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All Along the Watchtower

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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2020
Dec
31
PBS PROVIDES AN ENJOYABLE EVENING OF MUSIC WITH 'UNITED IN SONG: CELEBRATING THE RESILIENCE OF AMERICA' By Mike Hughes
 
 
For good and bad, PBS keeps surprising us. We don't expect it to be involved with New Year's Eve, a holiday that includes confetti, inebriation, and silly hats. Arbor Day is more its style...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
29
'LAURA INGALLS WILDER: PRAIRIE TO PAGE,' A REVEALING 'AMERICAN MASTERS' By Mike Hughes
 
 
The three lives of Laura Ingalls Wilder continue to fascinate us...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
21
'MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM' REMINDS US WE'VE LOST TREMENDOUS TALENT THAT WAS ONLY BEGINNING By Mike Hughes
 
 
A musicality ripples through the movie Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Some of that, you would expect. The film is about a blues recording session in 1920s Chicago... But that's just part of it....
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
20
'THE PROM' AND RYAN MURPHY: BOTH FILLED WITH TALENT By Mike Hughes
 
 
I'm starting to be OK with Ryan Murphy's Netflix deal...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
17
PARTS OF 'THE STAND' HIT A LITTLE CLOSE TO HOME FOR ALL OF US By Mike Hughes
 
 
For most authors, Hollywood wonders if any of their stories should be filmed. For Stephen King, it's a different matter...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
16
PBS OFFERS A LOOK AT LEGEND AND PIONEER CHARLEY PRIDE By Mike Hughes
 
 
Over the next few days, viewers can celebrate one of the great figures in American music...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
10
CHRISTMAS TV? HERE'S WHERE TO FIND NEW SHOWS AND YOUR OLD FAVORITES By Mike Hughes
 
 
Carrie Underwood's new Christmas special is the ultimate in sleek simplicity...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
7
FROM FILMMAKING VETERANS COMES 'A SUITABLE BOY,' A BEAUTIFUL PERIOD DRAMA SET IN 1950S INDIA By Mike Hughes
 
 
Sprawling across the emotional landscape, A Suitable Boy seems to be many things...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
6
FACT VS. FICTION ON 'THE CROWN' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Many TV shows vanish in an eyeblink. Moments after fading from the screen, they fade from our minds. Then there's Netflix's The Crown...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
6
A THRILLING DRAMA BRINGS BRYAN CRANSTON BACK TO TV IN 'YOUR HONOR' By Mike Hughes
 
 
It's a basic challenge of fiction: Find a plausible way for an ordinary person to plunge into an extraordinary situation...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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