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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2015
May
3
GAME OF THRONES By David Bianculli
 
 
Well, that didn’t take long: Though the marriage of Margaery (Natalie Dormer) and the young king, Tommen (Dean-Charles Chapman), started off very pleasantly, friction between the new queen and her possessive mother-in-law leads to retribution, and quite a bit of bloodshed. Oh, and Tyrion gets to see his abductor face-to-face – but can’t talk his way out of this particular predicament, because he’s not only bound, but gagged.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
May
3
MASTERPIECE: "WOLF HALL" By David Bianculli
 
 
Part 5 of 6. In tonight’s episode, King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis) casts his vision and attention elsewhere, and his roving eye falls squarely on Jane Seymour (Kate Phillips). Spoiler Alert: This dalliance won’t end well, either. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
May
3
MAD MEN By David Bianculli
 
 
After last week’s episode it seems as though Don and company have not only lost the battle, but the war, and have found themselves fully and shrewdly absorbed into their parent company. Joan (Christina Hendricks) seemed to get the worst of it last week, and faces another indignity tonight. Don, though, always seems to have a Plan B – and since this series is about to wind up, it had better be a good one.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
May
3
PENNY DREADFUL By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: This new season begins with even more creepiness and compelling character development than last season. Rory Kinnear, who just spent more time dead than alive as the idealistic local council member on HBO’s The Casual Vacancy, has an entire role here where he’s undead – as Frankenstein’s creature. But this season, he finds purpose, and employment, and maybe even a mate. Oh, and Billie Piper as Brona Croft? Even though she died last season, we haven’
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
May
2
ANA MARIA IN NOVELA LAND By David Bianculli
 
 
This is a new telemovie made from a premise that also was seen in one of last season’s episodes of Castle: a person suddenly is transported from the real world into the exaggerated universe of the telenovela. In this case, it’s a meek fan of the TV show Passion without Limits (played by Edy Ganem) who suddenly finds herself in the shoes, or at least the bed, of that program’s heroine – and vice versa.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
May
2
FLOYD MAYWEATHER V. MANNY PACQUIAO By David Bianculli
 
 
It’s been called “the biggest fight in boxing history” – but that was by Floyd Mayweather himself, speaking Wednesday at the weigh-in where he and Manny Pacquiao made their final joint appearance before stepping into the ring tonight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Showtime and HBO, working together on coverage of a boxing match for the first time in 13 years (since Mike Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis in 2002), will provide live TV coverage, but only via Pay-Per-View, via your cab
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
May
2
ORPHAN BLACK By David Bianculli
 
 
The male clones, up to now, have done their share of killing – but tonight, we also see their tender side. Or, at least, a side where they’re just cloning around.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
May
2
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
It’s not necessarily the alpha members of The Avengers who booked the overseas promotional tour – but on tonight’s new episode of The Graham Norton Show, the guests promoting the new Avengers: Age of Ultron film are Mark Ruffalo (a.k.a. The Hulk), Jeremy Renner (a.k.a. Hawkeye), and new player Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch). But in Norton’s hands, even if it’s a “B” team, he’ll end up with lots of “A” material.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
May
2
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Speaking of Avengers: Age of Ultron, tonight’s guest host is another of those very Avengers: Scarlett Johannson, who plays Black Widow.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
May
1
SHARK TANK By David Bianculli
 
 
On tonight’s new installment of Shark Tank, singer Pat Boone accompanies the inventor of a car prototype that runs not on gasoline, or even on recycled cooking oils, but on good old compressed air. Isn’t that astonishing? Pat Boone is still alive!
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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