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Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
Oct
31
VINCENT PRICE MARATHON By David Bianculli
 
 
What better way to spend Halloween night than to wallow in some vintage Vincent Price horror films? (Answer: There are few better ways. The Price is right – and in terms of holiday wallowing, consider it Walloween.) The evening begins at 8 p.m. ET with 1953’s House of Wax, continues at 9:45 p.m. ET with 1961’s The Pit and the Pendulum, and keeps going with 1964’s The Masque of the Red Death (11:15 p.m. ET) and 1959’s House on Haunted Hill (1 a.m. ET). And saving the
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
31
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE By David Bianculli
 
 
Halloween is a fitting night to check in with a series called American Horror Story – even if this current season, Apocalypse, is apocryphal, at least in a biblical sense. Especially since one of this year’s villains has just outed himself as the Antichrist. (Which reminds me of that old, irreverent Biff Rose ditty, “Uncle Jesus and Antichrist.” But I digress…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
30
THE CONNERS By David Bianculli
 
 
One of the most anticipated elements of the original Roseanne series was the annual Halloween episode, in which the Conner family costumes and antics got more and more inventive over the years. In tonight’s episode, the first Halloween outing for the show’s spinoff sequel series, the tradition continues. Matthew Broderick guest stars, and shows up in costume. But if Roseanne herself is part of this show, it will be more of a haunting.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
30
THIS IS US By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s new episode is called “Gold Star,” and hands two types of heartbreak to one of its main characters.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
30
FRONTLINE: "THE FACEBOOK DILEMMA" By David Bianculli
 
 
Part 2 of 2. This very timely look at the impact and civic responsibility of Facebook concludes. For a full review, see Alex Strachan’s TV That Matters. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
29
NO DILEMMA HERE: WATCH "THE FACEBOOK DILEMMA" ON PBS'S 'FRONTLINE,' IF YOU CAN By Alex Strachan
 
 
First, a confession. I’m an avid, but not obsessive, user of both Facebook and Twitter. I see the good in social media, and the bad, too. I’m not naive...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
29
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
This series moves into its next phase tonight: The Knockout Round. More chances for singers to triumph, to exit – and to be rescued and acquired by other judges.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
29
FRONTLINE: "THE FACEBOOK DILEMMA" By David Bianculli
 
 
Part 1 of 2. Is Facebook a media platform subject to government scrutiny and oversight, or an independent company bringing people together? More and more – and, in today’s news cycles, almost every week – the flaws of this social media become more obvious, and dangerous, even as its promise becomes more tantalizing. This new two-part study concludes tomorrow night. For a full review, see Alex Strachan's TV That Matters.  Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
29
A VERY WICKED HALLOWEEN: 15 YEARS ON BROADWAY By David Bianculli
 
 
The official opening night for the Broadway musical Wicked was Oct. 30, 2003 – the night before Halloween, and 15 years ago tomorrow night. The musical is still running, but its original leads left long ago. When it opened, Kristin Chenoweth played Glinda, Idina Menzel played Elphaba, and Joel Grey played the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. They and others appear in this retrospective salute to the musical, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire and with music and lyrics by Godspell creator Stephen
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
29
'LOST TAPES: THE CLINTON IMPEACHMENT' REMINDS US EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN By David Hinckley
 
 
Lest anyone think Smithsonian’s new Lost Tapes special on the impeachment of President Bill Clinton is just an exercise in uncomfortable nostalgia, the documentary opens with an old news clip of Clinton at a podium saying he will “make America great again.”...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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