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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Nov
29
LAUER'S JUST THE LATEST, BUT ALSO THE BIGGEST, TO BE FELLED BY CHARGES OF "INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR" By Ed Bark
 
 
Millions of Americans have had a longtime habit of waking up to Matt Lauer in the mornings. Waking up to news of his firing Wednesday no doubt caused many to spew their coffee...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Nov
14
HULU'S 'FUTURE MAN' GOES FOR THE COMEDY GOLD By Ed Bark
 
 
Want to get away? If so, we live in times that are tailor-made for the escapist, devil-may-care comedy of Future Man...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Nov
7
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S THE LONG ROAD HOME IS BOTH COMMEMORATIVE AND COMPELLING By Ed Bark
 
 
For the next seven Tuesdays and extending to just six days before Christmas, the National Geographic channel will bear arms with its most ambitious, expensive and heavily promoted venture to date...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Nov
5
SHOWTIME'S ‘SMILF’ IS COMEDY WITH A HIGH MISERY INDEX By Ed Bark
 
 
The old “misery loves company” axiom gets a stern test with Showtime’s SMILF (Sunday, 10 p.m. ET)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Nov
3
MARGARET ATWOOD'S 'ALIAS GRACE' GIVES NETFLIX A MURDER MYSTERY WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN By Ed Bark
 
 
Abused by her drunken father and then brutalized in a women’s prison, Irish immigrant Grace Marks perhaps has gone mad in the process. Or might she be more or less completely sane -- or driven by a dual personality?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Nov
2
'S.W.A.T.' IS BACK ON A NETWORK THAT'S ALREADY PERSUADED VIEWERS TO HAVE SECONDS OF 'HAWAII FIVE-0' AND 'MACGYVER' By Ed Bark
 
 
WRITER’S NOTE: There are events of far larger import in New York City, but life goes on in network TV. To that end, a review of the newest offering from CBS…
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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