The Emmys are coming, and you’re certainly entitled to yawn if you’d like. Taking its turn in the four-network rotation, NBC will be carrying what they still like to call “Television’s Biggest Night..."

2014

Aug

R.I.P. ROBIN WILLIAMS By Ed Bark

It’s been a struggle, both coming to grips with Robin Williams’ death and striving to say something that hasn’t been said already during this ongoing outpouring of grief and appreciation. I’ve settled on excerpts from four previous articles...

2014

Aug

CLASSING UP CINEMAX WITH 'THE KNICK' By Ed Bark

The Knick, which delves deeply and often gruesomely into surgery circa 1900 at New York City’s poor-side-of-town Knickerbocker Hospital, is an impressive 10-episode series that throws Cinemax into the burgeoning mix of networks with Emmy-caliber dramas...

2014

Aug

STARZ'S ROMANCE-LACED, TIME-TRAVELING 'OUTLANDER' POKES ALONG/PERKS UP By Ed Bark

The narrative voice can be its own form of flogging throughout Episode 1 of Starz’s Outlander. By Episode 2, also sent for review, the action has picked up while all that off-camera droning has largely stifled itself...

2014

Aug

FX’S MOSTLY UNDER THE RADAR 'PARTNERS' STARS TWO GUYS NAMED KELSEY GRAMMER AND MARTIN LAWRENCE By Ed Bark

The stars are well-known brand names. Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence are the front men for Partners, an odd couple-ish pairing of lawyers that premieres on Monday, Aug. 4th with back-to-back episodes...

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