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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
Sep
20
'CRIMINAL' EXAMINES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL OVER THE PHYSICAL OF INVESTIGATIONS By David Hinckley
 
 
Most police procedurals, for obvious reasons, focus on the most dramatic and physically engaging parts of the criminal apprehension process...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
19
'DOWNTON ABBEY,' THE MOVIE, IS WONDERFUL – WHETHER YOU'VE SEEN THE SERIES OR NOT By David Hinckley
 
 
Downton Abbey, the television series, is a tough act to follow. Downton Abbey, the movie, does a jolly good job... 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
19
SOME FAST, FUN, STREAMING HORS D'OEUVRES BEFORE THE RETURN OF 'THE GOOD PLACE' By David Hinckley
 
 
Since you’re doubtless psyched to watch the final season of The Good Place – if you’re not, you’d better have a good explanation – NBC has a cool little teaser to whet your appetite further...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
17
'UNDONE,' FROM THE CREATORS OF 'BOJACK HORSEMAN,' IS ORIGINAL AND CAPTIVATING By David Hinckley
 
 
When people say we shouldn’t take time for granted, they generally mean we should appreciate every moment of our stay in this finite life...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
15
THE IMPORTANCE OF 'COUNTRY MUSIC' FROM KEN BURNS By David Hinckley
 
 
If you imagine that Ken Burns' new PBS epic on country music would revolve around a bunch of grinning white guys wearing cowboy hats, you haven't been paying attention...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
13
NETFLIX DROPS A PAINFUL AND POWERFUL DRAMA WITH 'UNBELIEVABLE' By David Hinckley
 
 
Don’t stop watching Unbelievable after the first episode, even though all you can feel at that point is depressed...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
11
'IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS: STUYVESANT HIGH ON 9/11' ON HBO By David Hinckley
 
 
Because September 11 led us to many of the places we find ourselves today, there's value in pretty much all the reminders that come around on the anniversary each year...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
10
ANOTHER FASCINATING SEASON WITH 'MR. MERCEDES' By David Hinckley
 
 
It might seem like faint praise, or redundancy, to suggest one of the main attractions of a psycho-crime drama is a funeral scene...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
9
THE FINAL SEASON OF HBO'S 'THE DEUCE' HAS ARRIVED By David Hinckley
 
 
The Deuce, HBO’s complex exploration of the New York sex industry during its 1970s-1980s golden age, was always projected as a trey...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
6
THE TRUE STORY OF ELI COHEN, 'THE SPY,' ON NETFLIX By David Hinckley
 
 
The new Netflix series The Spy takes the novel tack of opening with its own spoiler...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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