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Contributors Archive
 
 
2016
Oct
15
WITH ‘GRAVES,’ NIA VARDALOS IS THRILLED TO BE PART OF THE ENSEMBLE By David Hinckley
 
 
Nia Vardalos has stepped away from My Big Fat Greek Wedding to deal with My Big Crazy Former President. And his ambitious wife...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
14
'GOLIATH' LOOMS LARGE IN THE AMAZON CONTENT CATALOGUE By David Hinckley
 
 
Amazon Prime’s new series Goliath doesn’t reinvent television drama. It just reminds us how good it can be when it’s done well...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
14
WITH 'WOLF CREEK,' THE BAD GUY MAY HAVE MET HIS MATCH By David Hinckley
 
 
Looking for a way to put some focus into the life of your indifferent teenager, the one who always seems vaguely exasperated and wants you mostly just to leave her alone?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
14
POLITICS ON ICE By Eric Gould
 
 
Since you've made it through this unprecedented election season so far...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
14
BEST BETS UPDATE By David Bianculli
 
 
TVWW Update 10/08/16 — Well, TVWW readers, this last week saw a mighty blowhard force threaten the U.S., stressing out millions that lay in its erratic, unpredictable path. Hurricane Matthew was also in the news...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
13
'FALLING WATER' CONTINUES ON THE USA NETWORK'S NEWLY DARKER PATH By Ed Bark
 
 
Don’t be misled by the ill-fitting title, because USA’s Falling Water has nothing to do with either a very elementary weather forecast or a cooling, summertime slip ’n’ slide park...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
13
POWERFUL & EMOTIONAL TRIBUTES ON 'GRAMMY SALUTE TO MUSIC LEGENDS' By David Hinckley
 
 
Whatever the reason for a new awards/performance special called GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends, any program that reminds us of our rich popular music history will have some merit and some moments...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
11
ABC'S 'AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE' HAS TOO MUCH FATTY MATERIAL By Ed Bark
 
 
ABC’s second coming of Roseanne -- and its 10th “nuclear family” comedy this season -- deploys heavy-handed humor dispensed by a fat wife and mother of three...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
10
PBS ‘FRONTLINE’ “CONFRONTING ISIS” GOES TO THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR ON TERROR By Alex Strachan
 
 
It’s hard to imagine, just a few short months ago, that ISIS would become yesterday’s news, but as the two-hour PBS Frontline documentary “Confronting ISIS” shows, it’s still very much a going concern, with no end in sight...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
10
‘AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE’ IS FULL OF SITCOM INGREDIENTS THAT ARE WAITING FOR A SHOW By David Hinckley
 
 
ABC’s new American Housewife is betting that if you put enough quirky comic elements together, you will get a mashup that comes out funny...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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