Note to readers: All of the trademark bombast and hyperbole were in place when Bill O’Reilly wrote his very first book in 1998. This one was a serial killer novel titled Those Who Trespass...

2017

Apr

HULU'S VERSION OF ‘THE HANDMAID'S TALE’ CAN'T HELP BUT BE A CLARION CALL 32 YEARS AFTER ITS FIRST INCARNATION By Ed Bark

It’s become all too easy, and oftentimes preachy, to filter many a new or prominent returning TV series through the prism of Donald Trump’s divisive presidency...

2017

Apr

TACKLING EINSTEIN AND KEEPING HIM WITHIN GRASP IN NATIONAL GEO'S ‘GENIUS’ By Ed Bark

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to quickly divine both the production values and the heightened characterizations in the National Geographic channel’s humanizing of Albert Einstein...

2017

Apr

NBC'S ‘GREAT NEWS’ IS EVEN BETTER NEWS FOR AGELESS ANDREA MARTIN By Ed Bark

Many of the usual suspects are present and accounted for in this latest sitcom about a dysfunctional TV newsroom...

2017

Apr

PULLING THROUGH WITH OPRAH WINFREY IN HBO'S 'THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS' By Ed Bark

Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951, had been unheard of and unheralded for decades until a writer named Rebecca Skloot became “obsessed” with her game-changing cells...

2017

Apr

FX'S 'FARGO' DOES A SLOWER BURN IN EARLY STAGES OF SEASON 3 By Ed Bark

The Sharknado-like fish storm from Season 1 of Fargo and Season 2’s eventually pivotal flying saucers might be slightly less swervy than the outlandish/cartoonish first on-camera killing in Season 3’s extended opening episode...

2017

Apr

FOX NEWS CHANNEL OFFICIALLY CUTS TIES WITH BILL O'REILLY (UPDATED) By Ed Bark

The Murdoch brothers and their father have officially performed last rites on Bill O’Reilly and his long-standing hit Fox News Channel show, The O’Reilly Factor...

2017

Apr

ADRIFT AND OUT OF SORTS: ‘VEEP’ RE-STARTS WITH SELINA IN POLITICAL SIBERIA By Ed Bark

Entering Season 6, HBO’s Veep has reached a stage where its title is a misnomer in league with CBS’ long-running 48 Hours or the recently deceased Cougar Town...

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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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