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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
Apr
3
THE AMERICANS By David Bianculli
 
 
For once, Philip and Elizabeth (Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell) go on the same mission at the same time – but teamwork doesn’t necessarily mean things go more smoothly. In fact, this time, it turns out quite the opposite.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
3
NBC'S 'HANNIBAL' EXHIBITS QUICK DECLINE By Ed Bark
 
 
There’s a lot to digest in NBC’s Hannibal, much of it distasteful and, worse yet from a storytelling standpoint, increasingly impossible to swallow...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
3
GERALD MCRANEY AND 'SOUTHLAND' STILL RIDING HIGH By Eric Gould
 
 
Major Dad Gerald McRaney, has had a renaissance of sorts in 2013, with a guest appearance on FX's Justified and a recent turn on Southland...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
2
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
Why am I still watching, and supporting, this musical competition series, when American Idol and The X Factor have left me completely cold this season? I figured it out when watching last night's two-hour audition round: Unlike the others, this show, at its heart, is inherently kind and genuinely supportive. And the new judges, Usher and Shakira, have established their places already, fitting in nicely — while Blake Shelton remains the sneaky stealth bomber of The Voice, saving his am
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
2
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN By David Bianculli
 
 
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 classic, starring Farley Granger in a suspense story crafted from a crafty hypothetical: What if you and someone you’d only just met agreed to kill an enemy of the other? Co-stars include Leo G. Carroll and Marion Lorne, who were featured subsequently in lighter TV fare: Topper and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. for him, Bewitched for her.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
2
SMASH By David Bianculli
 
 
Just before being shuffled off to Saturday night, Smash presents one more first-run Tuesday episode, and this one involves the visiting parents of some of the characters – including Ivy (Megan Hilty), whose mom, Leigh, makes a return appearance as a familiar musical-comedy stage star. She’s played by one, too: Bernadette Peters returns as Leigh. And this time with a bombshell: she may be joining the cast of Bombshell.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
2
JUSTIFIED By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: This has been such a good season for Justified, I hate to see it end. But it ends tonight, picking up the pieces of last week’s successful capture of decades-long fugitive Drew Thompson. What’s left for this show to do with this plot? A lot. The Detroit mob, thwarted by the clever moves of Raylan (Timothy Olyphant), decide to take revenge, and/or get to Drew, by going after Winona (Natalie Zea, taking a break from The Following to return here).
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
2
COOL HAND LUKE By David Bianculli
 
 
I’m as tempted to say this every time this 1967 Paul Newman movie is televised as I am to watch it, as one of my “spider-web movies”: What we have here, as movies go, is a failure of absolutely nothing. This prison-gang movie is perfect.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
2
LATE-NIGHT DUET By Bill Brioux
 
 
Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno cleverly addressed the recent rumors that the Late Night host would soon be replacing the Tonight Show host with a Broadway-style duet...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Apr
2
IS THE TITLE OF ABC'S NEW SITCOM LONGER THAN THE SHOW'S FUTURE? By Ed Bark
 
 
ABC is tempting fate, and likely will end up on the losing end again with How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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