Showtime couples the Season 3 return of Homeland with the premiere of Masters of Sex... The latter drama series is the fall season’s best newcomer in this view, whether you watch it for the articles or otherwise...

2013

Sep

'THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW': SOLID START AND A WOBBLE By Ed Bark

Michael J. Fox returns to NBC, which launched him in Family Ties, in a new sitcom that starts solidly and then hits some ruts in Thursday’s second episode...

2013

Sep

'THE CRAZY ONES': STAR VEHICLE WITHOUT BRAKES OR STEERING WHEEL By Ed Bark

Robin Williams returns to series TV, reigning over the CBS sitcom The Crazy Ones. If only he could also rein himself in...

2013

Sep

ABC'S 'BACK IN THE GAME': A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH By Ed Bark

Grossly imperfect parents and their disaffected grown children are hallmarks of the new season. Amongst this bunch, Back in the Game is going to be my designated guilty pleasure...

2013

Sep

WINGING IT WITH ABC'S 'MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.' By Ed Bark

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the only new fall show unavailable for review either via a DVD sent in the mail or on a network’s password-protected media site...

2013

Sep

ABC'S 'THE GOLDBERGS' MAKES THEM WANT TO SHOUT (CEASELESSLY) By Ed Bark

Brace your eardrums. Paced by Jeff Garlin as an extremely easy to anger dad, ABC’s The Goldbergs is one big sonic boom of a sitcom...

2013

Sep

LARRY HAGMAN AT THE EMMYS: NOT 'IN MEMORIAM,' BUT IN ABSENTIA By Ed Bark

In life, Larry Hagman never won an Emmy... In death, he won’t receive one of the five separate special “In Memoriam” tributes during Sunday's awards ceremony on CBS...

2013

Sep

KEY & PEELE BACK IN FINE FORM FOR SEASON 3 By Ed Bark

A subtly effective mini-sketch on the Trayvon Martin case speaks louder than any and all bluster from MSNBC...

2013

Sep

JUST ANNOUNCED: 'BREAKING BAD' PREQUEL, NEW 'SNL' GUEST HOSTS By Ed Bark

Want relief from impending Breaking Bad withdrawal? Better Call Saul... because that's the prequel project AMC just green-lit...

2013

Aug

QUACK HOUSES REJOICE: ''DUCK DYNASTY' RETURNS By Ed Bark

A lot has happened to the Robertsons of Monroe, Louisiana since Duck Dynasty premiered back in March of 2012...

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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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