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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
May
31
MATT LAURIA ON HIS 'KINGDOM' CHARACTER, AND THE ONE ROLE HE HAS YET TO PLAY By David Hinckley
 
 
One of the intriguing things about Ryan Wheeler, says Matt Lauria, is that Ryan raises life’s big questions without thinking about them...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
29
TREATING THE INVISIBLE INJURIES OF WAR, ON ‘FARMER/VETERAN’ By David Hinckley
 
 
The Memorial Day film feature on PBS Monday night started as an upbeat documentary on how some military veterans find farming can be valuable therapy for PTSD...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
26
ACORN'S 'DELICIOUS' IS A TREAT WORTH SAMPLING By David Hinckley
 
 
The toughest thing with the Brit drama Delicious may be figuring what to call it. For the moment, let’s go with psycho-soap...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
24
‘ARCHER’ CREATOR ADAM REED WRAPS UP SEASON 8 By David Hinckley
 
 
It’s been a relief but no surprise to fans of FXX’s Archer this season that our hero Sterling Archer has been as offensive and insensitive in 1947 as he always used to be in the 2010s...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
23
ON ‘REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL,’ THE HORRIFYING STORY ABOUT THE SCANDAL OF BRITISH FOOTBALL By David Hinckley
 
 
The most powerful 20 minutes of television Tuesday night are also likely to be the most somber: a catch-up report for the American audience on the pedophilia scandal that began rattling British football last November...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
22
WATCH ‘COUNT ARTHUR STRONG’ FOR SOME LIGHT, WACKY, BRITISH FUN By David Hinckley
 
 
If you enjoy silly walks, broad mugging, extended triple-takes – which, we might stress, are not derogatory terms in the world of British sitcoms – you may quite enjoy Count Arthur Strong...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
21
JOANNE FROGGATT DEPARTS FROM 'DOWNTON' SAINT TO 'DARK ANGEL' By David Hinckley
 
 
Joanne Froggatt wanted a different kind of role after playing the saintly Anna Bates on Downton Abbey. With Dark Angel, she found it... she plays Mary Ann Cotton, a 19th century serial killer...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
20
'WIZARD OF LIES' SHOWS CLIENTS NOT IN CASH ANYMORE By David Hinckley
 
 
Just when you may have thought the Bernie Madoff story couldn’t get any sadder, along comes HBO’s The Wizard of Lies, which shows that the real Madoff was far too often a cruel bully who delighted in taunting and humiliating those around him...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
18
SUSAN BLOMMAERT MULLS 'BLACKLIST' REVENGE By David Hinckley
 
 

It’s been a harrowing year for Susan Blommaert’s Mr. Kaplan on NBC’s The Blacklist, and it’s not over yet. In fact, Blommaert jokes, she may need another bottle of wine to get to the finish line...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
18
THE CONTROVERSIAL ROGER AILES, 1940 - 2017 By David Hinckley
 
 
The television legacy of Roger Ailes is as impressive as his personal conduct seemed to be deplorable...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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