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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
May
26
FINALE FEVER – EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED By David Hinckley
 
 
If you’re looking for a proposition that can bring a polarized nation together, here’s a candidate: No one likes to see his or her favorite TV show end...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
24
'WHAT/IF' BRINGS AN EVIL RENÉE ZELLWEGER TO THE SMALL SCREEN By David Hinckley
 
 
Renée Zellweger stars in What/If as venture capitalist Anne Montgomery, a woman who lives to wield power...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
24
'PITCHING IN' ON ACORN IS A GUILTY PLEASURE By David Hinckley
 
 
Pitching In is a breezy, lightweight tale that pokes around in the familiar dramas of family and makes a small village in North Wales look like one of the most beautiful places on Earth...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
23
JOHN TURTURRO SHINES IN 'THE NAME OF THE ROSE,' A DARK TALE OF RELIGION IN MEDIEVAL TIMES By David Hinckley
 
 

Almost four decades after the publication of Umberto Eco’s revered and dark novel The Name of the Rose, someone finally took a deep breath and adapted it for a television miniseries. It’s bold and ambitious, and it mostly works, thanks in no small measure to the brilliant move of casting John Turturro...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
21
'BLOOD & TREASURE' IS NOT THE SUMMER GEM CBS IS HOPING FOR By David Hinckley
 
 
If you’re in the mood for a whirlwind travelogue of exotic upscale destinations, mostly in Europe and the Middle East, CBS’s Blood & Treasure is your new summer show. You should be aware, though, that the travelogue is sporadically interrupted by a plot...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
17
THE FILM VERSION OF 'CATCH-22' LOOMS LARGE OVER CLOONEY'S WONDERFUL EFFORT ON HULU By David Hinckley
 
 
The new TV miniseries version of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 – call it the extended remix – may lead casual viewers and even devoted fans to consider the possibility that more is less...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
15
TIM CONWAY 1933 – 2019 By David Hinckley
 
 
Tim Conway spent his career making you notice the guy that no one ever noticed...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
10
TEENS TAKE OVER ON 'THE SOCIETY' By David Hinckley
 
 
Imagine a cross between Home Alone and Lord of the Flies, and you’re on the right track for The Society, an ominous drama that drops Friday on Netflix...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
7
'LONG TIME COMING: A 1955 BASEBALL STORY,' A DOCUMENTARY ON SO MUCH MORE THAN THE GAME By David Hinckley
 
 
On a late August day in 1955, the Orlando Kiwanis beat the Pensacola Jaycees, 5-0, to win the Florida Little League championship....
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
6
'STATE OF THE UNION' REQUIRES MINIMAL TIME FOR MAXIMUM ENTERTAINMENT By David Hinckley
 
 
State of the Union, an experimental series from Sundance, adopts a new-media technique in a good way...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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