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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
May
17
'CATCH-22' AGAIN ELUDES CAPTURE, BUT HULU'S SIX-PART MINISERIES MAKES A VERY GAME GO OF IT By Ed Bark
 
 
George Clooney recurrently loves a man in uniform, dating all the way back to Combat High, a super-obscure 1986 TV movie in which he played Maj. Biff Woods...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
15
FAMILIAR TV STARS REJOIN/JOIN CBS IN NEW 2019-20 LINEUP By Ed Bark
 
 
Former CBS sitcom stars Patricia Heaton and Billy Gardell are getting new whirls while a familiar face from cable’s FX, Walter Goggins, moves to a new address this fall...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
14
HBO'S 'WHAT'S MY NAME: MUHAMMAD ALI' IS IN THE RING AND IN HIS WORDS By Ed Bark
 
 
Weighing in at two hours, 40 minutes and airing in one sitting, HBO’s What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali, is as thrilling today as it was in his yesteryears...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
14
WOMEN TAKE ALL THE LEADS IN ABC'S FOUR FALL NEWCOMERS By Ed Bark
 
 
ABC scrimped on new fall series Tuesday, but not on women marching at the heads of them...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
13
PEACOCK DROPPINGS: JIMMY SMITS GETS ANOTHER GO ON NBC'S FALL LINEUP By Ed Bark
 
 
NBC is leaving four nights unchanged and adding just three new series to its fall prime-time lineup...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
13
FOX'S NEW SEASON WILL SAY FAREWELL TO 'EMPIRE' AND HELLO TO WRESTLING By Ed Bark
 
 
The Fox broadcasting network, newly under Disney ownership, announced a “start-up mindset” Monday that included news of one-time ratings juggernaut Empire being canceled after its sixth and final season concludes next year...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
6
HBO'S 'CHERNOBYL' MINISERIES EXCEEDS EXTRAORDINARY By Ed Bark
 
 
Somber to a fault, but never to its determent, HBO’s Chernobyl dares to collude with the misery, deprivation and dogged survival instincts of Russian people large and small...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
1
ED ASNER IS STILL HELL ON WHEELS By Ed Bark
 
 
Tripping in a hotel and fracturing your knee is not a recommended activity for anyone. Doing it at age 89 only worsens the blow. But indomitable Ed Asner showed up anyway...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
28
ACT OF CONTRITION: CBS' ‘THE RED LINE’ IS ALL THAT AND MORE WITHOUT BEING WHAT IT COULD BE By Ed Bark
 
 
Still striving for atonement after past perceived sins of omission, CBS circles all the bases with The Red Line...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
9
SAM ROCKWELL/MICHELLE WILLIAMS MAKE NO MISSTEPS IN FX'S 'FOSSE/VERDON' By Ed Bark
 
 
From a storytelling standpoint, the back-and-forth choreography is not without stumbles. Performance-wise, though, FX’s eight-part Fosse/Verdon is never less than all that jazz...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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