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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Oct
2
‘9JKL’ IS FILLED WITH SITCOM TROPES By David Hinckley
 
 
If you see that one of CBS’s new fall sitcoms is titled 9JKL, you might wonder, “Huh?” So here’s the explanation...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Oct
2
MORE MARVEL MUTANTS WITH ‘THE GIFTED’ By David Hinckley
 
 
There’s a strong story at the heart of Fox’s The Gifted, the latest beachhead in Marvel’s invasion of television. You just have to wait for it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Oct
2
ACTRESS OLIVIA WILLIAMS SAYS WE CAN WE RELATE TO ‘THE HALCYON’ By David Hinckley
 
 
Olivia Williams confesses that she never watched Downton Abbey. Now she’s starring in what might be called a darker-toned sequel...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Oct
1
‘GHOSTED’ ARRIVES IN THE PHYSICAL REALM By David Hinckley
 
 
You don’t have to buy into the paranormal to be amused by the new Fox sitcom Ghosted...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Oct
1
CROWDSOURCING CRIMEBUSTING ON ‘WISDOM OF THE CROWD’ By David Hinckley
 
 
Wisdom of the Crowd, in which a tech visionary harnesses the collective power of social media to solve crimes, works hard to make us feel like the good guys can win. By the end, it’s more disturbing than reassuring...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Oct
1
THANKFULLY, ‘POLDARK’ IS BACK By David Hinckley
 
 
After making a bad bad mistake last season, Ross Poldark is trying to get back to being just a tormented moral good guy again...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
30
MADELINE FONTAINE, THE OSCAR-NOMINATED COSTUME DESIGNER FOR 'VERSAILLES,' ON DRESSING PAUPERS AND KINGS By David Hinckley
 
 
Creating costumes for the court of Louis XIV at Versailles turns out to involve a lot more than throwing some fancy fabric on the king, queen and an occasional mistress...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
30
'TEN DAYS IN THE VALLEY' FEELS A LOT LONGER By David Hinckley
 
 
Ten Days in the Valley looks like it will also give viewers 10 weeks in a soap opera...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
29
'INHUMANS' IS INADEQUATE By David Hinckley
 
 
If you’re having trouble keeping up with the blizzard of Marvel TV shows, Inhumans is one you could skip...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
28
TIM ROTH STARS IN ‘TIN STAR’ By David Hinckley
 
 
Amazon Prime’s police/crime thriller Tin Star never lets viewers get too comfortable...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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