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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
Aug
4
THE 2000S: "THE PLATINUM AGE OF TELEVISION" By David Bianculli
 
 
On Sunday, CNN presents another new installment of its new documentary series The 2000s, this time focusing on that decade’s financial crisis (remember that?). Tonight, though, CNN repeats the opener of The 2000s, in which I’m pleased to say I appear, and even more pleased to report that I seem to have inspired the episode’s title. If you missed this two-hour look at TV in The 2000s, which includes detailed appreciations of everything from Oz and The Larry Sanders Show to The W
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
3
LIKE FATHER By David Bianculli
 
 
MOVIE PREMIERE: Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer star in this new Netflix comedy-drama She plays a bride-to-be who gets rejected at the altar, but decides to embark on a prepaid honeymoon cruise anyway – and in her drunken and rejected state, agrees to take her estranged father along as her cruise companion. Grammer plays the father.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
3
QUANTICO By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES FINALE: If you’ve been watching Quantico for the past three seasons (I gave up after Season 1, despite the talent and beauty of star Priyanka Chopra), tonight’s your last chance. The ABC spy series winds it up tonight.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
3
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
This series devoted an episode to biscuits and traybakes in Season 2, and now it’s covering the same theme, and similar challenges, in Season 5. Isn’t that a little… crumby?  Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
3
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
Bill Maher’s guests tonight include two people who are very familiar to MSNBC viewers as very outspoken guests: counterterrorism Malcolm Nance and (pictured) former Republican political campaign strategist (and former Republican, period) Steve Schmidt.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
2
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL By David Bianculli
 
 
It’s the Hall of Fame game, between the Chicago Bears and the Baltimore Ravens. So there you are, if you’re interested – or missing football. And since it’s broadcast by NBC, it’s presented under the Sunday Night Football banner, although that’s clearly an example of Fake News. Or, at least, Fake Sports.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
2
BIG BROTHER By David Bianculli
 
 
This is not a recommendation. This is Season 20 of Big Brother, which is noteworthy in itself – noteworthy in a depressing way, because I loathe this show. But it’s also noteworthy because this season’s host, the same person who hosted all 19 previous incarnations of Big Brother, is Julie Chen. She got the job chiefly because of her husband, CBS top executive Les Moonves, who has been in the news of late for other reasons entirely – but Chen released a statement standing
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
1
OUTBACK By David Bianculli
 
 
DOCUMENTARY MINISERIES PREMIERE: This three-part nature documentary from PBS looks at Australia, but tonight focuses on a particular, relatively desolate corner of Australia. It’s the Kimberley region, the northwest portion of the continent. From its rugged coastline to its even more rugged interior, this examination is loaded with facts, and sights and animals, that may well surprise you. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
1
SEASON 2 OF USA'S 'THE SINNER' AGAIN MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR ITSELF By Ed Bark
 
 
Season 1 of USA network’s The Sinner took the who out of whodunit and replaced it with why...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
1
'THE SINNER' RETURNS WITH ANOTHER INTRIGUING CRIME THRILLER By David Hinckley
 
 
Jimson Weed, which enjoyed a brief stretch of fame several decades ago when it popped up in the lyrics of the Gene Autry cowboy classic “Back in the Saddle Again,” makes an encore appearance on The Sinner...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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