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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
Sep
21
NETFLIX'S 'MANIAC' HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN (BOY, DOES IT EVER) By Ed Bark
 
 
Making sense of Netflix’s wildly careening Maniac is entirely up to you, but don’t worry, be happy that there’s something so adventurous to behold...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Sep
21
'THE GOOD COP' IS BY THE BOOK By David Hinckley
 
 
Hey, here’s a concept: a cop who isn’t tormented...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Sep
21
MONK SEE, MONK RE-DO: FROM THE CREATOR OF THAT SERIES COMES NETFLIX'S 'THE GOOD COP' By Ed Bark
 
 
Monk creator Andy Breckman clearly doesn’t mind repeating himself...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Sep
21
MANIAC By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Emma Stone and Jonah Hill star in this new Netflix series, which is based – very, very loosely – on a Norwegian comedy series about an institutionalized man with difficulties separating reality from fantasy. This new version is such a new approach that it’s largely a drama, about two people (played by Stone and Hill) who volunteer for a futuristic pharma study that probes their memories and dreams. Sally Field is wildly entertaining in a supporting role, and th
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Sep
21
THE GOONIES By David Bianculli
 
 
Netflix’s popular Stranger Things series borrows a lot – an awful lot – from the 1985 movie The Goonies. If you haven’t seen it, or haven’t seen it in a while, tune in and see the similarities for yourself. Starting with boys on bikes…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Sep
21
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
Among tonight’s guests: Frequent Real Time guest Michael Moore, one of the only people on television to predict the presidency of Donald Trump in advance (which always is the much more difficult time to predict things). Tonight, he discusses, and promotes, his brand new movie, Fahrenheit 11/9, about Trump’s ascendancy.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Sep
20
DEAD LUCKY By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This Sundance Now streaming service drama series import, shown on TV in Australia earlier this year, is about a police sergeant on the hunt for a recently resurfaced serial armed robber and murderer. What makes it noteworthy is not only that the sergeant is a woman, but that she’s played by the wonderful actress Rachel Griffiths, who brought such depth to her complex character on Six Feet Under.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Sep
20
THE GOOD PLACE By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week, repeated a quartet of episode of this serialized comedy series – but out of sequence, which absolutely worked against the comedic flow. If you survived that, or avoided it, tonight’s double feature of runs at least brings viewers up to date: Tonight’s episodes are the last two installments of Season 2. And Season 3, bringing back one of broadcast TV’s very best series right now, is just around the corner. Ted Danson stars.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Sep
20
GIFTED By David Bianculli
 
 
Just as NBC is repeating the season finale of The Good Place to set up viewers for next week’s season premiere, Fox is doing that here by showing the Season 1 finale of Gifted, a sci-fi series that is quite a few notches above the genre’s norm.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Sep
20
THE BLACK EXPERIENCE ON FILM By David Bianculli
 
 
This month-long Thursday tribute continues tonight, and starts with some very commendable and influential films starring African-Americans. At 8 p.m. ET, TCM presents 1974’s Claudine, a quiet romantic drama starring Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones. And at 10 p.m. ET, there’s 1976’s Sparkle, a drama with music about sisters who become a successful female singing group. Irene Cara has the title role – and a few years later, would demonstrate her singing ang acting tale
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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