ABC’s second coming of Roseanne -- and its 10th “nuclear family” comedy this season -- deploys heavy-handed humor dispensed by a fat wife and mother of three...

2016

Oct

PBS ‘FRONTLINE’ “CONFRONTING ISIS” GOES TO THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR ON TERROR By Alex Strachan

It’s hard to imagine, just a few short months ago, that ISIS would become yesterday’s news, but as the two-hour PBS Frontline documentary “Confronting ISIS” shows, it’s still very much a going concern, with no end in sight...

2016

Oct

‘AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE’ IS FULL OF SITCOM INGREDIENTS THAT ARE WAITING FOR A SHOW By David Hinckley

ABC’s new American Housewife is betting that if you put enough quirky comic elements together, you will get a mashup that comes out funny...

2016

Oct

HBO'S ‘DIVORCE’ IS A NEAR-PERFECT UNION OF SARAH JESSICA PARKER/THOMAS HADEN CHURCH By Ed Bark

Shorthand for HBO’s Divorce could be War of the Roses in weekly doses. But there’s no need to wilt at the thought...

2016

Oct

THOMAS HADEN CHURCH ON THE PAIN AND HUMOR OF ‘DIVORCE’ By David Hinckley

HBO’s Divorce isn’t the kind of television comedy for which Thomas Haden Church remains best-known, and he couldn’t be happier about that...

2016

Oct

INSECURE AT LAST COLORIZES HBO By Ed Bark

While Wonder Bread CBS keeps trotting out its tired “We need to do better” mantra, FX and now HBO in fact have done notably better this season by African-American creators and performers...

2016

Oct

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DIME MAKES -- THE MINIMUM WAGE QUESTION By David Hinckley

In at least one sense, the debate over raising the minimum wage is as simple as political questions can get...

2016

Oct

BEST BETS UPDATE By David Bianculli

TVWW UPDATE 10/01/16 -- Well, TVWW readers, if you’re like us, you’re probably staggering after last week’s debate and your political hangover is pretty bad even though the election is still about 6 weeks off. No such maladies for David, though...

2016

Oct

BITING THE HANDS THAT YOU FEED By Eric Gould

The upcoming American Masters: Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You will be airing on PBS Tuesday, October 25 at 9 p.m. ET (check local listings)...

2016

Oct

ANOTHER MOVIE REBOOT ARRIVES WITH 'FREQUENCY' By David Hinckley

When Raimy Sullivan fiddles with her father’s dusty old ham radio and hears his voice, she’s surprised. Probably because he died in 1996, which was 20 years ago...

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