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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Nov
28
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES: STARS AND THEIR SIGNATURE ROLES By Ed Bark
 
 
The death of J.R. Ewing — er, Larry Hagman — leaves us with another vivid reminder of television's power to imprint an actor or actress with a single, signature role...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
24
AN APPRECIATION: LARRY HAGMAN By Ed Bark
 
 
Few TV characters could match the on-screen wattage or off-screen eccentricities of Larry Martin Hagman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
24
LIFETIME''S 'LIZ & DICK' A FESTIVAL OF ICK By Ed Bark
 
 
Lifetime's Liz & Dick exists for the sole exploitive purpose of baiting the masses with another heavy-duty show biz basket case...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
13
ROCKIN' THE PAST WITH HISTORY NETWORK'S "EPIC" 'MANKIND' By Ed Bark
 
 
Stuck on hyper-drive and stuffed with hyperbole, Mankind: The Story of All of Us is history a-go-go from a programmer that used to obey a few speed limits...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
9
TBS' 'WEDDING BAND' HITS A FEW BEATS By Ed Bark
 
 
The self-anointed "Very Funny" network at last rises to a modicum of merriment in Wedding Band...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
8
SAWYER, ROVE, TRUMP: AN ELECTION NIGHT TO REMEMBER By Ed Bark
 
 
Every election night has its moments, but this one was notable for the oddities contributed by ABC, Fox News Channel and NBC anchor Brian Williams...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
2
NAT GEO'S BIN LADEN DOCUDRAMA STIRS CONTROVERSY By Ed Bark
 
 
Originally planned as a feature film titled Code Name: Geronimo, the 90-minute docudrama SEAL Team Six is highly unlikely to influence voters...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
2
'MALIBU COUNTRY' SINGS THE SAME-OLD SITCOM SONG By Ed Bark
 
 
ABC's Malibu Country belongs on the network of Hot In Cleveland, Happily Divorced and other broad, blast-from-the-past sitcoms...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
1
'REVOLUTION' FANS HAVE A LONG DRY SPELL COMING By Ed Bark
 
 
NBC's wave of midseason programming changes, made at the height of Hurricane Sandy's East Coast surge, puts Revolution on a very extended hiatus...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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