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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2016
Jul
28
GRANDMASTER FLASH ON 'THE GET DOWN,' FINDING THE BEAT, AND THE ROOTS OF HIP-HOP By David Hinckley
 
 
It wasn’t guys with rhymes who started hip-hop. It was guys with turntables, extracting five seconds of the beat from five minutes of a song...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
27
NETFLIX UNWRAPS AMBITIOUS NEW SCHEDULE, STILL HIDES NUMBERS By David Hinckley
 
 
Netflix is on track to rule the world, says Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. At least the television world... but still won't share viewer numbers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
27
'GILMORE GIRLS' TO RETURN – AND MAYBE MORE THAN ONCE By David Hinckley
 
 
The beloved Gilmore Girls will finally return to television on Nov. 25 – and it might not be for the last time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
27
‘BEAT BUGS’ HAS A TICKET TO RIDE IN AUGUST By David Hinckley
 
 
Those of us who grew up listening to the Beatles may take a deep breath when we overhear the grandchildren watching the colorful and charming new Netflix series Beat Bugs...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
25
THE TALKING DREAD By Eric Gould
 
 
Jon Stewart arose from TV retirement last week (and from underneath Stephen Colbert’s desk at The Late Show) to let loose one of his trademark rants...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
24
A DISGRACED AILES IS OUT AFTER RULING A NEWS NETWORK AS NO ONE EVER HAD OR LIKELY EVER WILL AGAIN By Ed Bark
 
 
Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel (FNC) since its launch nearly 20 years ago, resigned in disgrace Thursday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
24
BEST BETS By David Bianculli
 
 
We are so sorry, but BEST BETS continue to be offline. We will return soon with more picks for your nightly viewing. Thank you for your patience...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
20
GARRY MARSHALL'S WORLD: SMALL STORIES, NEVER CRUDE By David Hinckley
 
 
Thinking back on the late Garry Marshall’s work, which is what we do when a valuable artist dies, you become even more impressed when you realize he took the harder road to both comedy and romantic comedy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
20
TV LEXICON: S IS FOR SHARK JUMPING By Eric Gould
 
 
With Garry Marshall’s passing, we fondly recall his contribution to the optimistic side of television writing and directing and how that time may never return. One of Marshall’s shows also contributed to TV lexicography, although obviously, not intentionally..
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
20
‘THE PEOPLE V. O.J.’ VS. ‘OJ: MADE IN AMERICA’: WHEN TRUTH TRUMPS FICTION By Alex Strachan
 
 
Sometimes, when you watch a program is just as telling as whether you chose to watch in the first place...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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