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DAVID BIANCULLI

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Bianculli's Blog

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

The Cold Light Reader

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

Dateline Donovan
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All Along the Watchtower

ED BARK

Uncle Barky's Bytes

ALEX STRACHAN

TV That Matters

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Open Mike

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KIM AKASS

Aerial View

MONIQUE NAZARETH

MNtv

BILL BRIOUX

TV Feeds My Family

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TV Eye

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Must-Click TV

TOM BRINKMOELLER

Raised On MTM

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Crossing Jordan

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The Grassy Noel

TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2020
Jan
28
'THE POISON SQUAD' IS THE STORY OF ONE MAN'S IMPACT ON OUR FOOD SAFETY By Mike Hughes
 
 
History tends to remember a few rebels and reformers. They're authors and politicians, mostly. But then there's the guy – now semi-forgotten – who was once the world's most famous chemist...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
25
'THE CAVE' IS A FEARLESS LOOK AT THE WAR IN SYRIA By Mike Hughes
 
 
Growing up in Syria, Amani Ballour knew a world of rules and limits. "There are too many differences between boys and girls…. I couldn't play with boys. I couldn't climb the tree...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
21
'SCHITT'S CREEK,' POP, AND NEPOTISM By Mike Hughes
 
 
For Dan Levy, it was a big (and uncharacteristic) step: He asked his dad for help. The result is Schitt's Creek, which has just started its final season amid praise and nominations...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
19
HUGH LAURIE RETURNS TO COMEDY WITH HBO'S 'AVENUE 5' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Hugh Laurie is back to the world he once mastered – comedy that's dark and droll and odd and, well, very British. Also, very funny...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
13
'MASTERPIECE' BRINGS JANE AUSTEN'S UNFINISHED 'SANDITON' TO LIFE By Mike Hughes
 
 
Let's credit Andrew Davies for consummate patience. He's the master adapter, an expert on turning British classics – especially ones by Jane Austen – into TV scripts...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
6
THE STORY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF A SENATOR – 'AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: MCCARTHY' By Mike Hughes
 
 
It was six decades ago, but in some ways, it seems like now. There was name-calling, finger-pointing, fact-checking, a televised congressional hearing. There was talk of State Department evil. This was the Sen. Joseph McCarthy era...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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