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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2020
Mar
23
BETTER CALL SAUL By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s episode is titled “Wexler v. Goodman” – which means it’s a case, and an hour, pitting Bob Odenkirk’s now officially renamed Saul Goodman against his longtime girlfriend and fellow attorney, Rhea Seehorn’s Kim Wexler. They’re pitted against each other in court, while secretly working together. But outside of court, will that subterfuge bring them even closer, or begin to tear them apart?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
23
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA By David Bianculli
 
 
In Episode 2 of this excellent new David Simon and Ed Gross miniseries, based on the fiction novel by Philip Roth, Charles Lindbergh’s candidacy for the presidency blossoms in full – and brings waves of isolationism and prejudice in its wake.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
23
DISPATCHES FROM ELSEWHERE By David Bianculli
 
 
This is Episode 5 of this intriguing Jason Segel miniseries. So far, each episode has focused on one of the four game players caught up in the mysterious, mind-bending world being played in, around and under Philadelphia. For this episode, we focus on the object of their quest: The mysterious Clara.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
23
NETFLIX BINGE WATCH: SPONGE-WORTHY, NO. BINGE-WORTHY, YES. By Alex Strachan
 
 
Jerry Seinfeld has an infectious laugh, which is funny in itself because it's a silent laugh. He straightens up, throws his head back, and contorts himself in spasms of mirth as if imitating Edvard Munch in The Scream...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
23
MORE TV WATCHING IDEAS FOR YOUR TIME IN ISOLATION By Mike Hughes
 
 
As the virus shutdown continues, it's time to dive deeper into the TV pool. I'm guessing you've already found some of the streaming giants...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
23
'MISS FISHER AND THE CRYPT OF TEARS' IS A WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING WAY TO ESCAPE By David Hinckley
 
 
Indiana Jones would have a good time working alongside Phryne Fisher. Their kindred spirit, figurative though it may be, shines through one more time in Miss Fisher and The Crypt of Tears...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
22
STEPHEN SONDHEIM BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION By David Bianculli
 
 
Today is the day Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim turns 90 years old. Part of the planned celebration, before the current pandemic, was to be today’s official opening night of the inventive Broadway revival of his 1970 musical Company. The central role of Bobby, up to this point always played by a man, was now named Bobbie, and to be played by a woman: the marvelous Katrina Lenk. But last week, Broadway was shut down. So tonight, the streaming site BroadwayHD honors Son
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
22
FROZEN By David Bianculli
 
 
If you subscribe to Disney+, you can now see Frozen 2 long ahead of its scheduled streaming premiere – a gift to families in this coronavirus lockdown period. And you should subscribe, by the way. If you’re in that self-isolating mode, and have young children in the house, Disney+ ought to be on the list of essentials, right up there with toilet paper and hand soap. Anyway, the original Frozen animated movie, now seven years old, is shown tonight on Freeform. Whic
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
22
ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST By David Bianculli
 
 
In this week’s new episode, Zoey reveals her hidden power to someone new. The episode is called “Zoey’s Extraordinary Confession,” and you know the synonym for confessing, right? When someone confesses in an old gangster movie, it’s known as singing. And here we go…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
22
THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli
 
 
A prominent character died last week – and it’s likely that, in tonight’s new episode, there are more deaths to come. And more undeaths, too.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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