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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Sep
21
FOX'S 'MINDY PROJECT' AN UNEVEN WORK IN PROGRESS By Ed Bark
 
 
The Mindy Project is a minor disappointment in light of all the accomplished guest stars populating its opening half-hour...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
18
FOR MOST COMPETITION SHOWS, IT'S IN WITH THE NEW By Ed Bark
 
 
A spate of new judges for Fox's American Idol — and NBC's The Voice — raises questions of high ratings import for these top dog talent competitions and others...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
16
J.J. ABRAMS' DARK WORLD By Ed Bark
 
 
Revolution, the most promising and expensive new series on NBC's fall schedule, is from the guy who keeps conjuring up doomsday or, at best, very foreboding scenarios...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
16
A PREPOSTEROUS MIX OF SYRINGES AND SHIVS By Ed Bark
 
 
Fox has grown accustomed to having a Monday night doctor in the house. Now it has The Mob Doctor, a notably inferior exercise in dese, dems and doses...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
13
SOME STARS HAVE YET TO MAKE THE 'KENNEDY CENTER' CUT By Ed Bark
 
 
This week's announcement of the annual Kennedy Center honorees again raised questions of who's in and who's still out...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
12
PRIME-TIME ADJUSTMENTS FOR FOOTBALL DOUBLEHEADERS By Ed Bark
 
 
Do you and your DVR get the blues on NFL football Sundays? CBS in particular wants to help...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
11
OH, BABY: NBC EXPANDS ITS KID COUNT WITH 'GUYS WITH KIDS' By Ed Bark
 
 
The one-time kid-free Peacock network is loading up on babies and/or baby talk with comedies Guys with Kids, The New Normal and the returning Up All Night...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
9
'THE VOICE' & 'THE X FACTOR': READY TO GO FOR THE THROAT By Ed Bark
 
 
The X Factor and The Voice both return this week, with NBC scheduling a three-night Voice event that, on Wednesday, airs opposite X Factor's season premiere...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
7
'THE NEW NORMAL' COULD USE A LIGHTER TOUCH By Ed Bark
 
 
NBC's The New Normal is both audacious and sometimes unintentionally off-putting, but not because of its subject matter...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
3
A&E'S SLEEP-INDUCING 'COMA' By Ed Bark
 
 
Despite an Oscar-honored cast and notable producers (including the late Tony Scott) A&E's Coma is best experienced while unconscious...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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