"In one human lifetime, wildlife populations have fallen by an average of 60%. The stability of nature can no longer be taken for granted." — David Attenborough, in the opening moments of Our Planet...

2020

Sep

PBS' 'FRONTLINE: THE CHOICE' HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT OR MEANINGFUL By Alex Strachan

Deep down, Michael Kirk, the veteran investigative reporter and on-air correspondent behind some of PBS Frontline's most trenchant and impactful exposés, always suspected his fifth time co-producing The Choice would feature a last-minute twist unlike any he had seen before...

2020

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MUCH-LOVED UNDERDOG 'SCHITT'S CREEK' CARRIES THE NIGHT AT 72ND EMMYS, WHILE 'SUCCESSION,' 'WATCHMEN' SHINE BRIGHT FOR HBO By Alex Strachan

History was made. The show went on, albeit in a different guise, and all went surprisingly well, despite uncertain times and a global pandemic that threatened to upend everything...

2020

Sep

WELCOME TO EMMY WEEK. TRY NOT TO BE CONFUSED By Alex Strachan

First things first, as Jeff Probst likes to say on Survivor. The 72nd Emmys are going ahead as planned. A subdued, COVID-aware ceremony will air live...

2020

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‘HUMAN NATURE': PBS' NOVA TACKLES THORNY ETHICAL QUESTION OF GENE MANIPULATION By Alex Strachan

The question always, Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson told TV Worth Watching in an interview over lunch several years ago, is not whether one can do something but rather whether one should...

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PBS 'FRONTLINE: GROWING UP POOR IN AMERICA' IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 By Alex Strachan

Several years ago — it seems like ages ago now — the veteran CBS newsman Scott Pelley presented a sobering segment for 60 Minutes in which Pelley documented the hollowing-out of the middle class in Orlando, Fla. in the wake of the last economic downturn...

2020

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BIG CAT WEEK: NATGEO WILD'S 'JADE EYED LEOPARD' A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH By Alex Strachan

On the face of it, National Geographic's annual Big Cat Week...sounds as if it was designed to cash in on the success of rival Discovery's better-known, long-running Shark Week. It's an easy assumption to make, but it would be wrong...

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OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, RAGING RIVER RAPIDS AND ALZHEIMER'S: THIS IS AMAZON'S ‘WORLD'S TOUGHEST RACE: ECO-CHALLENGE FIJI' By Alex Strachan

There's a revealing moment toward the end of the second hour of Amazon Prime Video's World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji that neatly sums up what this often-gripping reality-adventure series is all about...

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'THE LAST KINGDOM' BOTH A PRETENDER AND A CONTENDER IN TV'S GAME OF CLONES By Alex Strachan

"No plans have been made for the succession." Oh, dear. Those are words one never wants to hear in a period costume drama about warring kings and kingdoms...

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