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2013

Jan

FX'S 'THE AMERICANS' A KGB KEEPER By Ed Bark

The Americans enthralls with its complexities, simplicities and overall derring-do. Boris and Natasha need not apply...

2013

Jan

LARRY HAGMAN'S DEATH SETS UP A NEW J.R. STORY ON 'DALLAS' By Ed Bark

Dallas soon will face a bumpy afterlife without Larry Hagman, even while milking his death for a few more twists and turns...

2013

Jan

'SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED' READY FOR ITS LAST STABS AT GORY GLORY By Ed Bark

The Starz network's most popular original series remains gratuitously gruesome to behold for its final season...

2013

Jan

'RISE OF THE DRONES' A SKY-HIGH CAUTIONARY TALE FROM 'NOVA' By Ed Bark

Nova's Rise of the Drones isn't an alarmist hour, but does raise some caution flags about a rapidly escalating and evolving technology...

2013

Jan

LIKE 'COPPER'? TRY BBC AMERICA'S NEW PERIOD PROCEDURAL, 'RIPPER STREET' By Ed Bark

The cops of 1889 East London are charged with keeping a modicum of order in the immediate aftermath of Jack the Ripper's reign of terror on BBC America's Ripper Street...

2013

Jan

TLC HOPES TO CHARLIE HUSTLE VIEWERS WITH 'PETE ROSE: HITS & MRS.' By Ed Bark

Pete Rose was predominantly a single hitter, so maybe it's fitting that his new TLC "reality" series falls far short of being a home run...

2013

Jan

HBO'S GIRLS STILL A GIFT IN PLAIN WRAPPING By Ed Bark

Sex and the City was replete with creature comforts and glamorous parties. Girls above all is about uncomfortable creatures...

2013

Jan

BANSHEE INCREASES CINEMAX'S ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES OUTPUT, BUT DOES LITTLE ELSE By Ed Bark

Given the title and Alan Ball's involvement, Cinemax's Banshee on the face of it seems like another otherworldly knockoff of his ongoing True Blood...

2013

Jan

NBC'S NEW 'DECEPTION' NOT A NOTABLE EXCEPTION By Ed Bark

Deception is fairly far from being a terrible series. But it's not nearly compelling enough to merit a prolonged string-along...

2013

Jan

'DOWNTON ABBEY': SUPERIOR ENTERTAINMENT ON A GRAND SCALE By Ed Bark

The Brits have no equal in the annals of upper crust period dramas. And for the next seven Sundays, devoted fans of Downton Abbey will be in their own heavens on earth...

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