For months, actors were simply in limbo. "People used to say show-business was Depression-proof," Bette Midler told the Television Critics Association (TCA) recently. "In the Depression, the movies were the only things that survived."...

2020

Sep

DESPITE THE MOVIE THEATER BEING YOUR HOME, 'MULAN' IS STILL WORTH THE SCREEN TIME By Mike Hughes

I just remembered why I love movies – the big, sweeping kind that fills the screen and fill your eyes and ears and thoughts. I also found that I miss seeing them in their natural habitat...

2020

Sep

'THE NEW YORK TIMES PRESENTS: THE KILLING OF BREONNA TAYLOR' EXAMINES WHAT HAPPENED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 13 By Mike Hughes

In the heated debate over Breonna Taylor's death, David James is in a unique position. The argument has multiple sides – police, politicians, Blacks, and officials. He happens to fit all of those categories...

2020

Aug

REMEMBERING THE MAGNIFICENCE AROUND US WITH 'PLANET EARTH: A CELEBRATION' By Mike Hughes

We don't seem to see the word "celebration" much these days. What could we possibly celebrate? Well, how about the entire planet?...

2020

Aug

THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN By Mike Hughes

Boseman played the king of a fictional African land in Black Panther, but he also played real-life heroes – Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall – and music superstar James Brown...

2020

Aug

TIME FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION By Mike Hughes

Now we're at the mid-point of the political-convention season...

2020

Aug

A CELEBRATION OF OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND By Mike Hughes

For any Hollywood star, this may be a record: After making her most famous film, Olivia de Havilland lived another 81 years...

2020

Aug

CONVENTIONS IN THE TIME OF COVID By Mike Hughes

Now it's convention time, a two-week stretch when TV is consumed by politics. Well, sort of...

2020

Aug

PEACOCK OFFERS DIVERSITY FOR FALL By Mike Hughes

As streaming networks battle for viewers, Peacock's special weapon is comedy. It has lots of it – new and old, good and bad, silly and satirical. And it has just added more...

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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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