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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2019
Nov
13
THE PREPPY MURDER: DEATH IN CENTRAL PARK REVISITS HOW THE CASE UNFOLDED By Mike Hughes
 
 
The Preppy Murder documentary tells us a lot about life in the 1980s, and maybe about life now...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
8
TURNING A DR. SEUSS BOOK INTO AN ANIMATED TV SERIES: 'GREEN EGGS AND HAM' By Mike Hughes
 
 
There are plenty of great books out there, still waiting to be movies or TV series. Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham seemed to be a long shot...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
4
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA TALKS 'HIS DARK MATERIALS' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Lin-Manuel Miranda was talking to TV critics, which was familiar turf. He had met the Television Critics Association back in 2013, when he was the co-star of, well, something or other...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
25
A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT SEASON 2 OF 'THE KOMINSKY METHOD' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Michael Douglas has had to rethink this whole notion of retirement...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
18
THE STORIES, AND BEHIND THE SCENES, OF 'MODERN LOVE' ON AMAZON PRIME By Mike Hughes
 
 
TV used to savor anthologies. There were high-profile, high-prestige ones...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
6
IS THE CW THE SUPERHERO AND GRAPHIC NOVEL NETWORK? By Mike Hughes
 
 
If consistency is a virtue, then, well, the CW is our most virtuous TV network. But if variety is the spice of life? This spice rack is almost empty...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
2
WHO KNEW AN OCTOPUS WOULD LIKE TV? SEE HER ON PBS' 'NATURE' WITH 'OCTOPUS: MAKING CONTACT' By Mike Hughes
 
 
It can be one person's biggest fear, and another's yummiest delicacy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
2
'ALMOST FAMILY' IS THE LATEST DRAMEDY THAT HAS POSSIBILITIES By Mike Hughes
 
 
Almost Family is an almost-terrific show that reminds us of what's possible...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
27
THE STORY BEHIND THE 'TRANSPARENT' MUSICAL EPISODE By Mike Hughes
 
 
What can a TV show do when it suddenly loses its star? Most quit, a few push on, and one created a musical...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
26
MARTIN CLUNES DISCUSSES HIS LIFE BEHIND 'DOC MARTIN' By Mike Hughes
 
 
For a good chunk of Martin Clunes' year, the transformation is total...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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