For a generation of comedians, the challenge was the same: Do an open-mic set at the Comedy Store. Do your best; hope club-owner Mitzi Shore likes you...

2020

Sep

BACKGROUND ON 'THE COMEY RULE' By Mike Hughes

It's a problem Jeff Daniels rarely faces – being too short for a role...

2020

Sep

HOW DID 'FARGO' FINALLY FINISH SHOOTING SEASON 4? By Mike Hughes

The world seemed to conspire against there ever being another Fargo miniseries....

2020

Sep

AMAZON PRIME'S 'UTOPIA' MIGHT HIT A LITTLE CLOSE TO HOME By Mike Hughes

Gillian Flynn is now at a blessed stage of her career. "I can make up anything right now," she told the Television Critics Association (TCA) recently. The proof is Utopia, the wildly distinctive series that arrives Friday on Amazon Prime...

2020

Sep

RE-EXAMINING A DECADES-OLD TRIPLE MURDER: 'A WILDERNESS OF ERROR' By Mike Hughes

Like many teenagers, Marc Smerling wanted to see a horror film. But the movie was sold out. Instead, he saw The Thin Blue Line, Errol Morris' distinctive, 1988 documentary about a murder case. Now, decades later, he's working with that filmmaker...

2020

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'THE CHOICE 2020: TRUMP VS. BIDEN' AVAILABLE ON OTHER PLATFORMS By Mike Hughes

For the ninth time, Michael Kirk faced an imposing task: Create simultaneous profiles of both presidential candidates. Interview everyone (except the candidates); ask everything, and hope there are differences between them...

2020

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RUTH BADER GINSBURG'S LIFE AS PLAYED OUT ON THE BIG AND SMALL SCREENS By Mike Hughes

Two movies captured opposite ends of Ruth Ginsburg's wonderful life...

2020

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THE NEXT TV EXPERIMENT: 'THE 72ND PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS' By Mike Hughes

Are you wondering what the Emmys telecast will be like Sunday? So are Reginald Hudlin and Ian Stewart. And they're the producers...

2020

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THE WINNERS OF THE 2020 TELEVISION CRITICS AWARDS By Mike Hughes

HBO's Watchmen is the big winner in the annual Television Critics Association Awards...

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Mike Hughes remembers watching a TV show in which a man simply played records. He thinks TV is much better now. With Gannett News Service, his television stories went to 100 newspapers; with TV America, they go to considerably fewer, but he still seems happy. Read more at www.mikehughes.tv

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