Dark, humorless and, worst of all, dramatically dreary, AMC’s Low Winter Sun sets up shop Sunday in hopes that Breaking Bad fans will buy it wholesale...

2013

Aug

MORE TVWW QUESTIONS, MORE TCA PRESS TOUR ANSWERS By Ed Bark

Once again, TVWW's Ed Bark compiles an entertaining sampler of answers from the current TCA Press Tour -- answers solicited, once again, entirely by his own questions...

2013

Aug

A NEW DAY IS DAWNING FOR 'SNL' AND SEVERAL OF ITS STARS By Ed Bark

Seth Meyers and Andy Samberg weigh in on the future of Saturday Night Live, as well as their own post-SNL projects...

2013

Jul

SHOWTIME'S BEST DRAMA SET FOR SEASON 3 By Ed Bark

Homeland's executive producers have no problem at all with fans of Homeland being informed ahead of time that — oops. Stop reading if you don't want to know more...

2013

Jul

Q&A AT TCA: SEX, SLAUGHTER AND SPOILERS By Ed Bark

Ed Bark asks questions, and the panelists answer, at the annual summer Television Critics Association "press tour"...

2013

Jul

'BREAKING BAD': BEGINNING ITS FINAL COUNTDOWN By Ed Bark

They know what we don't. Even so, the suspense is probably killing them. Will fans of Breaking Bad buy into its denouement?...

2013

Jul

KEITH OLBERMANN ON HIS RETURN TO THE SPORTS BEAT By Ed Bark

Keith Olbermann returns to TV — and the ESPN family — with Olbermann on Aug. 26. "Napoleon, I think, got back to France faster than I got back to ESPN"...

2013

Jul

EMMY NOMS INCLUDE USUAL SUSPECTS AND A NOTEWORTHY NEW CONTENDER By Ed Bark

For the most part, Thursday's announcement of the 2013 Emmy nominations had a gratingly familiar ring, with a wealth of repeaters among the nominees...

2013

Jul

INCARCERATE YOURSELF FOR 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' By Ed Bark

Based on the first six of 13 episodes, Orange is the New Black has passed virtually every test with flying colors...

2013

Jul

'MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS' NOW AVAILABLE FROM START TO FINISH By Ed Bark

It’s nearing 54 years since the premiere of the first TV series built primarily on a teenager’s point of view, and all four seasons are now available on DVD...

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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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