My Favorite Martian. Mork & Mindy. ALF. 3rd Rock From the Sun. And Saturday Night Live’s “The Coneheads.” Aliens from above have a long history of being played for laughs. TBS’ People of Earth takes this baton and wryly trots with it...

2016

Oct

DOCS IN SMOCKS FIGHT THESE BATTLES IN CBS' BUNKER HILL-SET ‘PURE GENIUS’ By Ed Bark

The prognosis for a solid, quality drama series is at least cautiously optimistic when Jason Katims is at the controls...

2016

Oct

MCHALE'S NADIR -- AS THE STAR OF CBS' NEW ‘THE GREAT INDOORS’ By Ed Bark

Ageism isn’t only aimed at today’s elders. In the sad case of CBS’ The Great Indoors (Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET), it can also be applied to millennials...

2016

Oct

LEBLANC'S LIKEABLE IN CBS' 'MAN WITH A PLAN' By Ed Bark

There’s nothing new under the conventional sitcom sun in CBS’ Man With A Plan. This doesn’t unduly matter for this amiable, amusing outing fronted by everybody’s favorite Friend, Matt LeBlanc...

2016

Oct

WHAT THE DEUCE? BBC AMERICA'S 'DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY' CAREENS INTO VIEW By Ed Bark

Trying to comprehend the intentionally absurd goings-on in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency may be completely beside the point...

2016

Oct

LAURIE'S BACK AND HULU'S GOT HIM IN ‘CHANCE’ By Ed Bark

Having played a surly doc on Fox’s long-running House and recently a villainous billionaire businessman in AMC’s acclaimed The Night Manager, estimable Hugh Laurie is back in M.D. mode for Hulu’s Chance...

2016

Oct

REVIEWING AMAZON PRIME'S ‘GOLIATH’ AFTER VIEWING ALL EIGHT EPISODES By Ed Bark

Given all the loose-ended, bizarro world TV dramas currently in play, it turns out to be a distinct pleasure to review a limited series with a linear storyline and a definitive ending...

2016

Oct

THERE ARE NO FREE AGENTS IN EPIX' CIA DRAMA 'BERLIN STATION' By Ed Bark

Berlin Station has both an authentic look and feel. As with most cloak-and-dagger dramas, there’s a lot of following around while the mind games escalate and the sound track remains stuck in the key of ominous. Berlin Station so far looks like a series worth riding out...

2016

Oct

NICK NOLTE IS FORMER PRESIDENT ‘GRAVES’ AND HE SEEMS ODDLY FAMILIAR By Ed Bark

Nick Nolte is tattered, battered but still standing -- both as an actor and as former Republican President Richard Graves...

2016

Oct

'FALLING WATER' CONTINUES ON THE USA NETWORK'S NEWLY DARKER PATH By Ed Bark

Don’t be misled by the ill-fitting title, because USA’s Falling Water has nothing to do with either a very elementary weather forecast or a cooling, summertime slip ’n’ slide park...

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