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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2016
Aug
19
'THE SYNDICATE: ALL OR NOTHING' MAY BE THE CLOSEST YOU'LL GET TO 'DOWNTON ABBEY' By David Hinckley
 
 
The Syndicate: All Or Nothing, a 2015 BBC One series has one of the strongest claims yet to kinship with the late lamented Downton Abbey...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Aug
18
'FEAR' WALKS WITH ONE CHARACTER TO START SEASON 2 By David Hinckley
 
 

Fear the Walking Dead takes an unexpected path Sunday night and it leads to paydirt...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Aug
16
WHY WAS 'THE NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE' CANCELED? By David Hinckley
 
 
Frustrating as it is to see late-night television lose one of its few persons of color, Larry Wilmore’s termination by Comedy Central was pretty much inevitable...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Aug
16
'MY LAST DAYS' SHARES THE SECRETS OF LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST By David Hinckley
 
 
Imminent death isn’t a great selling point for a TV show, but those who watch My Last Days will find that, in their own way, the subjects here are as inspiring as any Olympic gymnast or sprinter...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Aug
16
'AGATHA RAISIN' IS A LIGHT, PLEASANT BRITISH COMEDY By David Hinckley
 
 
British comedy has always had two quite distinct faces: dry elegant wit from the likes of Noël Coward and slapstick from the Benny Hills...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Aug
15
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN 'HOMELAND' RETURNS By David Hinckley
 
 
The next president of the United States, at least on the Showtime drama Homeland, will be a woman described as “a little Hillary Clinton, a little Donald Trump and a little Bernie Sanders.” Who knew it was that easy to bring America together?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Aug
12
'THE GET DOWN' TELLS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MUSIC HISTORY By David Hinckley
 
 
A forest of popular music rose from the scorched earth of New York in the 1970s, and the new Netflix series The Get Down tracks the early growth of the tallest tree: hip-hop...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Aug
11
NEW 'STAR TREK' WILL BOLDLY GO WHERE CBS HAS NOT GONE BEFORE By David Hinckley
 
 
A new Star Trek may not take the streaming service CBS All Access beyond infinity, but the network is confident it will help convince a nicely profitable number of viewers to shell out six dollars a month...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Aug
11
SHOWTIME ROLLS OUT NEW LINEUP FOR 2016-17 By David Hinckley
 
 
Showtime promoted upcoming productions Thursday, featuring the likes of Idris Elba, Daniel Craig and recently axed Saturday Night Live stars Jay Pharoah and Taran Killam...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Aug
11
CW TO INCLUDE 'SUPERGIRL' AND 'FLASH' CROSSOVER MUSICAL AND MORE FOR 2016-17 By David Hinckley
 
 
CW’s lineup of superhero shows – Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow will include a musical crossover episode between Supergirl and The Flash in the second half of the upcoming season...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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