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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2021
Jan
31
'THE LONG SONG' IS AN UNEXPECTED AND IMPORTANT PERIOD DRAMA FOR PBS By David Hinckley
 
 
The Long Song, which premieres Sunday as part of the PBS Masterpiece series throws no filmy gauze over the inhumanity of slavery...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
29
CICELY TYSON 1924 – 2021 By David Hinckley
 
 
If you were hunting for portrayals of strong black women on TV or movie screens in the early 1970s, the modest number of choices at least covered a wide range...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
28
CLORIS LEACHMAN 1926 – 2021 By David Hinckley
 
 
Of all the things Cloris Leachman did well, maybe what she did best was play with others...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
27
SYFY'S 'RESIDENT ALIEN' HAS AN EASY TIME FITTING INTO THE TV UNIVERSE By David Hinckley
 
 
When we finally meet aliens on TV or movie screens, it's remarkable how many of them turn out pretty cordial. Mork, Alf, ET, Close Encounters. Dr. Harry Vanderspiegle has no such benevolence in his alien soul...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
27
'A WOMAN'S WORK: THE NFL'S CHEERLEADER PROBLEM' EXPLORES WAGES, OR LACK THEREOF By David Hinckley
 
 
If your passion is cheerleading and someone offers you a chance to cheerlead for a National Football League team your first thought might be that you'd do it for nothing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
26
'TRUMP'S AMERICAN CARNAGE' CONNECTS EVENTS AND HIS BEHAVIOR OVER HIS PRESIDENCY DIRECTLY TO THE INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL By David Hinckley
 
 
If you want to forget the last four years, then Trump's American Carnage is not the show for you to watch...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
25
FAMILIES ATTEMPT TO SAVE THEIR BIRTHRIGHT ON 'RÉUNIONS' ON ACORN By David Hinckley
 
 
If you enjoyed The Durrells in Corfu, a sweet show that aired on PBS’s Masterpiece, a new drama along similar lines is even better...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
23
AN APPRECIATION: LARRY KING 1933 – 2021 By David Hinckley
 
 
In the interview biz, Larry King could getcha because he wasn't about gotcha...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
22
'LOSING ALICE' IS A GRIPPING THRILLER ON APPLE TV PLUS By David Hinckley
 
 
American audiences often get adapted versions of top-quality Israeli TV dramas, like Homeland or In Treatment...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
22
SECRETS & LIES IN 'THE SISTER' By David Hinckley
 
 
It's no secret in Hulu's new import drama The Sister that Nathan Redman (Russell Tovey) has a secret...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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