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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
Mar
31
THE COMPLICATED MYSTERY OF 'MRS. WILSON' By David Hinckley
 
 
As a viewer who would sit in front of a TV set to watch Ruth Wilson cut up a lemon, I can report that in her new series she looks as if she’s been sucking on one...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
29
'HANNA' DROPS ON AMAZON PRIME By David Hinckley
 
 
The TV version of Hanna turns out to be a weird and strangely endearing hybrid of a dark, lethal spy drama and a breezy, even cheerful snapshot of liberated youth...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
28
LOOKING AT THE ORIGINS OF BREXIT WITH 'EUROPE IN CHAOS' ON SMITHSONIAN By David Hinckley
 
 
It could either compound America’s own sense of deep unease or provide some odd consolation to look across the pond and remember things are more than a bit dodgy in Europe these days as well...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
28
WITH 'ABBY'S,' NBC HOPES EVERYONE WILL KNOW HER NAME By David Hinckley
 
 
NBC’s new comedy Abby’s comes from Josh Malmuth, the fellow who created The Good Place. That alone should earn him a free beer...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
27
'WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS' IS ENJOYABLE BUT MIGHT NOT LIVE FOREVER By David Hinckley
 
 
What We Do in the Shadows understands vampire tales and has a droll touch in satirizing them. It’s just hard not to think there may be a limited pool of material on which to draw...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
25
'THE TRUTH WILL OUT,' A COMPELLING MYSTERY FROM SWEDEN, ARRIVES ON ACORN By David Hinckley
 
 
Nobody does gloom better than the Swedes, and a gloomy new crime show from Sweden offers a bright ray of TV sunshine...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
24
HISTORY TAKES ANOTHER LOOK AT JESUS IN 'HIS LIFE' By David Hinckley
 
 
The Greatest Story Ever Told some time ago became the most popular story ever retold, and now here’s History back to have another go at the life of Jesus Christ...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
24
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO 'PRINCE CHARLES AT 70' By David Hinckley
 
 
If a new documentary on Britain’s Prince Charles should become the definitive video summation of his life, it’s safe to say his rehabilitation is complete...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
24
'ACTION' EXPOSES THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY OF SPORTS BETTING By David Hinckley
 
 
Since most of us prefer to think we are law-abiding citizens, we don’t spend a lot of time acknowledging that most of us break multiple laws every day...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
20
'THE ACT,' ON HULU, IS A TRAGIC, TWISTED, TRUE STORY By David Hinckley
 
 
Prepare to feel sad when you watch Hulu’s new drama The Act...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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