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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2015
Nov
24
'THE WALKING DEAD'S' NOT-SO-GRAND ILLUSION: WHEN DEAD ISN'T DEAD By Alex Strachan
 
 
A key character — arguably the key character — was killed on a high-profile cable drama, the other night. “It was one of those deaths that was on point story-wise,” said the actor who played the ill-fated character... But enough about The Leftovers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
19
NO JINX: 'GOTHAM' REMAINS SOURCE OF STRENGTH IN SOPHOMORE SEASON By Alex Strachan
 
 
They say imitation is the sincerest form of TV — just look at all those sequels, prequels and spinoff-offs! — but that alone doesn’t explain how Gotham is so good, or how it has managed to stay that way...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
17
HOST JEFF PROBST ON THE 'SURVIVOR' SURVIVORS AND 15 YEARS OF SURVIVING By Alex Strachan
 
 
Survivor is arguably the most recognizable reality-competition program on U.S. TV — and yet it’s easy to forget the effect Survivor once had on the culture...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
16
'SURVIVOR' CONTINUES TO OUTWIT, OUTLAST, OUTPLAY THE COMPETITION By Alex Strachan
 
 
Survivor has found a way not just to survive but thrive. The original stranded-on-a-desert-island competition series that popularized such catch phrases as, “The tribe has spoken,” is in its 15th year...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
4
TRUMP-ISMS (OR NOT) FROM PRIMETIME TV AS HE PREPARES TO HOST 'SNL' By Alex Strachan
 
 
The last time Donald Trump hosted Saturday Night Live, in 2004, he was Big Stuff, thanks to The Apprentice... He's hardly one to ever be caught at a loss for words, script or no script, and he's never met a soundbite he didn’t like...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
3
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: PBS FRONTLINE TACKLES JOURNALISTS’ MURDERS IN ‘TERROR IN LITTLE SAIGON’ By Alex Strachan
 
 
Frontline's eye-opening film lays bare some hard truths about a series of unsolved murders of Vietnamese-American journalists across the U.S. between 1981 and 1990...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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