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Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
May
4
THE THREE FACES OF EVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Joanne Woodward won an Oscar for her complicated portrayal of a woman diagnosed with what, at the time, was called “multiple personality” syndrome. Lee J. Cobb plays her therapist in this fact-based 1957 movie, presented at a time when psychiatry was still considered a rather mysterious, often skeptically received practice.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
4
FRINGE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Part 1 of 2. Olivia – the real one, by all indications – has reunited with Peter at last, giving Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson some warm, romantic scenes together at last. But if you’re expecting any “warm and fuzzy” moods to linger on this series, you haven’t been paying attention. Not when the existence of the world, and the worlds, and this show are all under threat. (The show has since been renewed – but still…)
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
4
THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
Among the true tales Karl Pilkington recounts this week to mates Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant is a recent outing to buy a pie at a bakery. Upon leaving the shop and heading to his car, he stumbled straight into a robbery in progress at the post office across the street. And instantly, he was afraid – that the man with the gun might want to steal Karl’s pie as well.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
4
IN PLAIN SIGHT By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES FINALE: After tonight, this USA series goes into hiding in a big way, because you’ll never see it again, except in reruns. Mary McCormack’s show, about a woman who shepherds people into the federal witness protection program, comes to an end tonight, with an episode titled, “All’s Well That Ends.” Well…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
4
2000: "CHICAGO HOPE" ENDS ITS RUN ON CBS By Christy Slewinski
 
 
Chicago Hope presented its final episode on this day in CBS. The series starred Mandy Patinkin and Adam Arkin as doctors and best friends operating at a Chicago hospital. Additional stars included  E.G. Marshall, Hector Elizondo and Roxanne Hart. For its entire run, the critically-acclaimed medical drama aired in the shadow of NBC's more popular ER...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
4
TALKIN' BOUT MY (MAALOX) GENERATION By Eric Gould
 
 
You have to love that there's a pyramid in Cleveland as a monument to Rock and Roll, but it's always a bit mystifying as to which (old) Pharaohs have become entombed there, and why other rock royalty are locked outside the crypt...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
4
DOES POPULAR CULTURE PROMOTE VIGILANTISM? By Noel Holston
 
 
Should we paying more attention to America's tradition of self-defense and vigilantism, and how it's being celebrated by popular entertainment?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
3
SYFY'S 'TREASURE ISLAND' A TREASURE, INDEED By Mike Donovan
 
 
There have been dozens of film and TV versions of Treasure Island, but SyFy's production — starring Eddie Izzard as Long John Silver — should be the one by which all others are judged...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
3
MY 'SHERLOCK 2' REVIEW: COMPLIMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON By David Bianculli
 
 
Season 2 of the imported Sherlock series begins Sunday on the PBS Masterpiece Mystery series – and once again, this modern-day updating of literature’s most classic sleuth is as clever as its protagonist…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
3
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! SHERLOCK RETURNS By Eric Gould
 
 
The 21st Century reboot of the Sherlock Holmes saga returns for its second season on PBS this Sunday night, May 6th on Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock, Season 2.  It adapts all the brilliance of Holmes affected deductive powers and his oddball relationship with Dr. Watson, but with all the modern tech tools at their disposal. (Watson is a blogger now.) See David's recommendation here. --EG
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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