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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Sep
28
'WILL & GRACE' IS BACK, THOUGH YOU'D NEVER KNOW THEY LEFT By David Hinckley
 
 
The way Will & Grace gets back in the game, you’d never know it had been gone. The fondly remembered sitcom hits the ground joking...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
27
‘SEAL TEAM’ IS FAMILIAR TERRITORY By David Hinckley
 
 
If you’re looking for subtlety in your military adventure stories or your prime-time network drama, CBS’s new SEAL Team won’t be your cup of adrenalin...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
27
JON BOKENKAMP ON THE MYSTERIES OF ‘THE BLACKLIST’ By David Hinckley
 
 
Jon Bokenkamp, who created NBC’s The Blacklist, knows where his shadowy tale is going. He’s just unsure about a few details like exactly how and exactly when...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
26
NBC PREMIERES 'LAW & ORDER TRUE CRIME: THE MENENDEZ MURDERS By David Hinckley
 
 
Recounting sensational real-life crimes used to be a regular menu item for budget-conscious cable channels...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
25
'YOUNG SHELDON': STILL SOCIALLY AWKWARD By David Hinckley
 
 
If you ever wondered whether there might have been a time in Sheldon Cooper’s life when his behavior was cute and charming, the answer apparently is no, not really...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
25
COUNTERTERRORISM STARS IN NBC'S 'THE BRAVE' By David Hinckley
 
 
NBC’s new terrorism drama The Brave edges back toward the traditional macho message of “Don’t mess with America, punk"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
22
THE TALE OF THE 'SUPER HURRICANES' ON SCIENCE CHANNEL By David Hinckley
 
 
You don’t have to have been caught in 125-mile-an-hour winds to have asked yourself in the last couple of weeks exactly what’s going on with hurricanes this year...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
22
THE FINAL SEASON OF '19-2' ON ACORN By David Hinckley
 
 
Hundreds of cop series over the years have reached for that intangible extra dimension and a small handful have found it: Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, The Wire...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
21
‘DOC MARTIN’ IS BACK WITH SEASON 8 By David Hinckley
 
 
The line between comedy and tragedy remains thin and the ambience remains familiar as Doc Martin strides firmly into its long-awaited eighth season this week...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
20
‘THE GOOD PLACE’ STARTS BACK IN A WHOLE NEW PLACE By David Hinckley
 
 
NBC’s The Good Place did something pretty cool to end its first season last spring. It blew up its whole premise...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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