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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Apr
25
NBC'S ‘GREAT NEWS’ IS EVEN BETTER NEWS FOR AGELESS ANDREA MARTIN By Ed Bark
 
 
Many of the usual suspects are present and accounted for in this latest sitcom about a dysfunctional TV newsroom...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
22
PULLING THROUGH WITH OPRAH WINFREY IN HBO'S 'THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS' By Ed Bark
 
 
Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951, had been unheard of and unheralded for decades until a writer named Rebecca Skloot became “obsessed” with her game-changing cells...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
19
FX'S 'FARGO' DOES A SLOWER BURN IN EARLY STAGES OF SEASON 3 By Ed Bark
 
 
The Sharknado-like fish storm from Season 1 of Fargo and Season 2’s eventually pivotal flying saucers might be slightly less swervy than the outlandish/cartoonish first on-camera killing in Season 3’s extended opening episode...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
19
FOX NEWS CHANNEL OFFICIALLY CUTS TIES WITH BILL O'REILLY (UPDATED) By Ed Bark
 
 
The Murdoch brothers and their father have officially performed last rites on Bill O’Reilly and his long-standing hit Fox News Channel show, The O’Reilly Factor...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
14
ADRIFT AND OUT OF SORTS: ‘VEEP’ RE-STARTS WITH SELINA IN POLITICAL SIBERIA By Ed Bark
 
 
Entering Season 6, HBO’s Veep has reached a stage where its title is a misnomer in league with CBS’ long-running 48 Hours or the recently deceased Cougar Town...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
10
O'REILLY ON THE ROPES? POPULARITY DOESN'T MATTER IF ADVERTISERS FORSAKE YOU By Ed Bark
 
 
When speculating on whether Bill O’Reilly might survive his latest round of sexual harassment allegations, don’t forget to factor in the long-ago but still relevant experience of a current Fox News Channel colleague...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
2
SERVING MORE TIME AND RESURRECTING THE DEAD VIA FOX'S ‘PRISON BREAK’ By Ed Bark
 
 
It really would be best for all concerned to never ever believe that a prominent TV character is truly dead.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
30
IN A MORE SHARPLY DIVIDED MEDIA LANDSCAPE THAN EVER BEFORE, IS THE TRUTH REALLY OUT THERE ANYMORE? By Ed Bark
 
 
True or false: The truth is out there. Answer: Basically false these days...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
29
HULU'S ‘HARLOTS’ BARES 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND By Ed Bark
 
 
Created, executive produced, written and directed entirely by women, Hulu’s Harlots is an equal opportunity flesh-barer with a not so underlying message...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
29
DESPITE AN ALREADY GUARANTEED SEASON 2, TV LAND'S LIMP ‘NOBODIES’ MIGHT JUST STAY THAT WAY By Ed Bark
 
 
A trio of real-life Hollywood grovelers all play themselves in TV Land’s Nobodies, which can be desperately amusing at times but too often comes off as just desperate...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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