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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
Oct
2
WHO KNEW AN OCTOPUS WOULD LIKE TV? SEE HER ON PBS' 'NATURE' WITH 'OCTOPUS: MAKING CONTACT' By Mike Hughes
 
 
It can be one person's biggest fear, and another's yummiest delicacy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
2
'ALMOST FAMILY' IS THE LATEST DRAMEDY THAT HAS POSSIBILITIES By Mike Hughes
 
 
Almost Family is an almost-terrific show that reminds us of what's possible...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
2
NATURE: "OCTOPUS: MAKING CONTACT" By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s new Nature hour, called “Octopus: Making Contact,” presents a lot of interesting information about what scientists know about octopi, but also has some fascinating segments about what we don’t know. For example: do they dream? And if they do, what of? There’s a segment in which photographers capture footage of a sleeping octopus, and all the chameleonic changes it goes through while… dreaming? It begs for a new variation on a poem by Ogden
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
2
2019 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD-CARD GAME By David Bianculli
 
 
Last night, the National League presented its Wild-Card Game, and it was a doozy, with the Milwaukee Brewers taking the lead, then falling victim to a dramatic comeback rally and victory by the Washington Nationals. Tonight, two American League teams face the same do-or-die scenario: The Oakland Athletics host the Tampa Bay Rays, and only one of them will advance to the next round.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
2
SOUTH PARK By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s new episode is called “Band in China,” and has Randy planning to take his group on the road in the east – the Far East.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
2
CAKE By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week’s series premiere of this pop-culture potpourri opened with Quarter Life Poetry, a live-action extended music video of sorts, starring and written by Samantha Jayne. It was my favorite piece of Cake from the opening installment – and I didn’t find out until afterward, and after my positive notice on TV Worth Watching, that the young star was the daughter of a TVWW behind-the-scenes co-conspirator. So now it gives me even more pleasure, and pride, t
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
2
SPERM-SHARING ON A GRAND SCALE (WITH PARENTAL GUIDANCE NEEDED) IN FOX'S APPEALING 'ALMOST FAMILY' By Ed Bark
 
 
Standout performances and what looks to be a sure-fire, durable premise give Fox’s Almost Family the key ingredients of a potentially long-running, soapy serial drama...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
1
SEASON 2 OF 'SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS' DEBUTS ON FACEBOOK WATCH By David Hinckley
 
 
For obvious reasons, few TV shows focus on grief. It tends to feel, well, depressing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
1
2019 NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD-CARD GAME By David Bianculli
 
 
The 2019 Major League Baseball postseason begins, with the first of two wild-card games establishing which teams will squeak their way into the playoffs. (The other game is tomorrow.) Tonight, the National League sudden-death showdown pits the Washington Nationals, who have home-field advantage, against the Milwaukee Brewers. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
1
THIS IS US By David Bianculli
 
 
Everybody back in the pool: Tonight’s episode returns to “The Pool,” a memorable setting, and episode, from Season 1, for more memories… and more conflicts. Meanwhile, on the set of M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, Kevin has a big scene (pictured), and, when the cameras are through rolling, an even bigger conversation.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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