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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
Aug
2
A NEW DAY IS DAWNING FOR 'SNL' AND SEVERAL OF ITS STARS By Ed Bark
 
 
Seth Meyers and Andy Samberg weigh in on the future of Saturday Night Live, as well as their own post-SNL projects...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
30
SHOWTIME'S BEST DRAMA SET FOR SEASON 3 By Ed Bark
 
 
Homeland's executive producers have no problem at all with fans of Homeland being informed ahead of time that — oops. Stop reading if you don't want to know more...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
29
Q&A AT TCA: SEX, SLAUGHTER AND SPOILERS By Ed Bark
 
 
Ed Bark asks questions, and the panelists answer, at the annual summer Television Critics Association "press tour"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
27
'BREAKING BAD': BEGINNING ITS FINAL COUNTDOWN By Ed Bark
 
 
They know what we don't. Even so, the suspense is probably killing them. Will fans of Breaking Bad buy into its denouement?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
25
KEITH OLBERMANN ON HIS RETURN TO THE SPORTS BEAT By Ed Bark
 
 
Keith Olbermann returns to TV — and the ESPN family — with Olbermann on Aug. 26. "Napoleon, I think, got back to France faster than I got back to ESPN"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
18
EMMY NOMS INCLUDE USUAL SUSPECTS AND A NOTEWORTHY NEW CONTENDER By Ed Bark
 
 
For the most part, Thursday's announcement of the 2013 Emmy nominations had a gratingly familiar ring, with a wealth of repeaters among the nominees...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
11
INCARCERATE YOURSELF FOR 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' By Ed Bark
 
 
Based on the first six of 13 episodes, Orange is the New Black has passed virtually every test with flying colors...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
5
'MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS' NOW AVAILABLE FROM START TO FINISH By Ed Bark
 
 
It’s nearing 54 years since the premiere of the first TV series built primarily on a teenager’s point of view, and all four seasons are now available on DVD...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jun
28
LIFETIME'S 'ANNA NICOLE' BIOPIC NOT AFRAID TO SHOW ITS ASSETS By Ed Bark
 
 
Voyeuristic movies of this sort usually have a bountiful assortment of scenes fit for a Mommie Dearest “Best of Show” competition, and Anna Nicole does not shrink from this task...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jun
24
'UNDER THE DOME' MAY BE KING OF BROADCAST'S SUMMER OFFERINGS By Ed Bark
 
 
Under the Dome seems destined to be the crown jewel among summertime diversions from the Big Four broadcast networks...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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