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TVWW ARCHIVE

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2013
Dec
15
MIRANDA HART OF 'CALL THE MIDWIFE' IS STILL STANDING OUT, STILL OUTSTANDING By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
Growing up is not easy for many children. Especially if you are tall. Just ask 6'1" Miranda Hart of PBS’ Call The Midwife. The series returns for a holiday special on December 29...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
17
MARGO MARTINDALE AND 'THE MILLERS' RIDING HIGH By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
Life is good these days for Margo Martindale. The Millers was top 20 in this week’s Nielsen ratings and she's starring in a new film that's already generating Oscar buzz...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
2
TALKING WITH NEIL FLYNN, ABC'S 'MIDDLE' MAN By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
“I would say we are under the radar,” says Neil Flynn, who plays the Heck patriarch on the ABC Wednesday sitcom The Middle. But, he adds, "I don’t mind... because we have sneakily finished 100 episodes..."
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
19
'CHINA BEACH' LANDS AT BEVERLY HILLS PALEYFEST By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
For many TV fans of a certain generation, one of the most memorable shows of the Eighties was ABC’s China Beach. Now, 25 years after it premiered in 1988, China Beach has landed again -- not only on DVD, but at Paleyfest...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
8
'DOWNTON ABBEY' SECOND ONLY TO 'CIVIL WAR' ON PBS By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- It seems we just can’t get enough Downton Abbey on PBS. That wildly popular series will return for its fourth season on Jan. 5, 2014...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
29
'UNDER THE DOME' TO SEE SEASON TWO By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
[Editor's Note: TVWW contributor Donna J. Plesh died April 2, 2015, from ovarian cancer. She was 71. Donna covered television since the early 1980s, initially for the Orange County Register and its TV magazine. She also was a member of the Television Critics Association. Donna was always a cheerful spirit within the TVWW network and often gave readers a kind, up-close viewpoint in her interviews with a wide variety of television stars. She will be missed.] CBS’ hit summer seri
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
27
NBC ANNOUNCES MINISERIES ON HILLARY CLINTON By Donna J. Plesh
 
 
[Editor's Note: TVWW contributor Donna J. Plesh died April 2, 2015, from ovarian cancer. She was 71. Donna covered television since the early 1980s, initially for the Orange County Register and its TV magazine. She also was a member of the Television Critics Association. Donna was always a cheerful spirit within the TVWW network and often gave readers a kind, up-close viewpoint in her interviews with a wide variety of television stars. She will be missed.] BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Th
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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