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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Aug
11
TNT'S 'MAJOR CRIMES' PICKS UP WHERE 'THE CLOSER' ENDS By Ed Bark
 
 
Is it a crime to say that the continuation of The Closer under a new title might be a better series without Kyra Sedgwick?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
10
TELEVISION'S MILITARY-INSPIRED BATTLE OF THE STARS By Ed Bark
 
 
"Real heroes. Real bullets. Real danger," proclaims Stars Earn Stripes co-host General Wesley Clark, as celebrities engage in "missions reminiscent of counter-insurgencies"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
10
ANOTHER NBC SNEAK PREVIEW: 'ANIMAL PRACTICE' By Ed Bark
 
 
NBC's Animal Practice — yes, the one with the monkey — is being sneak-previewed after the Olympic closing ceremonies. And guess who steals the show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
7
NBC OFFERS A SNEAK PEEK AT 'GO ON' By Ed Bark
 
 
NBC so far has done an odd job of hiding the fact that the new Matthew Perry sitcom, Go On, is being sneak-previewed following the network's Wednesday Olympics coverage...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
2
RECALLING A CONVERSATION WITH, AND THE TV WORK OF, GORE VIDAL By Ed Bark
 
 
Gore Vidal was very seldom warm to the touch — and only during highly irregular weak moments...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
1
NBC'S PRIME-TIME OLYMPICS: RATINGS STILL ON A HIGH By Ed Bark
 
 
Despite the Olympics' large viewership, blogosphere detractors continue to tar and feather the evil Peacock...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
29
NEW HBO DOC FOCUSES ON YESTERDAY'S SUPERMODELS By Ed Bark
 
 
The supermodels sharing insights in HBO's About Face are hardly Model Ts, but are still far removed from their days as A-list, pouty-lipped clothes mares...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
28
OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY WAS A DUD By Ed Bark
 
 
Two of our critics had wildly different reactions to the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Ed Bark, for example, was disappointed, and says it was "bungled"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
26
'CBS THIS MORNING' NAMES NEW HOST By Ed Bark
 
 
CBS This Morning taps chief White House Correspondent Norah O'Donnell to replace co-host Erica Hill...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
26
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JIM BELL SETS STAGE FOR SUMMER GAMES By Ed Bark
 
 
Given the enormous technical challenges ahead for NBC, you'd like to think that Thursday's teleconference with Olympics executive producer Jim Bell will be remembered as only an irksome glitch and not a bad omen...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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