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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
Aug
12
'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' RETURNS FOR SEASON 4 – PART II By David Hinckley
 
 
Even by the standards of a Zombie Apocalypse, things feel uncomfortably out of sync when Fear the Walking Dead returns Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on AMC...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
10
AMAZON PRIME PRESENTS 'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' By David Hinckley
 
 
Getting on television, much as it has become the American dream, hasn’t done much for the happiness of several characters in a new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Ordeal By Innocence...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
10
'THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY' IS AN ENDEARING DRAMA DURING WARTIME By David Hinckley
 
 
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is the sort of production one used to see in movie theaters...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
6
'BETTER CALL SAUL' INCHES TOWARD 'BREAKING BAD' By David Hinckley
 
 
Part of the reason the Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul has worked so well for three seasons is its refreshing quotient of humanity and humor...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
6
'LODGE 49' SHOWS PROMISE By David Hinckley
 
 
The line between comedy and drama, already a distant memory in some television neighborhoods, blurs further in AMC’s new Lodge 49...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
6
'NO OFFENCE' IS NO NONSENSE YET FUN-FILLED By David Hinckley
 
 
Tormented cops, and sometimes there seem to be no other kind on television except maybe for Tom Selleck on Blue Bloods, often have spells of depression...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
5
THE FINALE OF 'THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE' IS WORTH THE WAIT By David Hinckley
 
 
PBS has never pushed the imported Tunnel series very hard, perhaps because its three seasons have stretched over six years or maybe because it’s always been shrouded in a melancholy darkness...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
1
'THE SINNER' RETURNS WITH ANOTHER INTRIGUING CRIME THRILLER By David Hinckley
 
 
Jimson Weed, which enjoyed a brief stretch of fame several decades ago when it popped up in the lyrics of the Gene Autry cowboy classic “Back in the Saddle Again,” makes an encore appearance on The Sinner...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
31
'BRADDOCK, PA' IS STRONG NON-TRADITIONAL CONTENT ON A NON-TRADITIONAL PROVIDER By David Hinckley
 
 
I still cringe when I hear a phrase like “video content,” which sounds so much more robotic and clinical than “TV show."...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
27
FACEBOOK WATCH DEBUTS 'SACRED LIES' By David Hinckley
 
 
It’s easy to waste a lot of time on Facebook. It would not be a waste of time to tune in Sacred Lies on Facebook Watch...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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