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2018

Jan

A DC SUPERHERO OF COLOR IN THE CW'S BOLD, BOLT-DISPENSING 'BLACK LIGHTNING' By Ed Bark

The official network of DC Comics superheroes is adding a fifth...

2018

Jan

MILLENNIAL AGE CRISES IN FREEFORM'S 'ALONE TOGETHER' By Ed Bark

The fine line between being amusingly under-achieving and annoyingly pathetic is criss-crossed repeatedly in Freeform’s Alone Together...

2018

Jan

GREATNESS IS IN THE CARDS FOR SHOWTIME'S 'THE CHI' By Ed Bark

That didn't take long. The first potentially great new TV series of 2018 is already upon us...

2018

Jan

'THE X-FILES' FIRES UP ANEW IN TIMES WHEN THE TRUTH IS ANYTHING BUT OUT THERE By Ed Bark

Whatever the depth of your fandom or ignorance, the ABCs of The X-Files generally are the equivalent of seven Scrabble letters. They seldom add up to a whole...

2018

Jan

FOX'S "LA TO VEGAS": 2018'S FIRST FLIGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GROUNDED By Ed Bark

Air sickness quickly takes hold on the first flight of 2018...

2018

Jan

9-1-1 GIVES FOX AN EMERGENCY TRANSFUSION By Ed Bark

Producer/writer/director Ryan Murphy apparently found himself with a little extra time despite the four series he’s making for FX and the one he’ll be helming for Netflix...

2017

Dec

STILL FULL OF MAJESTY, NETFLIX'S ‘THE CROWN’ RETURNS By Ed Bark

Long live The Crown -- which thankfully is already assured...

2017

Dec

SYFY'S ‘HAPPY!’ SELLS A CHRISTMAS STORY FROM HELL -- AND IN EIGHT EPISODES NO LESS By Ed Bark

Post-Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Christopher Meloni’s walks on his wild side include Fox’s short-lived but bracing Surviving Jack...and a stint as Donald Trump in Funny Or Die’s The Kellyanne Conway Story. It turns out he was just warming up in the bullpen...

2017

Nov

LAUER'S JUST THE LATEST, BUT ALSO THE BIGGEST, TO BE FELLED BY CHARGES OF "INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR" By Ed Bark

Millions of Americans have had a longtime habit of waking up to Matt Lauer in the mornings. Waking up to news of his firing Wednesday no doubt caused many to spew their coffee...

2017

Nov

HULU'S 'FUTURE MAN' GOES FOR THE COMEDY GOLD By Ed Bark

Want to get away? If so, we live in times that are tailor-made for the escapist, devil-may-care comedy of Future Man...

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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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