Getting away with violence is not much of a problem anymore on broadcast or basic cable networks, both of which are advertiser-supported. But sex continues to be quite another thing...

2015

Sep

REVIEWING AMAZON PRIME'S 'HAND OF GOD' AFTER A FULL SEASON 1 IMMERSION By Ed Bark

Amazon Prime publicity materials for Hand of God describe it as the saga of a “law-bending,” somewhat all-powerful judge who “begins to rely on ‘visions’ and ‘messages’ he believes are being sent” from on high via his ventilator-bound son...

2015

Sep

REVIEWING NETFLIX'S 'NARCOS' AFTER VIEWING ALL 10 SEASON 1 EPISODES By Ed Bark

Netflix’s Narcos, which began streaming on Aug. 28, is the latest to recount the life and very turbulent times of Pablo Escobar, whose thirst for violent reprisal claimed hundreds if not thousands of live...

2015

Aug

BREAKING DOWN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF PRIME TIME'S HITS AND MISSES By Ed Bark

TV’s coin of the realm, the advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-old audience, continues to work against those shows that dare to “skew old.” It’s not fair and never has been...

2015

Aug

'PUBLIC MORALS' GIVES TNT A SHARPLY DEFINED PERIOD COP DRAMA By Ed Bark

Everybody cracks wise in Public Morals, a crisp and lively new TNT series that might actually generate a little buzz for the oft-overlooked “We Know Drama” network...

2015

Aug

'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' MAKES IT A TWOSOME ON AMC By Ed Bark

AMC’s new Fear the Walking Dead prequel might just as well be called Milking The Walking Dead For All It’s Worth..

2015

Aug

CNN'S 'EVOCATEUR' RECAPTURES MORTON DOWNEY JR. AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS GLOWERS By Ed Bark

In the documentary Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, one can still smell the toxic fumes coming off the old TV brow-beater and his ever-present cigarettes, which he used to autograph for admirers.

2015

Aug

THE FINAL STOP ON THE TCA PRESS TOUR By Ed Bark

The annual Television Critics Association summer "press tour" is finally on fumes, as is your tvworthwatching.com correspondent after 17 days of asking, listening, watching, and trudging to and fro...

2015

Aug

SHOWTIME OPENS THE CURTAIN ON SERIES, MOVIES, AND TWIN PEAKS By Ed Bark

Showtime president David Nevins came out swinging Tuesday. Not with a state of the TV industry proclamation but with a slew of programming announcements. Principal among them was news -- and non-news -- about the reboot of Twin Peaks...

2015

Aug

CBS INTRODUCES COLBERT, 'SUPERGIRL' AND A HELLISH ANGEL FOR FALL By Ed Bark

Grandly introducing himself before striding onstage with a microphone in hand, Stephen Colbert not surprisingly got saved for last at CBS's full day of nine interview sessions -- plus lunch...

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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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