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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2015
Nov
16
HOW TV RESPONDED TO THE TRAGEDY IN PARIS By David Hinckley
 
 
Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris triggered, again, all-news television’s most ironic and inescapable dilemma...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
16
BRIAN WILLIAMS BACK IN A FAMILIAR SEAT: IN FRONT OF BREAKING NEWS By David Hinckley
 
 
Friday evening’s saturation coverage of the Paris terrorist attacks finally planted Brian Williams back on the stage where he has long done his best work...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
16
'SURVIVOR' CONTINUES TO OUTWIT, OUTLAST, OUTPLAY THE COMPETITION By Alex Strachan
 
 
Survivor has found a way not just to survive but thrive. The original stranded-on-a-desert-island competition series that popularized such catch phrases as, “The tribe has spoken,” is in its 15th year...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
16
SUPERGIRL By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s episode of Supergirl has been swapped out for another, as CBS responds to last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris. The episode originally scheduled to run this evening involved a plot in which Supergirl’s fictitious National City is the victim of a series of bombings. Replacing it is the episode planned for next week: a Thanksgiving episode, featuring Helen Slater, star of the 1984 Supergirl movie, reprising her role here, from the series pilot, as the future Supergirl
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
16
GOTHAM By David Bianculli
 
 
This season, “Rise of the Villains” also has been a “Rise of Escalation.” Each week, it seems, more people are grabbing more power, and pointing weapons at one another – and Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) always seems to be caught in the middle. That’s true again tonight, in a new set of conflicts including the year’s favorite title card, Penguin vs. Galavan.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
16
CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND By David Bianculli
 
 
Be careful what you wish for: In tonight’s episode, Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) wangles an invitation to dinner at Josh’s family’s house. And not just any dinner – Thanksgiving dinner.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
16
LATIN EXPLOSION: A NEW AMERICA By David Bianculli
 
 
Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neil co-direct this combination performance special and documentary, which traces the growing influence of Latin American performers in the United States. It goes all the way back to Desi Arnaz and I Love Lucy, with nods along the way to Jose Feliciano, Cheech Martin and Rita Moreno, but most of the subjects and headliners are of more recent pop-culture vintage, including Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan and Pitbull, and Sofia Vergara and Shakira. Jo
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
16
FARGO By David Bianculli
 
 
When I previewed tonight’s episode of Fargo, I was leaning forward in my chair, drawn in by the tension of the various showdowns – as when Lou finds himself significantly outgunned, Hank is targeted by the vicious Dodd, and the drunken Karl – played deliciously by Nick Offerman – finds himself trying to stand up against some bloodthirsty killers, while laboring to stand up, period. How can a scene be funny and tense at the same time? Just watch…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
15
AMC'S 'INTO THE BADLANDS' LUNGES INTO A BLOOD-SPLATTERED FUTURE By David Hinckley
 
 
If your main complaint about Game of Thrones is that it needs more violence, Into the Badlands may be just your ticket....
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
15
FLESH AND BONE By David Bianculli
 
 
Creator and co-executive producer Moria Walley-Beckett, who won an Emmy for one of her scripts for AMC’s Breaking Bad, continues to try and apply that sense of unpredictability, and strong examination of character, to a series about ballet dancers. And her quest for realism extends to her leading lady: Sarah Hay, an actual ballet dancer, playing a young dancer trying to advance in the fiercely competitive world of dance. This is episode two – but if you missed the premiere, this is s
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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