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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Sep
13
MR. MERCEDES By David Bianculli
 
 
Brady (Harry Treadaway) has mommy issues about as complicated as those of young Norman Bates on Bates Motel. And tonight, Brady’s mommy, played by Kelly Lynch, finally begins to institute some healthy lifestyle changes. Only problem is, Brady prefers her the way she is: twisted…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
13
NOVA: "DEATH DIVE TO SATURN" By David Bianculli
 
 
NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft in 1997, aiming it at Saturn 20 years ago. Since Cassini reached its destination in 2004, we now know so much more about the makeup of Saturn and its rings than we did before. And that doesn’t even count its moons, which we now count at 62. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
13
SOUTH PARK By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Now this is worth waiting for. This is the Season 21 premiere for South Park, a remarkably long-lived series that, like The Simpsons, continues to not only exist, but to thrive. And since this is the first new episode of South Park since the inauguration, expect irreverence – probably aimed at several directions, starting with (pictured) the white nationalist movement.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
13
YOU'RE THE WORST By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week, the Season 4 premiere of this comedy series focused primarily on Jimmy (Chris Geere) and how he was handling the impulsive breakup that separated Gretchen (Aya Cash) and him just as he was proposing to her. This week, we pay attention to her side of things instead – and to their friends (pictured), also left in a befuddled state after Jimmy’s vanishing act.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
13
BROAD CITY By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: This series returns for Season 4 tonight – and, like South Park, is not arriving without taking note of the Trump era.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
13
THE UNFINISHED LEGACY OF 'THE VIETNAM WAR' By Gary Edgerton
 
 
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s The Vietnam War (2017) begins with a blank screen and the throbbing whirr of helicopter blades... an iconic sound is inextricably linked with Americans remembrance of this still unsettling and unresolved conflict.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
12
RETURNING FOR ITS FINAL SEASON, WHO KNOWS HOW ‘THE MINDY PROJECT’ WILL END By David Hinckley
 
 
It’s tough to preview the final season of The Mindy Project, because pretty much everything would be a spoiler and fans deserve the fun of watching each awkward moment lurch to life on its own...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
12
‘MANHUNT: UNABOMBER’ PRESENTS NEW INFORMATION EVEN UP TO THE LAST EPISODE By David Hinckley
 
 
The Discovery Channel’s Unabomber series promises an explosive ending. Happily, however, says director Greg Yaitanes, the only thing exploding this time will be information...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
12
THE MINDY PROJECT By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Mindy Kaling returns for her sixth and reportedly final season, and this year her character, Mindy Lahiri, no longer is chasing men or marriage. She’s married now, to Bryan Greenberg’s Ben – so this season is likely to be about how she reacts after achieving her dreams. Or how dreams have a way of changing along the way… For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
12
HAND IN HAND: A BENEFIT FOR HURRICANE RELIEF By David Bianculli
 
 
When this benefit fundraising special was announced, it was to help victims in the path of Hurricane Harvey, where the massive rain totals flooded most of Houston and many other places in southern Texas. Then, right behind Harvey geographically and alphabetically, came Hurricane Irma, which moved south to north across Florida and turned this special into a rarity: a two-hurricane relief special. Participants include George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Beyoncé, George Strait and Blake Shelto
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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