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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2021
Mar
31
TV WORTH WATCHING GAVE US A FRONT ROW SEAT By Bill Brioux
 
 
For me, David Bianculli on "Best TV Tomorrow" was TV Worth Watching.

It was fun streaming along, seeing if David knew what day it was, watching him build to a terrible pun. Every show ending with that Mickey Rooney grin. It was a minute or two with a friend, delivered every day to my inbox. For free!...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
31
WE WILL ALL GO TOGETHER WHEN WE GO By David Hinckley
 
 
I’m not likening the end of TVWW’s 14-year run to the end of life as we knew it… Where daily newspapers and magazines were once the nexus of TV criticism, it seems fair to say this is another reminder that a torch is passing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
30
HOW 'MAYANS' HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE SHOW'S CREATOR ELGIN JAMES By Mike Hughes
 
 
It's a small, quiet prison scene in a show known for big, noisy ones. And it packs the emotional power we expect from Mayans M.C...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
30
'EXTINCTION: THE FACTS' IS A SOBERING CALL TO ACTION By David Hinckley
 
 
The only thing more ominous and depressing than a PBS program titled Extinction is its content...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
30
1964: 'JEOPARDY!' MAKES ITS DEBUT By David Bianculli
 
 
On this day in 1964, Jeopardy! debuted as a daytime game show on NBC...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
29
1971: 'MAYBERRY RFD' COMES TO AN END By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1971, Mayberry R.F.D., a continuation of The Andy Griffith Show, ended its run on CBS...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
29
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS: KEN BURNS AND LYNN NOVICK TAKE ON ERNEST HEMINGWAY, THE MAN AND THE MYTH By Alex Strachan
 
 
The sun also sets on literary reputations, especially when a famous writer's flamboyant lifestyle and personal peccadilloes threaten to overwhelm the work for which he became famous...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
29
IN THE FINAL SEASON, SUTTON FOSTER'S LIZA IS NOW THE GENUINE VERSION OF HER 'YOUNGER' SELF By Monique Nazareth
 
 
"Everyone is pretending to be younger. We dye our hair, we whiten our teeth, we wear moisturizing face masks that make us look like serial killers..."
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
28
SEASON 2 OF 'CITY ON A HILL' RETURNS WITH KEVIN BACON, ALDIS HODGE, AND BOSTON CORRUPTION By David Hinckley
 
 
Things are not going well for Jackie Rohr, and that's bad news for everyone. Because when things are going bad for Jackie, his solution is to make them bad for everyone else, too...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Mar
28
THE BACKGROUND ON SEASON 2 OF 'CITY ON A HILL' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Jackie Rohr is a verbal volcano. Words spill out – sometimes clever, often caustic and conniving...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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