Two of the Big Four broadcast networks have put out detailed summations of their revamped midseason schedules while NBC is dribbling out information and CBS remains silent save for the biggest splash of them all -- Super Bowl 50...

2015

Nov

'CHICAGO' TIMES THREE: 'MED' MAKES THE TRIFECTA By Ed Bark

Producer Dick Wolf seemed to be on the verge of Hollywood extinction several years ago when NBC began separating itself from his longstanding Law & Order “brand” -- But if the wolf seemed at the door, the Wolf man himself declined to run scared...

2015

Nov

EQUAL HELPINGS OF FEAR AND SELF-LOATHING IN STARZ'S BALLET MINISERIES By Ed Bark

The Starz company line regarding Flesh and Bone is that its costs and logistics skewered an initial plan to make it a year-to-year series and cut it down to a one-shot eight-hour miniseries...

2015

Nov

NETFLIX'S 'MASTER OF NONE' IS AZIZ ANSARI'S FULLY REALIZED COMEDY MASTERPIECE By Ed Bark

Aziz Ansari’s new comedy series, Master of None, is a total misnomer in terms of what its star and co-creator have wrought...

2015

Nov

NEW CBS 'STAR TREK' SERIES WILL GO BOLDLY – TO CBS ALL ACCESS By Ed Bark

These are the further voyages of the once free enterprise known as television... the Star Trek franchise will be shown exclusively on its fledgling All Access streaming device after a one-episode launch on the musty old broadcast network....

2015

Oct

STARZ SPLATTERS THE FUN IN NEW 'ASH VS EVIL DEAD' By Ed Bark

Despite the buckets of blood and gallons of gore, a viewer can die laughing while wallowing in Ash vs Evil Dead...

2015

Oct

CNBC'S DEBATE FLOP RE-TARNISHES 'MAINSTREAM MEDIA' By Ed Bark

Blasting the “lame stream,” media has long been a favorite pastime of the GOP. But this time there’s a strong case to be made...

2015

Oct

NEW HEIGHTS OF HYPOCRISY: TRUMP'S NEW 'SNL' GIG MEANS NBC RATINGS By Ed Bark

Believe it or not, this has nothing to do with Donald Trump’s politics, but it has everything to do with NBC’s remarkable inconsistency...

2015

Oct

'SUPERGIRL': A COMIC BOOK HERO WITH STAYING POWER By Ed Bark

For this to fly (sorry), the title character in CBS’ Supergirl must be cast just right. Mission accomplished in this first full-fledged TV outing for Superman’s cousin...

2015

Oct

HALLMARK KEEPS THE JESSE STONE FRANCHISE VIVIDLY IN PLAY WITH 'LOST IN PARADISE' By Ed Bark

"Two years. Where you been?" Jesse Stone's therapist/sounding board asks him in the opening minutes of movie No. 9. "Fighting crime," Stone answers -- as usual...

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