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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
Apr
30
'INSIDE AMY SCHUMER': MAYBE OUTSIDE IS CLOSE ENOUGH By Eric Gould
 
 
Amy Schumer seems happy enough to ride the one trick pony, playing the good-looking, wholesome girl with a cowboy mouth...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
26
MAIN TITLES UP CLOSE: 'VIKINGS' PLUNGES DEEP FOR IMAGERY By Eric Gould
 
 
Director Rama Allen, creator of the Vikings opener, talks about engaging viewers in a one-minute sequence...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
22
NEW 'RECTIFY' IS DOWNBEAT, BUT GETS HIGH MARKS By Eric Gould
 
 
Daniel Holden has been released after 20 years on death row after his conviction has been vacated – a crime he originally confessed to...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
19
BOSTON TV IMAGES HIT A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO HOME By Eric Gould
 
 
In an interview on Fresh Air, Globalpost.com reporter Charles Sennott said, "Every time this happens, it's someone's hometown." He's right. This time, it happened in mine...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
18
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A WAR PHOTOGRAPHER By Eric Gould
 
 
Which Way is the Front Line from Here?: The Life and Times of Tim Hetherington illustrates the allure — and dangers — of war reporting...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
17
'MYSTERY OF EELS' WILL WRIGGLE ITS WAY INTO YOUR HEART By Eric Gould
 
 
The next installment of Nature, The Mystery of Eels, may change your mind about the wet, slimy, snake-like eel...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
15
FEMALE POWER THAT TOOK FLIGHT WITH WONDER WOMAN By Eric Gould
 
 
Wonder Women! is a study of the evolution of fictional female heroines as powerful archetypes, and how these characters mirrored the changes real women demanded...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
10
DADDY DEAREST: THE DARK BACKBEAT OF 'THE COWSILLS' FAMILY BAND By Eric Gould
 
 
Family Band: The Cowsills Story exposes the cracked foundation that supported a squeaky-clean American family image...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
6
'MAD MEN' SEASON 6: THE PRETTY AND THE PROFANE By Eric Gould
 
 
AMC's Mad Men continues to mine the mod-pop sensibility of the Sixties, and wraps it around some seriously troubled people trying to navigate some enormous changes...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
5
HBO'S 'VICE': IT'S NOT YOUR FATHER'S '60 MINUTES' By Eric Gould
 
 
It's one thing to think and write about terrorism and war, and quite another to walk right up to it and capture it on video...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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