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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
Mar
21
'KRYPTON' GIVES SYFY A LONG SUPERMAN RUN-UP -- BUT WILL IT FLY? By Ed Bark
 
 
Fun fact: the planet Krypton apparently used to be part of the United Kingdom...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
18
CBS' 'INSTINCT' IS GROUNDBREAKING WHILE ALSO VERY MUCH BEING SAME OLD SAME OLD By Ed Bark
 
 
This is the one where Alan Cumming tests his leading man cred as an openly gay, recently married former CIA operative turned novelist turned college professor turned crime solver...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
13
THE NETWORK OF MUSICALS STRIKES AGAIN WITH 'RISE' By Ed Bark
 
 
Here comes Rise, a 10-episode series in which a frustrated high school English teacher attempts to walk on the wild side by directing an adaptation of Spring Awakening, a Tony Award-winning musical exploration of teen angst and sexuality
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
8
NO TROPHY FOR YOU: NBC'S 'CHAMPIONS' IS MOSTLY JUST A PARTICIPANT By Ed Bark
 
 
Broad, hit-and-mostly-miss sitcoms generally are affixed with laugh tracks to underscore their need to feel wanted...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
2
'FRONTLINE' TAKES ITS TURN IN THE HARVEY WEINSTEIN CESSPOOL By Ed Bark
 
 
Well, why not? Public television’s franchise investigative documentary series has decided to take a crack at Harvey Weinstein -- but comes away with nothing all that notably new on the slithering onetime Hollywood powerbroker...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
1
YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY: FX'S 'ATLANTA' IS FINALLY BACK -- AND AGAIN DOING JUST THAT By Ed Bark
 
 
FX at least still has Donald Glover in the house...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
28
REGARDING 9/11, HULU'S 'THE LOOMING TOWER' ASKS WHY By Ed Bark
 
 
Fresh from playing a Bible-spouting mass murderer in Neftlix’s Godless, the very busy Jeff Daniels turns to rival streamer Hulu for another command performance...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
28
USA NETWORK GOES HARD-CORE WITH 'UNSOLVED: THE MURDERS OF TUPAC AND THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.' By Ed Bark
 
 
The USA network’s first full-fledged “true crime” miniseries is proof positive that its onetime sunny skies motif is no longer in the forecast...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
25
POST-OLYMPICS, NBC'S 'GOOD GIRLS' ALSO GOES FOR THE GOLD By Ed Bark
 
 
No series has been more heavily teased during NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage. Additionally, no newbie is getting a better time slot – following Monday’s return of The Voice with new judge Kelly Clarkson...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
24
NETFLIX'S 'SEVEN SECONDS': ACCENTUATING THE GRIM FROM A STORYTELLER WHO SEEMS TO KNOW NO OTHER WAY By Ed Bark
 
 
Whether misery loves company is debatable. Whether Veena Sud loves misery is not...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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