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TVWW ARCHIVE

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2021
Jan
5
A COMPLEX MURDER MYSTERY, 'TRACES,' COMES TO BRITBOX By David Hinckley
 
 
If you can live with a major coincidence in the setup, the British drama Traces grows into a nicely tense murder mystery...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
3
FOX PRESENTS TWO NEW COMEDY SHOWS AFTER FOOTBALL THAT ARE MARGINALLY WORTH WATCHING By David Hinckley
 
 
A few new shows have started to creep onto TV schedules, which is noteworthy even when the shows sometimes are less so...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
3
'ELIZABETH IS MISSING' IS A MYSTERY-FILLED DRAMA WRAPPED AROUND A RATHER FRANK LOOK AT DEMENTIA By David Hinckley
 
 
Watching Glenda Jackson perform in anything constitutes a treat. Watching Glenda Jackson perform in Elizabeth Is Missing ... is also hard work.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
31
A TOP 10 OF 2020 By David Hinckley
 
 
Perhaps even more than usual, television was comfort food in 2020...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
30
A COMEDIC GOODBYE TO 2020: 'YEARLY DEPARTED' ON AMAZON PRIME By David Hinckley
 
 
Of all the entities that enjoyed the year 2020, a modest list, none stands above Amazon, our national retailing Godzilla...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
29
'AMERICAN MASTERS' DEEPENS THE STORY OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER By David Hinckley
 
 
If you measure the great American writers to some degree by the durability of their work, you can't leave out Laura Ingalls Wilder...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
25
WITH 'BRIDGERTON,' NETFLIX OFFERS UP A BRITISH PERIOD DRAMA THAT TAKES SOME UNUSUAL TURNS BUT ENDS UP IN FAMILIAR TERRITORY By David Hinckley
 
 
Frankly, many fans of British period romance have been a little concerned over the fact that Bridgerton, is being produced by Shonda Rhimes. That's not criticism of Rhimes so much as concern that this might not be a match...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
22
SAVING HIMSELF – 'UNDER THE GRAPEFRUIT TREE: THE CC SABITHIA STORY' By David Hinckley
 
 
A new documentary on long-time Major League Baseball pitcher CC Sabathia is so low-key and matter-of-fact that you can almost miss the strength of the story...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
20
THE OUTSTANDING 'MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM' REMINDS US HOW LITTLE SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED By David Hinckley
 
 
Netflix has come down our cyber-chimney with an early holiday present this year: the revival of the August Wilson play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
17
'TOTAL CONTROL' IS AN AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL DRAMA WITH A GLOBAL FEEL By David Hinckley
 
 
You'd think the last four years would have inspired some top-line political dramas for television. For the most part, they didn't. But here's a political thriller import that's pretty engaging...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

David Hinckley

David Hinckley first grasped the power of television when, at the age of 8, he bullied his parents into buying a basset hound like Cleo on The People’s Choice. He named her Cleo. Somewhat more recently, he worked for 35 years at The New York Daily News, the last seven covering television.
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 

This Day in TV History

1957: Julie Andrews Stars in 'Cinderella'
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