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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
Dec
26
2013 – THE YEAR IN TV By Eric Gould
 
 
We had some unforgettable pictures cross our TV screens in 2013 that should burn on long after 2014 arrives...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Dec
24
YOUTUBE, ME-TUBE By Eric Gould
 
 
The poet Charles Simic has a wonderful article on about finding even his most obscure childhood TV and film remembrances all readily available on YouTube with the click of a mouse... and I found a few of my own...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Dec
16
GRIFFIN IS RISEN By Eric Gould
 
 
And they didn’t even wait for Easter... Fox's Family Guy put down its recent stunt storyline Sunday night...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Dec
12
'THE RETURNED' NEARS SEASON'S END By Eric Gould
 
 
As more of its mystery comes to light, the French import continues its deep, elegiac tone and stands as one of the smartest and most satisfying shows of 2013...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Dec
12
THE NEXT (BIG?) THING By Eric Gould
 
 
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has a new show premiering January 18, 2014 on the upstart cable channel Pivot TV. Titled after his web project, the show HITRECORD ON TV is billed as a 30-minute variety show. But forget the Carol Burnett kind...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Dec
8
"NEXT!!" By Eric Gould
 
 
Taran Killam returned this weekend as snarky 19th Century newspaper critic Jebidiah Atkinson who hates everything good. The Atkinson character made his SNL debut three weeks ago and this week set his sights on favorite holiday specials and movies...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
28
'POV: STORYCORPS' SPECIAL RESTORES TRUE HOLIDAY SPIRIT By Eric Gould
 
 
The holiday that minds us to be thankful has transmogrified to become the largest day of acquisition. Now, a charming storytelling special showing that the best gifts in life are simple...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
27
BRIAN GRIFFIN: IT'S A DOG'S LIFE, 1999-2013 By Eric Gould
 
 
Well, he lived about 14 human years, and he went out in sort of the right way. But still, last Sunday's death of Brian Griffin on Fox's Family Guy was a shock...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
26
DYLAN TV: HOW DOES IT FEEL? By Eric Gould
 
 
What if you turned on the TV and found a lip-synched version of "Like a Rolling Stone" on every channel? Like many of Dylan's ideas, you might feel like it's a bit of a game, or a mystery....
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
24
THIS MEAN GIRL IS A GUY By Eric Gould
 
 
Ja'mie is the queen bee of her elite private girls school, full of ingratiating compliments for the headmaster and a ton of foul-mouthed insults for anyone crossing her... and "she's" a guy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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