TNT’s “proactive makeover” is currently in progress, with new Turner entertainment head and former Fox programmer Kevin Reilly warning TV watchers to “expect some very daring shows..." Proof, a leftover from the pre-Reilly TNT, could well be caught in his crossfire if it's not an immediate hit...

2015

Jun

'THE MAKING OF THE MOB: NEW YORK' IS A HARD-HITTING HYBRID By Ed Bark

Ray Liotta is home on the range as narrator for AMC’s new eight-episode The Making of the Mob: New York, which premieres on Monday, June 15th...

2015

Jun

CNN FIRES UP 'THE SEVENTIES' WITH ANOTHER TRUNCATED LOOK AT WHAT TV WROUGHT By Ed Bark

CNN is kicking it up a decade after spending last summer with The Sixties. From the same production team of Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, here comes The Seventies again leading off with television’s impact on the decade...

2015

Jun

BUYING INTO THE OFFICIAL BOOK ON 'BREAKING BAD' By Ed Bark

The subtitles of all 62 episodes are dissected for both transparent and hidden meanings. Also under a microscope: the color palette, the carnage, deadly chemicals...Through it all, creator Vince Gilligan is expansive on subjects...

2015

Jun

A SHOUT OUT FOR ABC'S 'THE WHISPERS' By Ed Bark

Tonight (June 1), ABC launches its last new series originally announced in May 2014. It’s The Whispers, a compelling paranormal suspense hour in which the kids aren’t all right while the adults strive to divine what’s driving them...

2015

May

THREE FOR THE ROAD: REMEMBERING THE RETIRING BOB SCHIEFFER By Ed Bark

EDITOR'S NOTE: To mark the retirement of CBS's Bob Schieffer, Ed Bark offers up three of his past articles about the much-revered newsman...

2015

May

PSST, HERE COMES LIFETIME'S 'THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE' By Ed Bark

Inhabiting Marilyn Monroe requires the look, the curves, the vulnerability and the breathy little girl intonations, not necessarily in that order. Kelli Garner checks out on all four in Lifetime’s The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe...

2015

May

HBO'S 'BESSIE': A SHOWCASE FOR QUEEN LATIFAH IN A SERVICEABLE BIOPIC By Ed Bark

According to HBO publicity materials, Bessie has been 22 years in the making. The movie charts the ups and downs of a vintage blues singer who died in 1937 at the age of 43...

2015

Apr

HBO'S 'THE CASUAL VACANCY' GETS AROUND TO EARNING ITS KEEP By Ed Bark

Contemptible men abound in J.K. Rowling’s “first novel for adults.” As for the only one who isn’t, well . . . he’s soon dead. The Casual Vacancy, a three-hour HBO miniseries is a decidedly bleak affair with a modicum of redemption...

2015

Apr

HBO'S 'GAME OF THRONES' STILL AT TOP OF ITS GAME By Ed Bark

So-called “event television” is seldom as advertised. But with HBO's Game of Thrones, this might be an understatement...

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