Creator/executive producer Danny McBride takes his usual approach with his latest HBO series. Following the paths of Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals, McBride’s The Righteous Gemstones is coarse, irreverent, sometimes excessive and completely unconcerned about whether you’re offended or not...

2019

Aug

OLD ADDRESS, NEW APPROACH IN FOX'S 'BH90210' By Ed Bark

The address is CBS for the most success with TV reboots. The most famous address of all, though, belongs to Fox...

2019

Jul

FINALLY BACK IN VIEW: HBO'S PATHFINDING AND EXHILARATING 'FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON' By Ed Bark

Lost in space for far too many years, HBO’s brand-defining, landmark From the Earth to the Moon at last is back amongst us in newly remastered HD form on all of the premium cable network’s “platforms.”...

2019

Jun

AS THE CROWE FLIES, SO DOES SHOWTIME'S 'THE LOUDEST VOICE' By Ed Bark

Making up is hard to do – or so it would seem in turning Russell Crowe into Roger Ailes...

2019

Jun

NO NEW HEIGHTS BUT A STEADY CLIMB IN SHOWTIME'S 'CITY ON A HILL' By Ed Bark

A showy command performance by Kevin Bacon won’t be taking City on a Hill to new heights. It’s enough, however, to give Showtime another Ray Donovan in terms of watchable, serviceable, jut-jawed crime hours...

2019

Jun

THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT IN HBO'S EXCESSIVE 'EUPHORIA' By Ed Bark

A passing reference leaves its mark in Episode 3 of HBO’s aggressively graphic Euphoria...

2019

May

THE AIM IS PERFECT IN 'DEADWOOD: THE MOVIE' By Ed Bark

The abundant profanity remains in place. How could it not? This time, though, add equal parts poignancy...

2019

May

AMAZON PRIME'S 'GOOD OMENS' LOOKS GOOD, BUT DOESN'T PLAY WELL By Ed Bark

The End of the World is nigh – yet again...

2019

May

ONE MORE TIME: SEEING DEAD PEOPLE IN NBC'S 'THE INBETWEEN' By Ed Bark

There’s nothing new to look at here unless you’re among those who haven’t yet seen a TV series about a haunted woman who sees the dead and then aids or afflicts the living...

2019

May

'BATWOMAN' JOINS 'SUPERGIRL' IN THE CW'S FEMALE-POWERED NEW LINEUP By Ed Bark

The CW is still perceived as a tyke among the Big Four broadcasting networks. But it may have fall’s showiest newcomer in Batwoman, in which the crime-fighting lead character is gay and “still holding a flame for her ex-girlfriend”...

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