2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2007
 
 
 
 
 
 
2001
 
 
 
 
2000
 
 
 
 
1998
 
 
 
 
1990
 
 
 
 
1989
 
 
 
 
1987
 
 
 
 
1985
 
 
 
 
1982
 
 
 
 
1980
 
 
 

DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

Bianculli's Blog

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

The Cold Light Reader

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

Dateline Donovan
Contributors

DAVID HINCKLEY

All Along the Watchtower

ED BARK

Uncle Barky's Bytes

ALEX STRACHAN

TV That Matters

MIKE HUGHES

Open Mike

ED MARTIN

Ed Martin's TV Mix

KIM AKASS

Aerial View

MONIQUE NAZARETH

MNtv

BILL BRIOUX

TV Feeds My Family

ROGER CATLIN

TV Eye

GARY EDGERTON

Must-Click TV

TOM BRINKMOELLER

Raised On MTM

GERALD JORDAN

Crossing Jordan

NOEL HOLSTON

The Grassy Noel

TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
May
23
CLINT WALKER MAY 30, 1927 – MAY 21, 2018 By David Hinckley
 
 
In the music game, Clint Walker would have been what we call a one-hit wonder...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
22
A PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES YOU TO PLAY ALONG: PBS' 'THE GREAT AMERICAN READ' By David Hinckley
 
 
If any campaign can cross party lines this summer, it should be the one PBS has just launched: It wants us to read books...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
22
'REAL SPORTS' SUPPORTS WILL SHORTZ By David Hinckley
 
 
Will Shortz is a two-sport athlete: Table tennis and crossword puzzles...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
22
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: In last night’s performance showdown, all three finalists came to play – and to sing. Kyla Jade opened the show with a high-octane version of The Beatles’ “With a Little Help from My Friends,” after which her coach, Blake Shelton, enthused, “Kyla, if you don’t win The Voice, I don’t know why we call this show The Voice.” And that was only the opening number.  All four contestants performed impressively and emotionally, but
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
22
ROSEANNE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: For tonight’s Season 1 finale of this very popular Roseanne reprise, the Conners get waterfront property and Roseanne has a heart attack – but it’s only because the basement springs a major leak, and Roseanne is pulling a prank on Darlene. (Faking deaths, apparently, is a time-tested Roseanne family tradition.) Give Roseanne credit for succeeding wildly in rebooting itself… and blame Roseanne, if you must, for the invading army of revived series you’
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
22
NCIS By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Pauley Perrette, one of the founding cast members of NCIS, made her final appearance as Abby on this series earlier this month – but today’s episode is noteworthy anyway, because it marks the end of 15 seasons for a show that is itself a spinoff of another series, JAG. To say that no one expected NCIS to last this long, or succeed this much, is not an insult, but a fact. Yet here it is, and next season, it, and series star Mark Harmon, will still be here…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
22
THE MIDDLE By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES FINALE: For nine seasons now, this ABC series has celebrated and found humor in the daily struggles and triumphs of the working class. The Middle, starring Patricia Heaton as the matriarch of a free-range but loving household, was the spiritual sister of Roseanne that occupied that same sitcom territory in the period between Roseanne and… Roseanne. And now, after all these years, The Middle bids us, and itself, a fond farewell.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
22
2018 NBA CONFERENCE FINALS By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES FINALE: The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets split the first two games in this Western conference series – and then the Warriors ran away with a Game 3 blowout, beating the Rockets by an embarrassing (to Houston) 126-85. And tonight, it’s Game 4…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
22
LEGION By David Bianculli
 
 
David wants revenge, and is out to find and conquer the Shadow King. But he’s so angry, and so powerful, he may destroy the world in the process – which is where David’s girlfriend Syd comes in. She’s powerful too, and is on David’s trail, hoping to control him using her own special power: her love for him.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
22
GENIUS: "PICASSO" By David Bianculli
 
 
In tonight’s episode, Picasso buys his first freezer, makes some ice, and discovers… cubism. Okay, maybe here’s no freezer in tonight’s episode, but that’s beside the Hotpoint. Tonight’s installment, once again, explains the vision and inspiration that caused Pablo Picasso to do something daringly different with his art.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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