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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
Aug
30
WITH 'ONE DOLLAR' FOLLOWING THE MONEY IS LITERAL By David Hinckley
 
 
If you think a dollar doesn’t go very far these days, the new CBS All Access drama One Dollar might persuade you to reconsider...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
27
VINCE GILLIGAN'S MUSIC CHOICES FOR 'BETTER CALL SAUL' ARE ON POINT. OF COURSE. By David Hinckley
 
 
When AMC’s Better Call Saul returns at 9 p.m. ET Monday for the fourth episode of its fourth season, here’s what it would have to do to top the peak moment in last week’s third episode.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
26
'AMERICA TO ME' LOOKS AT RACIAL INEQUITIES THROUGH THE EYES OF STUDENTS By David Hinckley
 
 
America To Me, an unsentimental examination of race relations at a high school on the outskirts of Chicago, reminds us bluntly that having all the pieces on the board doesn’t mean you’ve solved the puzzle...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
26
FOR AN EARLY FACEBOOK WATCH EFFORT, 'STRANGERS' IS WORTH THE BINGE By David Hinckley
 
 
If you’re looking to fill television’s end-of-summer dead zone with something you missed, you might consider Strangers, which has proven itself to be smarter than the average sitcom...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
24
NETFLIX DEBUTS AN EXCITING THRILLER WITH 'THE INNOCENTS' By David Hinckley
 
 
If you’re a fan of shape-shifting, don’t miss The Innocents, because June McDaniel offers an interesting variation on that popular pastime...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
22
SEASON 2 OF 'MR. MERCEDES' BRINGS MORE MYSTERY AND FRIGHT By David Hinckley
 
 
At the end of the first season of Mr. Mercedes, psychotic mass murderer Brady Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway) almost died. That’s the almost good news as Season 2 of Mr. Mercedes launches...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
21
'BETTY WHITE: FIRST LADY OF TELEVISION' IS A WELL-DESERVED TRIBUTE TO A PIONEER By David Hinckley
 
 
Back in the golden age of advertising jingles, when every television commercial seemingly strove for a catchy tune that would force viewers to start involuntarily humming...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
20
'MYSTERY ROAD' DROPS ON ACORN By David Hinckley
 
 
Even by the standards of small-town crime drama, the citizens in Mystery Road have an astonishing per capita ratio of secrets...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
17
FROM MATT GROENING, A LITTLE FAIRY TALE 'DISENCHANTMENT' – AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING By David Hinckley
 
 
Many years ago, the iconic Rocky & Bullwinkle series featured an occasional segment called Fractured Fairy Tales, which put a weird and often absurd twist on the traditional yarns with which most children grew up...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
13
WATCH 'OUR MAN IN TEHRAN' FOR A PERSONAL LOOK AT THE PEOPLE OF IRAN By David Hinckley
 
 
Instagram is sweeping the nation and the older folks who have been fighting ideological wars all their lives complain that young people don’t care, that they only want to party...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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