Oops. Both CNN and Fox News Channel initially managed to bungle Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding President Obama's health reform law on a 5-4 vote...

2012

Jun

'LIFE'S A TRIPP' IS ANOTHER LIFETIME STUMBLE By Ed Bark

Life's A Tripp in reality is nothing more than another Lifetime stumble. Its subjects live off their media fame while at the same time blaming the media for often making them miserable...

2012

Jun

'DALLAS' RETURNS WITH THE OLD AND THE NEW By Ed Bark

Some said it couldn't be done. Others argued it shouldn't be done. But it's a done deal. The 21st century brand of Dallas has come to TNT...

2012

Jun

TEN THINGS ABOUT 'DALLAS' YOU MAY NOT KNOW By Ed Bark

With the re-launch of Dallas, you'll be hearing lots of well-known facts about the most popular serial drama in TV history. But here's a top 10 list of odds and ends that you'll likely be reading about for the first time...

2012

Jun

THE FIRST PROMO FOR 'KATIE' By Ed Bark

A look at the first promo for Katie Couric's new talk show, Katie...

2012

Jun

NBC PRESCRIBES 'SAVING HOPE' FOR SUMMER By Ed Bark

NBC's new summertime medical drama, Saving Hope, may be a nice curative to the networks' usual hot weather regimens of ill-considered or sick-in-the-head reality series...

2012

Jun

INTERESTING CHARACTERS OCCUPY TNT'S 'AMPERSAND TUESDAYS' By Ed Bark

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles are Boston-based murder mystery solvers while Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are fun-loving L.A. lawyer dudes. You could do worse than while away a summer night with them...

2012

Jun

'FAST N' LOUD' PUTS NEW VROOOOOM INTO JUNKED VINTAGE AUTOS By Ed Bark

Buy cheap, restore quickly, sell at a handsome profit and repeat, is the premise of Fast N' Loud, Discovery Channel's new reality show about junked out autos...

2012

May

THE CW'S 'BREAKING POINTE' MORE LIKE 'WAN LAKE' By Ed Bark

The CW's Breaking Pointe, an unscripted summer series about a Salt Lake City-based ballet company, is already toe-tagging itself in its premiere episode...

2012

May

'DOGS IN THE CITY' DOESN'T HAVE MUCH BITE By Ed Bark

Dogs In The City is pet-able but also kind of annoying and redundant, says TVWW contributor Ed Bark. Bark's cats, on the other hand, give the new CBS series two paws down...

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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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