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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
Nov
15
MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: This drama was more dynamic and artistic when original series creator Frank Spotnitz was in charge – but its tale of alternate realities remains compelling, with Allies as the resistance, and the Germans and Japanese the victors, after WWII. The first season established the existence of films showing a different world, and world war outcome – and last season established a way to travel between those worlds. Now, as Season 4 begins, a year has passed since last season
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
15
FORKY ASKS A QUESTION By David Bianculli
 
 
This second episode of the new three-minute Forky Asks a Question series is called “What Is a Friend?,” and it should come with a warning: Beware of contagious catch phrases. Ever since Forky introduced his best friend, a ceramic Happy Face mug whom Forky introduces by the name of “Whaaaat?? Nooooooo!!,” I’m been unable to stop imitating that particular phrase. Watch and see, and hear why… Another instant Pixar classic.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
15
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM By David Bianculli
 
 
Today’s new episode of this documentary series has Goldblum exploring his love of ice cream. He not only takes a ride on an ice cream truck, but at one point visits with some ice cream entrepreneurs, adding to a temporary trio called Jeff & Ben & Jerry.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
15
HOUSE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS By David Bianculli
 
 
The second day of the House Impeachment Hearings begins at hour earlier, starting at 9 a.m. with today’s key witness: Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Wednesday’s opening session dropped a bombshell, which it wasn’t expected to – and today’s session may get personal, and emotional, because Yovanovitch was the diplomat removed from her job and essentially threatened by the President of the United States, allegedly because she refused to pursue or
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
15
BEING THERE By David Bianculli
 
 
This 1979 Hal Ashby film is one of my favorite movies – and it’s shown on TCM as what I arrogantly and erroneously consider a personal present to me, which I pass on as a personal present to you. Or at least I did yesterday, on TVWW’s video YouTube short, Best TV Tomorrow. Watch it, and join the party…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
15
THE FINAL SEASON OF 'THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE' RETURNS TO AMAZON By David Hinckley
 
 
The competition for the most disturbing show on television turned brutal some time ago, and no discussion about that designation should be held without Amazon Prime's The Man in the High Castle...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
15
THE PREPPY MURDER: DEATH IN CENTRAL PARK By David Bianculli
 
 
MINISERIES CONCLUSION: This nonfiction miniseries tells of a 1986 murder case covered by the media, and defended by attorneys, as more of a circus. It may not have been quite as outrageous as the media furor over the O.J. Simpson case – but coming a few years earlier, it certainly sowed the seeds. Tonight, the concluding Part 5.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
15
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Wow, this seems unfortunate timing, for Bill Maher to pull up stakes during such an unstable political period. But hey – these days, when isn’t it an unstable political period?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
15
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
Among this week’s scheduled guests: Julie Andrews, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Ian McKellen.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
15
BACKGROUND ON HULU'S 'DOLLFACE' By Mike Hughes
 
 
A talented actress, we're told, can ignore all distractions...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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