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2013
Nov
23
ONE PART SWEET, ONE PART RAUNCHY, ONE PART TRICKSTER By Eric Gould
 
 
The comic actress, at her best, is wily and spry frequently tripping the audience, with some material on par with Louis C.K....
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
17
ROBOT IS MAN'S BEST FRIEND By Eric Gould
 
 
The reversal in the upcoming Fox sci-fi series Almost Human is that the robot is more in touch with his feelings than his loutish partner, who punches and bashes his way through all his problems...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
13
THE ASSASSINATION, LIVE IN THE AFTERNOON By Eric Gould
 
 
George Clooney knows a little something about the power of television news, having directed, co-written and co-starred in the 2005 Edward R. Murrow salute Good Night and Good Luck. Now he lends his voice as the narrator of a documentary on Walter Cronkite's live broadcast on November 22, 1963...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
9
'PARTS UNKNOWN' WRAPS SEASON IN RUINS OF MOTOR CITY By Eric Gould
 
 
Anthony Bourdain has been to some pretty tough spots like war-torn Libya. Sunday night he finishes his first season on CNN by visiting more eye-opening wreckage. In Detroit...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
28
ALEC BALDWIN IS 'SEDUCED AND ABANDONED' By Eric Gould
 
 
Can a picture conceived as a work of art, say in the style of Last Tango In Paris, still get made in Hollywood?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
16
TERRIBLE BEAUTY: LUSH NIGHTMARES FROM FX'S 'AMERICAN HORROR STORY' By Eric Gould
 
 
If you tally up last week's American Horror Story images, you'll get quite a nightmare laundry list...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
14
THE TWO OF US? By Eric Gould
 
 
Paul McCartney visited Late Night recently and did a bit with host Jimmy Fallon – colliding with him, actually. Miraculously, like "bumped" iPhones, they switched accents...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
13
REALITY HAS A LONG LIFE IN THE PBS SHOWCASE '56 UP' By Eric Gould
 
 
If reality programming is your thing, you'll need to tune in on the grandfather of all reality concepts, Director Michael Apted's Up series. It began almost 50 years ago in the UK...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
9
'FRONTLINE' HITS NFL'S CONCUSSION CRISIS BETWEEN THE NUMBERS By Eric Gould
 
 
Throw the penalty flag at the NFL... the league's record on concussions and brain disease over the past 20 years hasn't been good, or timely...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
2
NOW WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO WATCH?? By Eric Gould
 
 
In the afterglow of the Breaking Bad finale there is this nagging dark spot. Now, won’t everything seem, well, less than 'Bad'?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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