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2014
Nov
29
 
 
Bravo’s first original scripted series arrives 12 years after NBC took control of the onetime fine arts network and later began fouling it with an onslaught of Real Housewives series. Turns out it was well worth the wait...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Nov
20
 
 
ABC’s David Muir is a TV natural, in his element alone at a news desk but more so when out and about doing things that networks anchors just didn’t used to do...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Nov
14
 
 
It’s a sad state of affairs in State of Affairs for CIA presidential briefer Charleston “Charlie” Tucker. Her fiancé died one year ago during a special ops mission gone bad in Kabul. She was also present and saw it happen...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
31
 
 
Olive Kitteridge...contains itself within a four-hour miniseries -- and is better for it. The miniseries basically spans 25 years, beginning with Olive (Frances McDormand) preparing to end it all before backtracking a quarter-century
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
23
 
 
Anything can happen and an awful lot does in NBC’s first episode of Constantine. Friday’s crazily paced, head-spinning premiere may be elementary to those familiar with the Hellblazer DC Comics series on which it’s based. Most viewers won’t be so versed...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
13
 
 
As sitcom setups go, the opening minutes of NBC’s Marry Me may be the best you’ll see this season -- on a new or returning series. It’s a brilliantly conceived rant and recant introduction of principal characters Jake and Annie (Ken Marino, Casey Wilson)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
13
 
 
A luminous young star can work wonders for any premise. Which Gina Rodriguez does as the title character in The CW’s Jane the Virgin. She’s arguably the most engaging newcomer of the fall season...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
8
 
 
American Horror Story’s fourth installment, subtitled Freak Show, premieres on Wednesday, Oct. 8th. Expect to reap a wealth of depravity and disfigurement during what very much looks to be the best reincarnation yet of a bold, disturbing franchise...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Sep
29
 
 
Even at the height of its ratings powers, The Cosby Show stood accused in some quarters of not being black enough. A generation later, the new ABC family comedy black-ish makes that same criticism from within the show itself...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Sep
29
 
 
How to Get Away with Murder is joining holdover hits Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal... Murder is driven by bare-knuckled law professor/defense attorney Annalise Keating, brought to vibrant life by Oscar nominee Viola Davis...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Ed Bark

Since 2006, Ed Bark's local and national TV stories and observations have been showcased on his pioneering website, www.unclebarky.com.  For 26 years before that, he was TV critic for the Dallas Morning News. He's a past president of the Television Critics Association, and for seven years served on the national Peabody Awards board.

 
 
 
 

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