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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
Sep
22
'MR. INBETWEEN' IS A HITMAN STORY THAT'S…FUN By David Hinckley
 
 
Ray Shoesmith remains, without question, the funniest hitman on television...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
21
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD By David Bianculli
 
 
Harper Lee’s unforgettable novel about childhood, parenthood, bigotry and the law was made into this marvelous 1962 film – made even more unforgettable and marvelous by the performance of Gregory Peck as small-town lawyer Atticus Finch. This film always is worth watching – but even more so if you’ve seen Aaron Sorkin’s brilliant Broadway version of Lee’s story, starring Jeff Daniels as a more flawed, still evolving Atticus. I’ve seen the Broadway play th
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
21
2019 CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS By David Bianculli
 
 
Tomorrow night is the live Fox telecast of the prime-time Emmys. Tonight, sister cable network FXX presents taped coverage of last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which includes such categories as Outstanding Creative Archievement in Interactive Media Within a Scripted Program. (The winner – well-deserved, by the way – is Netflix’s Bandersnatch episode of Black Mirror.) The categories also include Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), w
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
21
THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART By David Bianculli
 
 
The first movie in this comedy franchise took everyone by surprise, especially by being much funnier and more original than expected. As with most sequels, this 2019 follow-up doesn’t deliver on either count nearly as much. But if you really enjoyed The Lego Movie, you’ll enjoy this one, too. Or this one, 2.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
20
'CRIMINAL' EXAMINES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL OVER THE PHYSICAL OF INVESTIGATIONS By David Hinckley
 
 
Most police procedurals, for obvious reasons, focus on the most dramatic and physically engaging parts of the criminal apprehension process...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
20
CAN THE BROADCAST NETWORKS KEEP UP THIS FALL? By Mike Hughes
 
 

Let's check the calendar one more time. Is this really the second half of September? Then shouldn't we be abuzz about the new shows on the big broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox?...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
20
BETWEEN TWO FERNS: THE MOVIE By David Bianculli
 
 
MOVIE PREMIERE: This spinoff movie takes the concept of Between Two Ferns, Zach Galifianakis’ brilliantly awkward fake talk show, and makes a fake documentary about the making of it. On camera, on one of the sequences introducing this new approach, the host refers to it as Behind Two Ferns– and also talks about it as a peek behind his “award-losing talk show.” Scenes with members of the talk show’s support staff, and executives at the local-access ope
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
20
CRIMINAL By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This international experiment in TV drama takes the same confined setting – a high-tech police interrogation room – and populates it with different sets of actors playing investigators, with each episode devoted to interrogating a different suspect. There are four series in all, and all premiere today on Netflix. Criminal: United Kingdom is the easiest entry point, because it’s all in English, and the defendant in the first case is played by guest sta
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
20
DISENCHANTMENT By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Season 2 of this wild animated Netflix series from Matt Groening and company extends its vision far past the mythical kingdom of the first season, and travels to many other lands. In fact, before this new season is over, Disenchantment, like its heroine, goes to hell and back…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
20
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
Maher’s scheduled guests tonight include New York writer Andrew Sullivan, who’s been one of this show’s most reliably interesting and often contrarian guests.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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