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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2015
Aug
23
'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' MAKES IT A TWOSOME ON AMC By Ed Bark
 
 
AMC’s new Fear the Walking Dead prequel might just as well be called Milking The Walking Dead For All It’s Worth..
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
19
CNN'S 'EVOCATEUR' RECAPTURES MORTON DOWNEY JR. AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS GLOWERS By Ed Bark
 
 
In the documentary Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, one can still smell the toxic fumes coming off the old TV brow-beater and his ever-present cigarettes, which he used to autograph for admirers.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
12
THE FINAL STOP ON THE TCA PRESS TOUR By Ed Bark
 
 
The annual Television Critics Association summer "press tour" is finally on fumes, as is your tvworthwatching.com correspondent after 17 days of asking, listening, watching, and trudging to and fro...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
11
SHOWTIME OPENS THE CURTAIN ON SERIES, MOVIES, AND TWIN PEAKS By Ed Bark
 
 
Showtime president David Nevins came out swinging Tuesday. Not with a state of the TV industry proclamation but with a slew of programming announcements. Principal among them was news -- and non-news -- about the reboot of Twin Peaks...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
10
CBS INTRODUCES COLBERT, 'SUPERGIRL' AND A HELLISH ANGEL FOR FALL By Ed Bark
 
 
Grandly introducing himself before striding onstage with a microphone in hand, Stephen Colbert not surprisingly got saved for last at CBS's full day of nine interview sessions -- plus lunch...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
9
THE WINNERS WERE (ALMOST) ALL THERE AT THE 31ST ANNUAL TCA AWARDS By Ed Bark
 
 
The stars came out for Saturday night's 31st Annual Television Critics Association awards ceremony. Except that's a bit of a fib...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
7
FX'S CEO SPEAKS OUT ON MORE THAN NEW SHOWS AT TCA By Ed Bark
 
 
TV critics can be loath to admit that the smartest person in the room may not be one of them. FX Networks CEO John Landgraf, a forward-looking executive who actually enjoys our company, has more than enough brainpower to overpower even the most pompous posers among us...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
6
FOX GOES RETRO -- AND BACKWARDS -- FOR 2015-16 By Ed Bark
 
 
Fox took a big step forward last season with the mid-season smash Empire.  Now the network is taking several steps backward while also going to the same well...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
5
TVWW PONDERS LARRY DAVID, THE DEATH OF "MCDREAMY" AND CROSS-DRESSING AT TCA By Ed Bark
 
 
It's just past the midway point of the summer Television Critics Association "press tour." Which also is far enough along for a second collection of quotes generated solely from questions by your friendly tvworthwatching.com correspondent...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
4
ABC ROLLS OUT MUPPETS AND SERIAL KILLERS FOR 2015-16 By Ed Bark
 
 
Hey, hey, they're The Muppets. And their existence pre-dates both the birth of The Beatles and the cancellation of the original I Love Lucy. That's longevity, and they're not finished yet...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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