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All Along the Watchtower

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Uncle Barky's Bytes

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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2021
Mar
31
CHEERS TO THE CONTENT CREATORS By Mike Hughes
 
 
By now, way too many TV memories are taking up space in my mind.

They leave little room for anything else, except movie plots and Cubs' batting averages. But one vivid memory is basic – a show in which a man simply played records...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
30
HOW 'MAYANS' HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE SHOW'S CREATOR ELGIN JAMES By Mike Hughes
 
 
It's a small, quiet prison scene in a show known for big, noisy ones. And it packs the emotional power we expect from Mayans M.C...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
28
THE BACKGROUND ON SEASON 2 OF 'CITY ON A HILL' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Jackie Rohr is a verbal volcano. Words spill out – sometimes clever, often caustic and conniving...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
26
THE UNIQUE AND UNSTOPPABLE TWYLA THARP ON THE LATEST "AMERICAN MASTERS": 'TWYLA MOVES' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Twyla Tharp's life has covered much of the dance universe...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
26
EMILIO ESTEVEZ RETURNS WITH 'THE MIGHTY DUCKS: GAME CHANGERS' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Two opposite forces seemed to tug at Emilio Estevez...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
23
'FRONTLINE' FOCUSES ON THE IMPACT OF COVID ON BLACK-OWNED FUNERAL HOMES IN NEW ORLEANS WITH 'DEATH IS OUR BUSINESS' By Mike Hughes
 
 
New Orleans, it seems, is very good at good-byes. Its funerals are filled with music, color, and passion...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
22
GETTING A BIG LIFE TO THE SMALL SCREEN: 'GENIUS: ARETHA' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Some lives are neat and fun-sized; they can easily be condensed into a movie or less. Then there are the grand exceptions...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
21
'THE SIMPSONS' HITS 700 By Mike Hughes
 
 
The Simpsons is now coming full-circle: Its first episode was a Christmas tale; so is its 700th...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
16
FX RETURNS WITH 'MAYANS M.C.' AND A HOST OF OTHER GREAT SHOWS By Mike Hughes
 
 
Mayans M.C. is roaring back – full-throttle, as always...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
15
BEHIND THE SCENES ON 'BLOODLANDS' By Mike Hughes
 
 
The coastal expanse of Northern Ireland seems to be waiting for a tough murder mystery...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Mike Hughes

Mike Hughes remembers watching a TV show in which a man simply played records. He thinks TV is much better now. With Gannett News Service, his television stories went to 100 newspapers; with TV America, they go to considerably fewer, but he still seems happy. Read more at www.mikehughes.tv 
 
 
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'
By TV WW