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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
Dec
29
DAVID HINCKLEY'S TOP 15 SHOWS OF 2018 By David Hinckley
 
 
Here’s another good thing about the platinum age of television: More and more programs are no longer one-and-done...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
26
THE STORY OF A TRIP WHERE NO MAN HAD GONE BEFORE: 'APOLLO'S DARING MISSION' By David Hinckley
 
 
Space travel may have lost some of its visual cachet in an era when 7-year-olds can create their own intergalactic fantasy CGI, but there are still moments when the real thing gets pretty awesome...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
23
AN AUCTION TELLS THE STORY OF A LIFE CUT SHORT: 'MARILYN MONROE FOR SALE' By David Hinckley
 
 
If you’re tired of getting the same old sweaters or shirts for Christmas, the Smithsonian channel can give you a glimpse of truly creative clothes shopping...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
21
'MARVEL'S RUNAWAYS' COMES INTO ITS OWN WITH SEASON 2 By David Hinckley
 
 
Marvel’s Runaways feels like some odd little independent city-state standing alone in the middle of the Marvel Comic Universe. Kind of like the Vatican in the middle of Italy, only without a Pope...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
21
'VANITY FAIR' IS A BINGE-WORTHY VICTORIAN DELIGHT By David Hinckley
 
 
It wouldn’t be the platinum age of television without a steady flow of British period dramas, the kinds that are visual feasts even when the plots contain a lot of empty calories...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
20
THE 'TIMELESS' SERIES FINALE DOESN'T DISAPPOINT By David Hinckley
 
 
NBC’s time-travel drama Timeless has been given a rare shot to wrap up its short-lived but eventful TV run, and the creators don’t blow it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
17
SAD BUT SIGNIFICANT: 'MAN ON FIRE' ON PBS By David Hinckley
 
 
The Rev. Charles Moore’s final call for justice in America involved setting himself on fire...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
17
THE IRISH CRIME DRAMA, 'BLOOD,' MAKES ITS DEBUT By David Hinckley
 
 
Logic dictates that you wouldn’t take the suspicion of the family nutcase over the word of its respected patriarch, a medical doctor...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
16
'SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY' DEBUTS ON NETFLIX By David Hinckley
 
 
Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway show, premiering Sunday on Netflix, at times calls to mind a striptease. There’s plenty to see because Springsteen is a world-class showman. At the same time, he also reminds us that the best strippers never take it all off...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
14
FROM AUSTRALIA, 'TIDELANDS' DEBUTS ON NETFLIX By David Hinckley
 
 
The once pristine image of mermaids takes another hit in Tidelands, a scary and violent new supernatural drama from Netflix...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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