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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Aug
21
‘GOOD KARMA HOSPITAL’ IS PREDICTABLE BUT CHARMING By David Hinckley
 
 
Acorn TV’s latest import Good Karma Hospital is reliably predictable and totally enjoyable...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Aug
21
2017 TOTAL ECLIPSE COVERAGE LIVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Today’s rare occurrence of a total solar eclipse, an event tracked today in a narrow swath across the entire continental United States, is so monumental – and, to most of us at TVWW, so universally cool – that it eclipses all other programming on TV today. At least on Bianculli’s Best Bets, which today provides an all-eclipse addition. Science Channel is the most prominent to go on cable, and will be providing live coverage, from coast to coast, as the celestial event wor
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Aug
21
NOVA: "ECLIPSE OVER AMERICA" By David Bianculli
 
 
While Science Channel is televising the eclipse live all day, other TV operations are recording it for their own purposes, and not just for live streaming sites. On PBS, for example, the venerable science series Nova is presenting a special tonight that not only presents the best eclipse views from across the country, but also people’s reactions to them. For full previews of this TV event, on Nova and elsewhere, see Alec Strachan’s TV That Matters and David Hinckley’s All Along
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Aug
21
THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE By David Bianculli
 
 
And after following and televising the events visible in the U.S. path of the 2017 solar eclipse, and doing it live, Science Channel crashes on deadline to present its own prime-time special: The Great American Eclipse. And it’s scheduled to stress not only the best images from the clearest skies across the country, but also tastes of the many experiments being carried out during the eclipse itself. One important TVWW reminder: If you’re going outside to witness the eclipse yourself,
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Aug
21
JERRY LEWIS 1926–2017 By Bill Brioux
 
 
Bill Brioux looks back on Jerry Lewis' long-reaching legacy, his views on the television medium and a press tour encounter in 2011...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Aug
20
RONREACO LEE TALKS ABOUT SEASON 4 OF ‘SURVIVOR’S REMORSE’ By David Hinckley
 
 
When NBA veteran Stephen Jackson volunteered that he loves Survivor’s Remorse, RonReaco Lee figured the show must be getting something right...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Aug
20
THE SCREENS AND THE SOUNDS TO WATCH THE ECLIPSE By David Hinckley
 
 
The most thorough way to view the Great American Eclipse on Monday would be to start on the coast of Oregon at 1:15 p.m. ET, then drive across country to the coast of South Carolina at approximately 1,600 miles per hour...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Aug
20
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week, one character looked to another and asked, “What happened?” And the other character answered, “I don’t know. Something.” Welcome to Twin Peaks: The Return, on the down slope. It’s as inscrutable as ever… but last week, I did find myself staring intently at the screen, either wondering what was happening, or waiting for something to. But it’s definitely got me watching again, with, among other things, Andy taking his trip to somewhere el
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Aug
20
THE NINETIES By David Bianculli
 
 
This week’s installment is called Isn’t It Ironic?, and is all about the music of that decade – from the rise of hip hop to the ascendance of Alanis Morissette. Hence the episode’s title.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Aug
20
GAME OF THRONES By David Bianculli
 
 
Some battle lines were drawn last week, some alliances formed, and some knees bent – but the biggest move forward, as this series approaches its end game, was Jon Snow’s mission to head north, to the other side of the wall, to capture and bring back a member of the undead army. The plan, I guess, is to bring back living proof of the non-living – but it won’t be easy.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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