Voyeuristic movies of this sort usually have a bountiful assortment of scenes fit for a Mommie Dearest “Best of Show” competition, and Anna Nicole does not shrink from this task...

2013

Jun

'UNDER THE DOME' MAY BE KING OF BROADCAST'S SUMMER OFFERINGS By Ed Bark

Under the Dome seems destined to be the crown jewel among summertime diversions from the Big Four broadcast networks...

2013

Jun

'WHODUNNIT?' GIVES ABC A MURDER MYSTERY MOST(LY) FOUL By Ed Bark

Resemblances to the board game Clue and the series Downton Abbey are purely intentional. Anything in common with stupidity likely wasn’t in the game plan...

2013

Jun

LIFETIME'S 'DEVIOUS MAIDS': AN ABC REJECT WITH A SAUCY LATINA BEAT By Ed Bark

Rejected by ABC but perhaps perfect for Lifetime and these times, Devious Maids lathers up Sunday night with a sudsy, bounce-around premiere...

2013

Jun

NBC'S 'CROSSING LINES' CROSSES ONE LINE TOO MANY By Ed Bark

Crossing Lines isn’t breezy enough for a summer diversion. Instead it’s ponderous, pretentious and too predictable...

2013

Jun

REMEMBERING JAMES GANDOLFINI By Ed Bark

Indelible TV roles will never say die. But the actors who played them are all too perishable. Adding James Gandolfini to a list of late actors is particularly painful...

2013

Jun

ABC FAMILY'S 'TWISTED' A TEEN-CENTRIC 'RECTIFY' By Ed Bark

ABC Family's new series, Twisted, likely will quickly achieve fave rave status with its young target audience...

2013

Jun

TNT ROLLS OUT ANOTHER AMPERSAND-CENTRIC SERIES, 'KING & MAXWELL' By Ed Bark

Ampersands have been good business for TNT, so the third time around doesn’t even have to be a charm...

2013

Jun

USA'S 'GRACELAND' BATTLES CRIME AT THE BEACH By Ed Bark

I’m just gonna go ahead and say it. USA Network's new drama Graceland is nothing to get all shook up about...

2013

Jun

'MISTRESSES' COMPLETE ABC'S "MAN CANDY MONDAY" By Ed Bark

The imminent arrival of ABC’s heavily teased “Man Candy Monday” dangles hopes for eventual Sonofabitch Sundays or Wanton Women Wednesdays...

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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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