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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive

2017

Oct

‘9JKL’ IS FILLED WITH SITCOM TROPES By David Hinckley

If you see that one of CBS’s new fall sitcoms is titled 9JKL, you might wonder, “Huh?” So here’s the explanation...

2017

Oct

MORE MARVEL MUTANTS WITH ‘THE GIFTED’ By David Hinckley

There’s a strong story at the heart of Fox’s The Gifted, the latest beachhead in Marvel’s invasion of television. You just have to wait for it...

2017

Oct

THE BIG BANG THEORY By David Bianculli

In last week’s Season 11 premiere, Sheldon went through with his proposal to Amy, and the episode contained other sea-change surprises as well – namely, that Bernadette was pregnant again. And this week, some of the attention shifts to Leonard, after a media interview in which some of his remarks turn out to embarrass his physics department.

2017

Oct

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

Last week’s blind auditions were, as always, impressive, entertaining, and sometimes emotional. Jennifer Hudson has made her mark already as a new judge, and revealed both her competitiveness and her attitude. But as fellow judge Blake Shelton has pointed out several times already, the fact that she won The Voice U.K. doesn’t mean that similar success will follow stateside. It’ll be fun to watch, though. As will the blind auditions, which continue this week as the four judges (

2017

Oct

THE GIFTED By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Last week, ABC unveiled Marvel’s Inhumans, the latest entry in the Marvel universe of TV series – latest, that is, until tonight, when Fox presents The Gifted. The differences between the two are immediate and obvious: Inhumans is a flop and a waste, while The Gifted may turn out to be the best Marvel TV series since Netflix’s Jessica Jones. Trace it, in part, to the people in front of the camera: Inhumans features no one of note, while The Gifted starts w

2017

Oct

MANHATTAN By David Bianculli

This 1979 Woody Allen movie may be most remembered, and perhaps uncomfortably, as a love letter to May-December romances, with Allen portraying a New Yorker pursuing a high-school girl played by Mariel Hemingway. But it’s really a love letter to Manhattan itself, with photography, scenery, and music by George Gershwin, all combined to paint a black-and-white portrait of the city that couldn’t be more evocative. Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep co-star.

2017

Oct

ACTRESS OLIVIA WILLIAMS SAYS WE CAN WE RELATE TO ‘THE HALCYON’ By David Hinckley

Olivia Williams confesses that she never watched Downton Abbey. Now she’s starring in what might be called a darker-toned sequel...

2017

Oct

CBS' APPETITE FOR CROOK-CATCHING GETS AN APP IN 'WISDOM OF THE CROWD' By Ed Bark

This particular premise didn’t go well earlier this year on Fox...

2017

Oct

‘GHOSTED’ ARRIVES IN THE PHYSICAL REALM By David Hinckley

You don’t have to buy into the paranormal to be amused by the new Fox sitcom Ghosted...

2017

Oct

CROWDSOURCING CRIMEBUSTING ON ‘WISDOM OF THE CROWD’ By David Hinckley

Wisdom of the Crowd, in which a tech visionary harnesses the collective power of social media to solve crimes, works hard to make us feel like the good guys can win. By the end, it’s more disturbing than reassuring...

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