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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Jul
30
CINEMATOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS: HOW A CAMERAMAN’S CALL MADE ‘BETTER CALL SAUL’ BETTER By Alex Strachan
 
 
The look of a show, its very feel, is as much a signature of that show as the way it’s put together, the way the story is told...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
29
THE LOWE WITCH PROJECT: NEW 'REALITY' SERIES FINDS ROB LOWE & SONS TRACKING DOWNS THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT By Alex Strachan
 
 
Rob Lowe insists he’s not a paranormal investigator. More like a weekend warrior...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
28
FROM ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ TO ‘CLAWS,’ A LOOK AT THE STRIDES WOMEN HAVE MADE ON THE SMALL SCREEN By Alex Strachan
 
 
Niecy Nash and Michelle Dockery come from vastly different worlds...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
27
WHERE LARRY DAVID AND TV LARRY MEET, AND THE THIN RED LINE BETWEEN By Alex Strachan
 
 
When the line between a real-life comedian and the character he plays on television blurs, it should be no surprise when people draw connections between the two, wanted or unwanted...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
26
POOR MAN, RICH MAN REFLECTS ON 'RICH MAN, POOR MAN' AND A 45-YEAR CAREER IN FILM AND TV By Alex Strachan
 
 
After just a few hours, the press conferences at the semi-annual meeting of the Television Critics Association take on the familiarity of a well-worn talk show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
21
'DOCTOR'— WHOM DID YOU SAY? REACTION TO CASTING FEMALE ACTOR AS NEXT 'DOCTOR WHO' HAS STIRRED THE POT ON SOCIAL MEDIA By Alex Strachan
 
 
Old news: the new Doctor Who will be played by a female actor for the first time in the franchise’s history... More interesting thing, though, judging from fans’ response on Twitter and other social media sites, was not so much the announcement as the reaction...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
17
I SPY WHILE WATCHING AN OLD EPISODE OF 'I SPY' — R.I.P., MARTIN LANDAU, AND LIVE ON IN POSTERITY By Alex Strachan
 
 
Not much more can be said about Martin Landau that hasn’t been said by others, more eloquent and profound than anything I could say...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
13
‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’ NOT DEAD YET: 2017 EMMY NOMS HAVE USUAL SHOCKS, SURPRISES AND INEVITABLE SNUBS By Alex Strachan
 
 
To paraphrase Mark Twain, updated for modern times and the era of Modern Family, reports of Saturday Night Live’s death have been greatly exaggerated...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
10
FROM REFRESHING NEWCOMERS TO VERY IMPORTANT DRAMA, HERE’S AN EARLY LOOK AT THIS YEAR’S CONTENDERS FOR THE EMMY NOMINATIONS By Alex Strachan
 
 
There are just two things you need to know about the Emmys this year...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
3
50 YEARS AGO, ‘STAR TREK’ BOLDLY WENT WHERE HARDLY ANY TV SHOWS HAD GONE BEFORE By Alex Strachan
 
 
Several years ago, in a memorable exchange on HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher and guest Seth MacFarlane were discussing the nature of actual war, as opposed to the sanitized version so often seen on the nightly news...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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