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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2016
Sep
24
CHARLES OSGOOD GOES GENTLY, ONE MORE TIME, INTO 'SUNDAY MORNING' By David Hinckley
 
 
We all say we want calm, rational, gentle and literate commentary on radio and television. It calls for a melancholy sigh, then, that Charles Osgood will wind up the TV portion of his career this weekend, hosting his final Sunday Morning broadcast at 9 a.m...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Sep
22
DON'T BE SURPRISED IF 'PITCH' GOES ON THE DL EARLY By David Hinckley
 
 
Fox’s new baseball drama Pitch just misses the strike zone. Rats...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Sep
21
'DESIGNATED SURVIVOR' COULD WIN BEST NEW SHOW AWARD By David Hinckley
 
 
With most of the votes counted, Designated Survivor is the best new network show of the fall season...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Sep
21
'SPEECHLESS' WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING By David Hinckley
 
 
If you’re looking for a new conventional sitcom, ABC’s Speechless is another place not to turn...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Sep
21
FOX'S 'LETHAL WEAPON' IS THE LITE VERSION OF THE MOVIES By David Hinckley
 
 
It is with a heavy heart, my fellow Americans, that I must report Lethal Weapon has lost some of its firepower in the transfer from big screen to small...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Sep
20
NBC'S 'THIS IS US' IS A HEARTWARMING TRIP WORTH TAKING By David Hinckley
 
 
No other new show on TV this fall feels quite like NBC’s This Is Us...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Sep
20
IF YOU CAN LOOK PAST THE ‘BULL,’ YOU MIGHT LIKE IT By David Hinckley
 
 
Hey, look, a pontificating know-it-all. Exactly what we needed on TV this fall, don’t you think?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Sep
19
'THE GOOD PLACE' BEGINS FALL WITH A HEAVENLY START By David Hinckley
 
 
NBC’s charming The Good Place quickly establishes itself as a first-class new comedy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Sep
19
NEW 'KEVIN' FEELS VERY 'BLART' By David Hinckley
 
 
Kevin James remains a reliably solid TV property, but his new sitcom, Kevin Can Wait, feels like a bit of a retread...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Sep
18
RENEE FLEMING SINGS HER PRAISES OF MUSIC -- ALL MUSIC By David Hinckley
 
 
Renee Fleming loves jazz. She likes pop music, too, though not necessarily in the supermarket...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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