2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

Bianculli's Blog

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

The Cold Light Reader

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

Dateline Donovan
Contributors

DAVID HINCKLEY

All Along the Watchtower

ED BARK

Uncle Barky's Bytes

ALEX STRACHAN

TV That Matters

MIKE HUGHES

Open Mike

ED MARTIN

Ed Martin's TV Mix

KIM AKASS

Aerial View

MONIQUE NAZARETH

MNtv

BILL BRIOUX

TV Feeds My Family

ROGER CATLIN

TV Eye

GARY EDGERTON

Must-Click TV

TOM BRINKMOELLER

Raised On MTM

GERALD JORDAN

Crossing Jordan

NOEL HOLSTON

The Grassy Noel

TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Aug
13
THE OLYMPICS: A BRITISH PERSPECTIVE By Akass & McCabe
 
 
Television turned London into a global media village, and the cities Opening and Closing Ceremonies shared moments that were beguiling, bonkers and utterly British...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
7
THE CHALLENGES OF PRESERVING TELEVISION By Akass & McCabe
 
 
One of the key problems for television scholars is availability. Some shows live on only in memory, but not in tangible form like DVD. Other television producers have carefully orchestrated how their shows are preserved and marketed. And then, there's the digital age to consider...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jun
5
'BORGEN' REDUX By Akass & McCabe
 
 
Why are we revisiting Borgen, the Danish political drama our newest contributor, Janet McCabe, reviewed back in April? Because for a VERY short time you can see all of Season 1 online and get in step with the new Season 2 episodes...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
19
BRIDGING THE DIVIDE By Akass & McCabe
 
 
From across the pond, and our newest contributors, comes this enticing report about one of the best new shows the U.S. hasn't seen — yet. It's BBC Four’s The Bridge, a co-production between Denmark and Sweden...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
28
'BORGEN' CROSSES BORDERS TO DELIVER POLITICAL INTRIGUE By Akass & McCabe
 
 
Janet McCabe reports that the popular Danish series Borgen - soon to be remade by NBC - is finding fans around the globe, thanks to drama packed with ambiguity and moral complexity...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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