TVWW Update — Flesh-eating zombies and a nuclear apocalypse are on the way this week. No, that’s not what’s in store for the third presidential debate on Wednesday...

2016

Oct

IF YOU GAMBLE ON 'CHANCE,' YOU JUST MIGHT WIN By David Hinckley

Considering what a mess Dr. Gregory House became on Hugh Laurie’s last TV series, it’s hard to believe that in his new one, the situation looks even worse...

2016

Oct

LOOKING BACK, CLASSIC TV HAS LESSONS FOR TODAY – FOR COMMUNITY AND POLICE By Ed Martin

A professor of mine once said that films are “cultural artifacts.” They capture the details of the period in which they are set, reflect the social mores of the day...

2016

Oct

CAMPAIGN 2016: THREE-RING 'CIRCUS' RAMPS UP THE SPECTACLE AS THE GOING GETS WEIRD By Alex Strachan

There aren’t many jobs out there where you can honestly say a hostile work environment is a good thing...

2016

Oct

REVIEWING AMAZON PRIME'S ‘GOLIATH’ AFTER VIEWING ALL EIGHT EPISODES By Ed Bark

Given all the loose-ended, bizarro world TV dramas currently in play, it turns out to be a distinct pleasure to review a limited series with a linear storyline and a definitive ending...

2016

Oct

'AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: TESLA' TRANSMITS THE HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF ELECTRONIC INNOVATION By David Hinckley

Tesla confirms what the scientific community has known for years: that Nikola Tesla crystallized several of the most important elements in our daily lives...

2016

Oct

'THE DURRELLS' INTERRUPTS THE POLITICAL NEWS TO BRING CHARM, LIGHT, AND LAUGHTER By David Hinckley

The Durrells In Corfu has a deft touch with light charm, making it a delightful fall addition to PBS’s Masterpiece Theater lineup...

2016

Oct

THERE ARE NO FREE AGENTS IN EPIX' CIA DRAMA 'BERLIN STATION' By Ed Bark

Berlin Station has both an authentic look and feel. As with most cloak-and-dagger dramas, there’s a lot of following around while the mind games escalate and the sound track remains stuck in the key of ominous. Berlin Station so far looks like a series worth riding out...

2016

Oct

SERIES CREATOR BLENDS LBJ, REAGAN AND CLINTON TOGETHER TO MAKE ‘GRAVES’ By David Hinckley

It’s been another rough season for televised political satire... So it’s heartening that Epix’s new comic drama Graves seems to have found an unexplored path in this treacherous jungle...

2016

Oct

NICK NOLTE IS FORMER PRESIDENT ‘GRAVES’ AND HE SEEMS ODDLY FAMILIAR By Ed Bark

Nick Nolte is tattered, battered but still standing -- both as an actor and as former Republican President Richard Graves...

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