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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2013
Nov
1
LIFE-AFFIRMING: SHOWTIME'S 'TIME OF DEATH' By Ed Bark
 
 
Showtime entertainment president David Nevins says,  “Death is the most universal topic there is, and yet its examination is largely taboo in our culture"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
24
LET IT BLEED: VAMPIRES COME CALLING AGAIN IN NBC'S DRACULA By Ed Bark
 
 
NBC’s new Dracula keeps up the usual appearances with ample time for lethal crimes of life-sustaining blood-sucking and other assorted mayhem...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
23
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, RIGHT AFTER HALLOWEEN By Ed Bark
 
 
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- if you tunnel your vision through department stores and three holi-dazed cable TV networks...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
16
THERE'S 'REIGN' IN THE CW'S FORECAST By Ed Bark
 
 
The new series is, at least, picturesque at times, even if its history is mostly bunk and determinedly so...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
15
'BURTON AND TAYLOR': LINGERING LOOK AT LAST TANGO By Ed Bark
 
 
BBC America’s Burton and Taylor compellingly recaptures the final go-around of its volatile centerpieces...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
10
SHOWMAN SCHLATTER TO RECEIVE VIDEOFEST KOVACS AWARD By Ed Bark
 
 
George Schlatter enjoys his Emmys, but took more joy in honoring others. He'll be presented the Dallas VideoFest’s Kovacs Award on Friday, Oct. 11...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
10
ALICE HOLES UP ANEW IN 'WONDERLAND' By Ed Bark
 
 
ABC's last new fall series spins its fairytales as a spin-off of Once Upon A Time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
9
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT FOR 'THE TOMORROW PEOPLE' By Ed Bark
 
 
Want more mutants? The CW’s got ‘em, too, with The Tomorrow People...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
3
'THE MILLERS' ARRIVES AMID PRIME CBS REAL ESTATE By Ed Bark
 
 
Aging, cantankerous and/or befuddled parents are the fall season’s new sitcom normal...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
1
THE LAST 'BREAKING BAD' UP CLOSE By Ed Bark
 
 
Ending shortly after a cathartic hail of bullets, Sunday night’s Breaking Bad finale dared to go where The Sopranos didn’t but coulda shoulda.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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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