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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2016
Oct
25
SUNDANCE'S 'RECTIFY' HAS BEEN "DIFFICULT AND GRATIFYING" FOR ALL By David Hinckley
 
 
Don’t expect any neatly packaged ending for Sundance’s Rectify, whose fourth and final season premieres Wednesday (10/26), at 10 p.m. ET...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
25
THE BOOK WAS BETTER: ’THE DURRELLS ON CORFU’ A NICE TRY, BUT TV CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH By Alex Strachan
 
 
I first read My Family and Other Animals when I was a child..
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
24
WILL 'WALKING DEAD' RUN DOWNHILL? By David Hinckley
 
 
EDITORS’ NOTE: NO SPOILERS ABOUT VICTIM  As Walking Dead fans start to exhale after Sunday night’s brutal season 7 opener, here’s an incidental random thought: It may also have been the moment at which the show’s viewership peaked...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
24
LEBLANC'S LIKEABLE IN CBS' 'MAN WITH A PLAN' By Ed Bark
 
 
There’s nothing new under the conventional sitcom sun in CBS’ Man With A Plan. This doesn’t unduly matter for this amiable, amusing outing fronted by everybody’s favorite Friend, Matt LeBlanc...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
24
'MAN WITH A PLAN' NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD By David Hinckley
 
 
CBS’s new Matt LeBlanc sitcom Man With a Plan needs a Plan B...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
22
BECAUSE YOU’VE (STILL) LASTED THIS LONG By Eric Gould
 
 
We’re fans of Eliot Nelson’s daily rundown of the political news, “Huffpost Hill.” His column finishes with a “Because You’ve Read This Far” feature, usually a link to adorable animal videos...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
21
I'M BACK... AND I'M NOT DEAD YET By David Bianculli
 
 

Dear, dear TVWW readers: I’m back, I’m recovering, and, to quote Monty Python, I’m not dead yet. Thanks for your patience, and your loyalty, while I’ve been healing, glacially but gratefully…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
21
WHAT THE DEUCE? BBC AMERICA'S 'DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY' CAREENS INTO VIEW By Ed Bark
 
 
Trying to comprehend the intentionally absurd goings-on in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency may be completely beside the point...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
21
THE REVOLUTION THAT BROUGHT THE MUSICAL TO BROADWAY: ‘HAMILTON’S AMERICA’ By David Hinckley
 
 
A new documentary on the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton proves that even PBS can’t fully explain how some bottles can capture lightning...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
21
MIPCOM 2016: DAY ONE By Bill Brioux
 
 
CANNES, France — If you think TV is already peaking in North America, brace yourselves for a world of content spilling over from the rest of the world...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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