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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
Jan
21
THE THEORY OF ALTERNATE REALITIES ON 'COUNTERPART' By David Hinckley
 
 
The opening episode of the tense new Starz sci-fi drama Counterpart left me undecided for a long time, I must admit, on whether I wanted to stick around and figure it out...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
21
FOX'S 'THE RESIDENT' HAS POTENTIAL DESPITE ITS MANY AILMENTS By David Hinckley
 
 

Contrary to the promotion for Fox’s new medical drama The Resident, we’ve seen this patient before...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
20
THE STUNNING WORLD OF 'BLUE PLANET II' By David Hinckley
 
 
BBC America balances a growing cautionary tale with sheer majestic wonder when its long-awaited Planet Earth: Blue Planet II premieres Saturday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
19
THE LASTING LEGACY OF 'LORRAINE HANSBERRY: SIGHTED EYES/FEELING HEART' By David Hinckley
 
 
J. Edgar Hoover’s team had it right. Lorraine Hansberry was a commie...they just got one part wrong: Hansberry wasn’t trying to subvert America. She was trying to make it better...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
16
THE MAN WHO KEPT 'THE SECRET OF TUXEDO PARK' By David Hinckley
 
 
If it takes a village to raise a child, it also took a village to win World War II, and it’s kind of cool how, seven decades later, more villagers keep surfacing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
16
THE ELECTRICITY OF 'BLACK LIGHTNING' ON THE CW By David Hinckley
 
 
The fiercest competition in the superhero game these days may be which one is the most reluctant to play, and Black Lightning’s return catapults him right to the head of that hand-wringing class...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
15
JAMES BALDWIN AND THE STORY OF RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA WITH 'I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO' By David Hinckley
 
 
James Baldwin died before he could finish what he had to say to America. I Am Not Your Negro, starting with its title, picks up where he left off...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
15
THE STRENGTH OF OUR TROOPS WITH 'CHAIN OF COMMAND' By David Hinckley
 
 
National Geographic takes a dramatic gamble, and it pays off in Chain of Command, a new eight-part series based on America’s military and intelligence flow chart for combatting worldwide insurgency...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
14
FINDING THE FUNNY AMID THE PAIN IN HBO'S 'DIVORCE' By David Hinckley
 
 
In HBO’s Divorce, funny doesn’t come easy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
14
SEASON 2 OF 'VICTORIA' FINDS THE QUEEN COMING INTO HER OWN By David Hinckley
 
 
Good news, royal family fans: Jenna Coleman isn’t planning on hanging up Queen Victoria’s tiara any time soon...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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