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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
Apr
3
DIRECTV'S FIRST ORIGINAL SCRIPTED SERIES LANDS WITH A THUD By Ed Bark
 
 
Dreary in tone and storyline — and mostly dimly lit as well — Rogue is a decidedly uninviting vehicle for DirecTV’s first original scripted series...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
3
NBC'S 'HANNIBAL' EXHIBITS QUICK DECLINE By Ed Bark
 
 
There’s a lot to digest in NBC’s Hannibal, much of it distasteful and, worse yet from a storytelling standpoint, increasingly impossible to swallow...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
2
IS THE TITLE OF ABC'S NEW SITCOM LONGER THAN THE SHOW'S FUTURE? By Ed Bark
 
 
ABC is tempting fate, and likely will end up on the losing end again with How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
30
'MR. SELFRIDGE' ANOTHER 'MASTERPIECE' FOR PBS By Ed Bark
 
 
Mr. Selfridge may not provoke the full-blown tizzy that Downton Abbey has for the Masterpiece Classic franchise. Still, it very much works its own charms...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
29
'GAME OF THRONES' RE-RULES HBO By Ed Bark
 
 
HBO's Game of Thrones, which starts its third season Sunday, seems to be getting better all the time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
28
FX GOING TO DOUBLE X By Ed Bark
 
 
Terming it a move to a three-network “suite,” FX Networks is adding FXX to make it a threesome with existing movie channel FXM...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
27
'AMERICAN MASTERS' OPENS THE BOOK ON PHILIP ROTH By Ed Bark
 
 
A literary giant sizes himself up — and seemingly could go on and on — in PBS’ Philip Roth: Unmasked...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
23
MIRREN/PACINO PAIRING KEEPS HBO'S 'PHIL SPECTOR' IN TUNE By Ed Bark
 
 
HBO's Phil Spector succeeds on the strength of its two marquee thespians, Helen Mirren and Al Pacino...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
22
NBC'S NEVER-ENDING STORY: LENO ON THE ROPES AGAIN By Ed Bark
 
 
The NBC network, flailing and failing in prime-time and now an early morning loser as well, is again preparing a coffin for the one guy who’s still winning...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Mar
22
YOU CAN JUDGE A SYFY FLICK BY ITS TITLE By Ed Bark
 
 
In the proud tradition of Sharktopus, Mansquito and Mongolian Death Worm, Syfy presents Chupacabra vs The Alamo...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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