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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
Nov
4
SLINGS & ARROWS By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES REPEAT: Friends, Romans, countrypeople, lend me your ears: One of TV’s most hidden gems, and most sparkling, is this Canadian comedy-drama series about a struggling Shakespearean acting troupe. And beginning today, the Acorn TV streaming service is repeating it in its entirety. Season 1, which launched in 2003, is showcased tonight, with the episodes of Season 2 following on November 25, and Season 3 after that in mid-December.Slings & Arrows stars Paul Gross, star of anoth
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
4
HIS DARK MATERIALS By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Based on the trilogy of novels by Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials is a team effort by the U.K.’s BBC One, which unveiled it yesterday, and HBO, which premieres it tonight. A grand and beautifully photographed series, which HBO is hoping will fill part of the fantasy adventure void left behind by the departure of Game of Thrones, His Dark Materials is set in a world where all people eventually are paired with animal companions that complemented by ani
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
4
ACORN BRINGS BACK 'SLINGS AND ARROWS' FOR ANOTHER RUN By David Hinckley
 
 
As if enough interesting new television isn't being created these days, Acorn is resurrecting a small gem from the past...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
4
'HIS DARK MATERIALS' ON HBO IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR FANTASY FANS By David Hinckley
 
 
The TV series adaptation of His Dark Materials has finally arrived, and like the acclaimed book trilogy on which it's based, it could just as easily have been called His Dense Materials...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
4
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA TALKS 'HIS DARK MATERIALS' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Lin-Manuel Miranda was talking to TV critics, which was familiar turf. He had met the Television Critics Association back in 2013, when he was the co-star of, well, something or other...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
3
THE LIST OF SERIES FINALES THIS SEASON GROWS WITH 'THE AFFAIR' By David Hinckley
 
 
In at least this one sense, television is a zero-sum game: The number of premieres will always exactly match the number of finales...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
3
THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE WILDEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH By David Bianculli
 
 
Thursday, the House of Representatives approved a resolution formalizing the rules for a now imminent impeachment inquiry. Three days later, The Circus revisits it, examining how it happened – and what it means.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
3
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL By David Bianculli
 
 
Halfway through this year’s NFL season, and two teams remain undefeated: The San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots. Tonight, one of them plays on Sunday Night Football, as Tom Brady and his 8-0 Patriots take on the 5-2 Baltimore Ravens. Both teams lead their respective divisions in the AFC, and the Ravens are playing at home.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
3
WATCHMEN By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week, Jeremy Irons was creepy personified as the sadistic villain – one of them – in this new iteration of the Watchmen saga. And this week, we get to know another new character, this time a law-enforcement official played by Jean Smart, who’s already added even more triumphs to her resume thanks to her recent role on FX’s Legion.Now comes another genre series and part, and I expect her to do great things here as well…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
3
THE AFFAIR By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES FINALE: Last week, a sudden turn of events threatened to claim the life of Maura Tierney’s Helen. It was a snakebite, suffered while hiking on a mountain trail – but she was with Noah (Dominic West), who got her to the hospital on time. In other words, the former snake Noah, who propelled this entire series with his illicit affair with Ruth Wilson’s alluring waitress Alison, is back at the bedside of the wife he betrayed. It’s just in time for tonight’s serie
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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