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TVWW ARCHIVE

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2017
Sep
14
SEASON 2 OF ‘BETTER THINGS’ ARRIVES By Roger Catlin
 
 
Better Things is even better as its second season starts tonight...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
12
THE SPOTLIGHT SHINES AGAIN ON PLAYERS FROM THE NFL’S ‘YEAR OF THE SCAB’ By Roger Catlin
 
 
For the fifth year in a row, the Washington NFL team began its season with a loss Sunday. No news here: it looks like it might be another long season...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
11
‘MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER’ IS AN INSPIRING AND INTIMATE LOOK AT THE LOVE OF TWO PEOPLE By Roger Catlin
 
 
My Love, Don’t Cross That River is a simple and profoundly moving examination of a couple that’s been together 75 years...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
11
'STEVE' ATTEMPTS LATE NIGHT DURING THE DAY By Roger Catlin
 
 
The new "Steve", produced by NBC Television that debuted Tuesday has less of advice and more of the celebrity interviews and desk humor that are the staples of late night...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
3
'TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN': MORE ART THAN ANYTHING ELSE By Roger Catlin
 
 
A new two hour David Lynch film premieres on cable tonight... that it is also the two-hour season finale of Twin Peaks: The Return should not dampen enthusiasm a whit.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
1
'AMERICAN MASTERS' TAKES INDIE TURN WITH RICHARD LINKLATER By Roger Catlin
 
 
American Masters steps away tonight from the kind of old time cultural heroes they usually profile to a more unusual contemporary figure in the midst of his career — indie filmmaker Richard Linklater...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Aug
28
RAISING AWARENESS IN 'RAISING BERTIE' By Roger Catlin
 
 
Today, TVWW welcomes veteran TV critic, to the fold: Roger Catlin, formerly of the Hartford Courant, who now writes for Smithsonian magazine and other publications, including his own website... Meet our very smart, extremely friendly readers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Roger Catlin

Roger Catlin is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C., where he is a regular contributor to the Smithsonian Magazine.com and The Washington Post, among other outlets. A former TV critic for the Hartford Courant, he blogs daily mostly on TV at rogercatlin.com.
 
 
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