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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive

2020

Dec

FROM FILMMAKING VETERANS COMES 'A SUITABLE BOY,' A BEAUTIFUL PERIOD DRAMA SET IN 1950S INDIA By Mike Hughes

Sprawling across the emotional landscape, A Suitable Boy seems to be many things...

2020

Dec

FACT VS. FICTION ON 'THE CROWN' By Mike Hughes

Many TV shows vanish in an eyeblink. Moments after fading from the screen, they fade from our minds. Then there's Netflix's The Crown...

2020

Dec

A THRILLING DRAMA BRINGS BRYAN CRANSTON BACK TO TV IN 'YOUR HONOR' By Mike Hughes

It's a basic challenge of fiction: Find a plausible way for an ordinary person to plunge into an extraordinary situation...

2020

Nov

ISOLATION IS A VERY 2020 CONCERN AND AMONG THE ISSUES RAISED IN 'BLACK NARCISSUS' By Mike Hughes

If you remake a movie every 70 years or so, you can expect some changes...

2020

Nov

'BIG SKY' IS A HOMECOMING OF SORTS FOR DAVID E. KELLEY By Mike Hughes

David E. Kelley is finally back where he started – writing and producing for a broadcast network...

2020

Nov

'FIDDLER: A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES': HOW 'FIDDLER ON THE ROOF' GOT TO BROADWAY – AND ALL OVER THE WORLD By Mike Hughes

Some of Broadway's best minds were trying to say what their prospective musical was about. It had this dairyman, his daughters, the czar's soldiers…

2020

Nov

'THE SOUTH WESTERLIES,' A ROM-COM FROM IRELAND, ARRIVES ON ACORN By Mike Hughes

A familiar story gets fresh twists in The South Westerlies...

2020

Nov

ALEX TREBEK 1940 – 2020 By Mike Hughes

Alex Trebek was the good, grey eminence of game shows– a reassuring sign that there are correct answers and absolute truths...

2020

Nov

BROADWAY COMES TO PBS THIS MONTH By Mike Hughes

Each year, PBS gives us a brief burst of Broadway. For several Fridays, it has a mix of musicals and plays...

2020

Nov

ANNALEIGH ASHFORD SHINES IN 'B POSITIVE' By Mike Hughes

Exactly what we need as the dark winter approaches: A fresh, new star – well, new to some people – in a first-rate comedy...

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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

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