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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2014
Oct
29
A PORTRAIT OF THE POET AS A DOOMED MAN By Eric Gould
 
 
So, granted, the upcoming biopic of Dylan Thomas won’t be a family night of TV, with all manner of self-sabotage...  it’s hard to think of a reason to watch Thomas’s last destructive days – except for his incomparable poems...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
27
IT'S MORE THAN OK By Eric Gould
 
 
We are big fans of alt-rock OK Go’s music video brand – stunning productions all done, unbelievably, in one take. They’re back with “I Won’t Let You Down” which uses drone cameras and gyroscopic unicycles, among other things...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
25
WHEN THE SUPREME COURT GOES TO THE DOGS By Eric Gould
 
 
Since Supreme Court sessions can’t be televised, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver recently proposed a new method for reenacting proceedings devised to get viewers to pay attention to the droll matters of the law...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
17
'THE KNICK': USHERING IN TV’S DIRECTOR’S AGE By Eric Gould
 
 
Finishing up its first season tonight on Cinemax, The Knick has been graphic, violent, grim... and a unique director's vision that's good news for TV audiences...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
16
CHOREOGRAPHED POLICE WORK By Eric Gould
 
 
There will be a new complete series collection of Reno 911 coming out next month. The 2003-09 Comedy Central series parodied COPS-like police reality shows in a mockumentary, single-camera style with the actors improvising a lot of the dialogue...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
12
THIS SKETCH HAD EVERYTHING By Eric Gould
 
 
Bill Hader returned to SNL as host last night and, of course, our most anticipated moment was the return of Stefon, the accidental New York City tour guide for "Weekend Update." The hipster character recommends outsider, inappropriate nightclubs...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
10
TOE-TAPPING SAUL By Eric Gould
 
 
Here’s the first sneak peek at AMC’s backstory spinoff about Breaking Bad crook lawyer Saul Goodman, Better Call Saul...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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