Bravo’s first original scripted series arrives 12 years after NBC took control of the onetime fine arts network and later began fouling it with an onslaught of Real Housewives series. Turns out it was well worth the wait...

2014

Nov

ABC ANCHOR DAVID MUIR: FROM PIZZA CHEF TO MUPPETS INTERVIEW, IT'S ALL IN THE NIGHT'S NEWS By Ed Bark

ABC’s David Muir is a TV natural, in his element alone at a news desk but more so when out and about doing things that networks anchors just didn’t used to do...

2014

Nov

NBC'S 'STATE OF AFFAIRS' ARRIVES IN A BAD STATE By Ed Bark

It’s a sad state of affairs in State of Affairs for CIA presidential briefer Charleston “Charlie” Tucker. Her fiancé died one year ago during a special ops mission gone bad in Kabul. She was also present and saw it happen...

2014

Oct

'OLIVE KITTERIDGE' GIVES HBO ANOTHER EMMY-WORTHY GEM By Ed Bark

Olive Kitteridge...contains itself within a four-hour miniseries -- and is better for it. The miniseries basically spans 25 years, beginning with Olive (Frances McDormand) preparing to end it all before backtracking a quarter-century

2014

Oct

MORE COMIC BOOKERY ON NBC'S WHAM, BAM AND OFT-BEFUDDLING 'CONSTANTINE' By Ed Bark

Anything can happen and an awful lot does in NBC’s first episode of Constantine. Friday’s crazily paced, head-spinning premiere may be elementary to those familiar with the Hellblazer DC Comics series on which it’s based. Most viewers won’t be so versed...

2014

Oct

VIEWERS SHOULD GET ENGAGED WITH NBC'S 'MARRY ME' By Ed Bark

As sitcom setups go, the opening minutes of NBC’s Marry Me may be the best you’ll see this season -- on a new or returning series. It’s a brilliantly conceived rant and recant introduction of principal characters Jake and Annie (Ken Marino, Casey Wilson)...

2014

Oct

APPEALING STAR OF CW'S 'JANE THE VIRGIN' COMES OFF AS SEASONED VET By Ed Bark

A luminous young star can work wonders for any premise. Which Gina Rodriguez does as the title character in The CW’s Jane the Virgin. She’s arguably the most engaging newcomer of the fall season...

2014

Oct

'AMERICAN HORROR STORY' REGENERATES BRILLIANTLY WITH 'FREAK SHOW' By Ed Bark

American Horror Story’s fourth installment, subtitled Freak Show, premieres on Wednesday, Oct. 8th. Expect to reap a wealth of depravity and disfigurement during what very much looks to be the best reincarnation yet of a bold, disturbing franchise...

2014

Sep

ABC'S 'BLACK-ISH' LOOKS FOR LAUGHS IN 'BURB-AN VS "URBAN" By Ed Bark

Even at the height of its ratings powers, The Cosby Show stood accused in some quarters of not being black enough. A generation later, the new ABC family comedy black-ish makes that same criticism from within the show itself...

2014

Sep

RHIMES MAKES IT A THURSDAY NIGHT TRIANGLE WITH 'HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER' By Ed Bark

How to Get Away with Murder is joining holdover hits Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal... Murder is driven by bare-knuckled law professor/defense attorney Annalise Keating, brought to vibrant life by Oscar nominee Viola Davis...

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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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