative turned novelist turned college professor turned crime solver...

2018

Mar

THE NETWORK OF MUSICALS STRIKES AGAIN WITH 'RISE' By Ed Bark

Here comes Rise, a 10-episode series in which a frustrated high school English teacher attempts to walk on the wild side by directing an adaptation of Spring Awakening, a Tony Award-winning musical exploration of teen angst and sexuality

2018

Mar

NO TROPHY FOR YOU: NBC'S 'CHAMPIONS' IS MOSTLY JUST A PARTICIPANT By Ed Bark

Broad, hit-and-mostly-miss sitcoms generally are affixed with laugh tracks to underscore their need to feel wanted...

2018

Mar

'FRONTLINE' TAKES ITS TURN IN THE HARVEY WEINSTEIN CESSPOOL By Ed Bark

Well, why not? Public television’s franchise investigative documentary series has decided to take a crack at Harvey Weinstein -- but comes away with nothing all that notably new on the slithering onetime Hollywood powerbroker...

2018

Mar

YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY: FX'S 'ATLANTA' IS FINALLY BACK -- AND AGAIN DOING JUST THAT By Ed Bark

FX at least still has Donald Glover in the house...

2018

Feb

REGARDING 9/11, HULU'S 'THE LOOMING TOWER' ASKS WHY By Ed Bark

Fresh from playing a Bible-spouting mass murderer in Neftlix’s Godless, the very busy Jeff Daniels turns to rival streamer Hulu for another command performance...

2018

Feb

USA NETWORK GOES HARD-CORE WITH 'UNSOLVED: THE MURDERS OF TUPAC AND THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.' By Ed Bark

The USA network’s first full-fledged “true crime” miniseries is proof positive that its onetime sunny skies motif is no longer in the forecast...

2018

Feb

POST-OLYMPICS, NBC'S 'GOOD GIRLS' ALSO GOES FOR THE GOLD By Ed Bark

No series has been more heavily teased during NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage. Additionally, no newbie is getting a better time slot – following Monday’s return of The Voice with new judge Kelly Clarkson...

2018

Feb

NETFLIX'S 'SEVEN SECONDS': ACCENTUATING THE GRIM FROM A STORYTELLER WHO SEEMS TO KNOW NO OTHER WAY By Ed Bark

Whether misery loves company is debatable. Whether Veena Sud loves misery is not...

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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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