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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2014
Apr
5
AMC'S 'TURN' CAPTURES AMERICA'S FIRST SPIES By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
There always have been spies and likely always will be --and AMC’s new drama series Turn, premiering at 9 p.m. ET Sunday, goes back in time to the Revolutionary War, to the formation of this country’s first spy ring...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Mar
1
'THOSE WHO KILL' PRESENTS TV'S LATEST CONFLICTED HERO By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
Series focusing on murderers, serial killers and really bad guys are staples on network TV and cable these days. Now A&E’s new drama, Those Who Kill, can be added to that list...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
25
'DOWNTON' DOWAGER COUNTESS' SON TURNS TO PIRACY - ON 'BLACK SAILS' By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
Toby Stephens, whose mother is Maggie Smith, the Dowager Countess on PBS's Downton Abbey, has set sail on his own show -- as a pirate on Starz's Black Sails...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
20
PBS FULL STREAMS AHEAD: MORE 'SHERLOCK,' KEN BURNS, AND 'DOWNTON ABBEY' By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
PBS executives had good news Monday for fans of good TV shows: more Sherlock, more Ken Burns documentaries, and, for Downton Abbey, even more viewers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
20
JAY LENO ABOUT TO FLY AWAY FROM NBC - BUT 'PETER PAN' IS RETURNING By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
Next month, Jay Leno flies the coop at NBC. But before the year is out, Peter Pan flies in...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
11
CNN'S NEW PLANS: SERIES YES, LENO NO By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
Is CNN interested in joining the late-night talk show wars by importing Jay Leno? According to former NBC executive and current CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker, not at this time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
10
HBO’S RENEWS 'BOARDWALK EMPIRE' FOR FIFTH AND FINAL SEASON By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
Prohibition is almost over again. Really. HBO’s Prohibition-era set drama, Boardwalk Empire, will be back this fall for a fifth and final season...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
2
JOANNE FROGGETT: "THE BEATING HEART" OF 'DOWNTON ABBEY' By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
Froggett returns for he fourth season as Downton Abbey maid Anna Bates, much to the delight of her international audience and producers. She talks with TVWW's Donna J. Plesh...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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