Premiering on Thursday, May 22 – the day after the end of the so-called “regular season” – Fox’s bloody Gang Related is no summertime breeze. But it does seem to find its legs during the course of the first four episodes...

2014

May

TEN TAKEAWAYS FROM 'MAD MEN'S' "THE STRATEGY" By Ed Bark

Presenting 10 takeaways from Sunday's Mad Men’s episode, “The Strategy.” Or maybe this time they should be called “takeouts,” in deference to a Mad Men episode that took its cue from a campaign to woo Burger Chef as a client...

2014

May

BARBARA WALTERS AND HER ROYAL FAREWELL FROM 'THE VIEW' By Ed Bark

No tears were shed -- at least not by the honoree herself -- during the making of Barbara Walters’ goodbye as a co-host of The View...

2014

Apr

WITH HBO'S 'LAST WEEK TONIGHT,' JOHN OLIVER MARCHES TO BEAT OF HIS OWN DRUMMING By Ed Bark

His material was mostly first-rate. John Oliver seemed to have no interest in savoring it, though...

2014

Apr

GETTING ITS BILLY BOB ON: FX'S MESMERIZING 'FARGO' By Ed Bark

Billy Bob Thornton’s malevolent Lorne Malvo prowls through FX’s Fargo like the Mayhem Man in those current-day Allstate insurance commercials. He’s much deadlier, though...

2014

Mar

CHRISTOPHER MELONI RE-SEEDS COMEDY ROOTS IN FOX'S 'SURVIVING JACK' By Ed Bark

Justin Halpern is still writing what he knows -- which still isn’t much more than sitcoms about hard-ass dads who bedevil their sons and always say the wrong thing until they say the right thing. Fox’s Surviving Jack shows considerable progress, though...

2014

Mar

SPOILER ALERT! HAVE YOU SEEN THE TRUE DETECTIVE FINALE? By Ed Bark

True fans of HBO’s True Detective have seen the Season 1 finale by now -- many of them more than once no doubt. If you aren't one of them, DON’T READ ANY FURTHER.

2014

Feb

NBC'S 'ABOUT A BOY' IS ONE TO GROW ON By Ed Bark

C’mon viewers, go for it. There are promising signs that About a Boy will grow on you and only get better...

2014

Feb

TCM SERVES UP TASTY '31 DAYS OF OSCAR' APPETIZER By Ed Bark

Turner Classic Movies continues to perform quite a service for humanity with its annual "31 Days of Oscar," now in its 19th year. This year, with a new documentary special, the network gets extra credit...

2014

Jan

STILL A KEEPER: JUSTIFIED'S BACK WITH SEASON 5 By Ed Bark

Never fear. The Harlan County, KY of FX’s Justified remains mostly dirty to the touch, a breeding ground for knuckle-draggers and other forms of low-life... But even by its standards, Tuesday's Season 5 premiere episode was a mayhem-filled blood-dripper...

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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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