When speculating on whether Bill O’Reilly might survive his latest round of sexual harassment allegations, don’t forget to factor in the long-ago but still relevant experience of a current Fox News Channel colleague...

2017

Apr

SERVING MORE TIME AND RESURRECTING THE DEAD VIA FOX'S ‘PRISON BREAK’ By Ed Bark

It really would be best for all concerned to never ever believe that a prominent TV character is truly dead.

2017

Mar

IN A MORE SHARPLY DIVIDED MEDIA LANDSCAPE THAN EVER BEFORE, IS THE TRUTH REALLY OUT THERE ANYMORE? By Ed Bark

True or false: The truth is out there. Answer: Basically false these days...

2017

Mar

HULU'S ‘HARLOTS’ BARES 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND By Ed Bark

Created, executive produced, written and directed entirely by women, Hulu’s Harlots is an equal opportunity flesh-barer with a not so underlying message...

2017

Mar

DESPITE AN ALREADY GUARANTEED SEASON 2, TV LAND'S LIMP ‘NOBODIES’ MIGHT JUST STAY THAT WAY By Ed Bark

A trio of real-life Hollywood grovelers all play themselves in TV Land’s Nobodies, which can be desperately amusing at times but too often comes off as just desperate...

2017

Mar

ABC MIGHT HAVE A MARGINAL WINNER WITH ‘IMAGINARY MARY’ (OR IS IT JUST MY IMAGINATION?) By Ed Bark

“Better than expected” generally isn’t deemed suitable for a network promotional blurb...

2017

Mar

FOX'S ‘SHOTS FIRED’ IS THE LATEST BROADCAST NETWORK DRAMA AIMING TO BE SOCIALLY RELEVANT By Ed Bark

The broadcast networks -- well, at least two of them -- lately have been flexing their social consciences. Not that this is a profitable enterprise...

2017

Mar

NBC'S 'TRIAL & ERROR' MAKES A PLAY DATE WITH THE "TRUE-CRIME" GENRE By Ed Bark

The evidence builds against eccentric Larry Henderson (John Lithgow) in Trial & Error, a mockumentary spoof of the burgeoning “true crime” genre...

2017

Mar

OPPOSITE OF ESCAPISM: SEASON 3 OF ABC'S ‘AMERICAN CRIME’ By Ed Bark

Season 3 of American Crime looks like a very tough, if not an impossible sell. Which in its own way is commendable on the part of ABC but not exactly heartening news for the Disney-owned network’s sales force or stockholders...

2017

Mar

SEASON 5 OF FX'S 'THE AMERICANS' IS STILL IN THE REAGAN WHITE HOUSE ERA, BUT WHAT IF SOMEDAY . . . By Ed Bark

Season 5 of FX’s The Americans remains set in the 1980s, specifically George Orwell’s 1984 at this point...

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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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