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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Apr
27
‘THE CIRCUS’ HAS MOVED WITH THE TIMES By Alex Strachan
 
 
The original idea was a one-off, or at least that was the intention at the time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
21
WHY HOLLYWOOD’S WRITERS ARE ON THE VERGE OF A STRIKE, AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF TV By Alex Strachan
 
 
This one is different. There are similarities, to be sure. A writer picketing outside a studio during the 2007 writers’ strike sported a placard...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
11
ACTING IS ACTING, AFTER ALL: MTV AWARDS DITCH GENDER-SPECIFIC CATEGORIES By Alex Strachan
 
 
The MTV MTVA’s recent decision — effective this year — to scrap their best actor and best actress categories in favor of a single gender-neutral category is a conversation starter, if nothing else.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
5
FROM 'THE GOOD WIFE' TO 'THE GOOD FIGHT': CAN TOO MUCH GOOD TV BE BAD FOR THE SYSTEM? By Alex Strachan
 
 
A friend who’s just discovered The Good Fight told me the other day that she can’t believe how much she’s enjoying it. In the next breath, she  admitted she’d never seen The Good Wife. This is the kind of admission that demands instant cross-examination...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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'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