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DAVID BIANCULLI

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ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

The Cold Light Reader

LINDA DONOVAN

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All Along the Watchtower

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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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Must-Click TV

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Raised On MTM

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Crossing Jordan

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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2020
Aug
31
REMEMBERING THE MAGNIFICENCE AROUND US WITH 'PLANET EARTH: A CELEBRATION' By Mike Hughes
 
 
We don't seem to see the word "celebration" much these days. What could we possibly celebrate? Well, how about the entire planet?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
30
THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN By Mike Hughes
 
 
Boseman played the king of a fictional African land in Black Panther, but he also played real-life heroes – Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall – and music superstar James Brown...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
24
TIME FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION By Mike Hughes
 
 
Now we're at the mid-point of the political-convention season...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
23
A CELEBRATION OF OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND By Mike Hughes
 
 
For any Hollywood star, this may be a record: After making her most famous film, Olivia de Havilland lived another 81 years...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
17
CONVENTIONS IN THE TIME OF COVID By Mike Hughes
 
 
Now it's convention time, a two-week stretch when TV is consumed by politics. Well, sort of...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
16
PEACOCK OFFERS DIVERSITY FOR FALL By Mike Hughes
 
 
As streaming networks battle for viewers, Peacock's special weapon is comedy. It has lots of it – new and old, good and bad, silly and satirical. And it has just added more...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
12
SCI-FI AND FANTASY ARE FLOODING OUR SCREENS By Mike Hughes
 
 
For fantasy fans, this is a time of plenty. Most movie theaters may be closed, but our TV sets and computers have big stories, big ideas and, especially, big budgets...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
5
IN A BATTLE OF MYSTERIES BETWEEN PBS AND CW, THE WINNER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU By Mike Hughes
 
 
Two mystery shows are arriving now, just when we really need some fresh, scripted shows...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
5
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR THEIR CHANNELS By Mike Hughes
 
 
Storm chasing, it seems, just isn't fair. The storm never obeys borders; the chasers have to...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
3
STORIES OF AFRICAN WOMEN: FROM CBS TO PBS By Mike Hughes
 
 
Stories of African immigrants are getting a rare spurt of TV attention...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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