When Mac Conway left the Army for civilian life in 1972, he was able to immediately employ the primary vocational skill he had acquired during two tours in Vietnam, which was killing people...

2016

Sep

‘BETTER THINGS’ IS FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT FX JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER By Ed Bark

Divorced Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon) fights most of her battles on the domestic front in FX’s wonderfully biting Better Things...

2016

Sep

REMEMBERING HUGH O'BRIAN (APRIL 19, 1925 - SEPT 5, 2016) By David Hinckley

Hugh O’Brian lived a much better life than the man he is most famous for portraying, Wyatt Earp. O’Brian, who died Monday in his Beverly Hills home at the age of 91, was a dedicated, clean-cut, no-nonsense lawman for six years on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp...

2016

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EDI GATHEGI PLAYS SOME OF THE SCARIEST ROLES ON TV AND NOW ONLINE By David Hinckley

In person, Edi Gathegi seems easy-going and charming...

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MARKET UNWISE By Eric Gould

Fans of Michael K. Williams will remember him most recently as Freddy, the jailhouse king in HBO’s The Night Of and from equally dark turns in Boardwalk Empire and The Wire...

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FROM ‘THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF’ TO ‘ARE YOU BEING SERVED?’ THE ENGLISH ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND ME By Alex Strachan

Let me tell you about the English. They are different from you and me. They watch Strictly Come Dancing and Are You Being Served? and The Great British Bake Off has them lining up around the corner...

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IF '800 WORDS' DEVELOPS ACCORDING TO PLAN, YOU MIGHT LIKE IT By David Hinckley

The new Acorn TV import comedy 800 Words is betting that a familiar goofy sitcom premise can gracefully evolve into an engaging drama about finding a way to endure terrible loss...

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BEST BETS UPDATE By David Bianculli

TVWW Update: David continues to be kicking back in the lounger — and, hey, watching a heck of a lot of TV. Like the rest of us, he’s finding August TV viewing pretty sparse, so he’s been catching up...

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL KICKS OFF THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND By Gerald Jordan

Cue the pom-poms shot and loosen your neck for a head-swiveling holiday weekend of college football. Yes, the world is right again, with the return of the earnest, over-performing amateurs who earn millions for their schools...

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'BUILDING STAR TREK' BRINGS SCI-FI TO LIFE By David Hinckley

The Smithsonian special Building Star Trek turns out to be a fascinating rundown on how the cheap props of a cancelled 1960s television show foreshadowed some of today’s coolest technology...

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