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Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
Nov
4
SLEEPY HOLLOW By David Bianculli
 
 
This series returns with a guest-star appearance worthy enough to note. John Noble, the standout star from Fringe, returns to a Fox genre show, this time playing a character called the Sin Eater. (Next week: Gordon Ramsay as the Sin Cooker?)
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
4
MOM By David Bianculli
 
 
Allison Janney really gets to go for some broad comedy in tonight’s new episode. Her character hits menopause, and reacts with a series of crazy mood swings, from heated-angry to aging-denial– the latter which has her going even blonder and dressing more trendily than her daughter, played by Anna Faris.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
4
THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY By David Bianculli
 
 
Depending upon the content of each week’s documentary, this imported film history series either gets a prime-time slot, or is pushed to later at night. Tonight’s episode, Part 9, is the latest push yet, so if you’re following and enjoying this series, set your recorders, because it shows up at 2:15 a.m. ET, and has the clunkiest title yet: 1969-1979 – Radical Directors in the 70s Make State of the Nation Movies. And its focus includes movies from Australia, two of which a
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
4
TOKYO DOES BOURDAIN By Eric Gould
 
 
Channeling his best Hunter Thompson-Lowell Thomas-Paul Bowles reportage, Anthony Bourdain finds Tokyo at once reserved, yet bound in erotic fantasy -- perhaps the ultimate enigma...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
3
ONCE UPON A TIME By David Bianculli
 
 
One of the favorite animated Disney heroines of the modern era makes her first 3-D appearance in tonight’s new episode. It’s Ariel, the scaly star of A Little Mermaid, as embodied by JoAnna Garcia Swisher, who once played Cheyenne on Reba McEntire’s sitcom Reba. And who plays evil Ursula? Let’s put it this way. The tentacles may be new, but the face is familiar…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
3
THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week’s episode concluded with a creepy wide shot, as Daryl (Norman Reedus) and his ad hoc hunting party came up against more walkers than expected. Many, many, many, many more – an image that was even scarier than the unknown but deadly infection sweeping through the ranks of the already put-upon survivors.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
3
BOARDWALK EMPIRE By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week, Chalky (Michael K. Williams) almost died at the hands of his right-hand man, and those hands were closing around Chalky’s throat. But he survived to fight another day – as has former federal agent Nelson Van Alden, who may have to stand up against a tough adversary also: Al Capone.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
3
HOMELAND By David Bianculli
 
 
The betrayal of Carrie (Claire Danes) by Saul and everyone else at the CIA seems a little less cruel, now that we know the true extent, and intent, of their plans – but that doesn’t mean Carrie is in any less danger, or any less of a rough spot, than before. In fact, quite the contrary.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
3
THE GOOD WIFE By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week’s episode was a great piece of television, allowing all of the show’s well-drawn characters to be true to themselves while reacting to circumstances that had them being untrue to one another. Tonight’s installment is called “The Day After” – and pits the former partners and associates against one another, in very close quarters, in an episode that, quite clearly, is not to be missed.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
3
JAPAN IMPORTS A DEMOCRATIC POP-CULTURE TWIST: RANDOM MUSICAL STARDOM By TVWW Guest Contributor
 
 
Occasional TVWW guest contributor Rich Greenhalgh has been following Japanese musical hitmakers AKB48, their popular game tournament, and why they're also big in the US...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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