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Contributors Archive
 
 
2013
Aug
29
'BAD' READING: PHILOSOPHERS PONDER THE BIG QUESTIONS OF WALTER WHITE By Eric Gould
 
 
So, you think you've read all there is to read about the TV landmark? Have you considered the Nietzchean view of "Heisenberg"?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
24
'FIVE BROKEN CAMERAS': THE VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE By Eric Gould
 
 
One day, there is the countryside and olive groves. The next, bulldozers, construction crews, and a military-style security fence. This is a simple tale from the other side of Israeli settlements...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
18
DVD: VINTAGE LATE-NIGHT 'FRIDAYS' GETS NEW LIFE By Eric Gould
 
 
ABC's '80s answer to Saturday Night Live returns in a Best Of collection that looks back on the show's groundbreaking material and its alt-comedy legacy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
9
'HELL ON WHEELS' ARRIVES FOR SEASON THREE By Eric Gould
 
 
The gritty AMC western returns with a new showrunner, some new characters, and a new time slot... changes which aren't necessarily clear improvements...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
1
'BREAKING BAD' FROM BELOW: TVWW PRESENTS A SUPERCUT SAMPLER By Eric Gould
 
 
As the AMC series Breaking Bad reaches it final eight episodes, TVWW takes a look at one of its signature visual viewpoints – from the bottom of things...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
22
GOING INSIDE THE "GREAT FIREWALL" OF CHINA By Eric Gould
 
 
In many ways, High Tech, Low Life is a tale of what happens when old-guard, centralized government collides with the individualism of 21st-century technology...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
18
'BAD' ENDINGS: FIRST THOUGHTS ON THE FINAL 'BREAKING BAD' By Eric Gould
 
 
The Breaking Bad writers have been so great, we suspect their finale will be a lot better – and a lot more surprising – than ours. But that won't stop us from trying...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
10
FX'S 'THE BRIDGE' CONNECTS DARK, BUT INTRIGUING, SIDES By Eric Gould
 
 
There are plenty of unpleasant things going on, and around, a bridge connecting El Paso and Juarez, but there's a lot of good storytelling, and great acting, to go around, too...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
8
W. KAMAU BELL'S RETURN TO LATE NIGHT By Eric Gould
 
 
What you see is what you get with W. Kamau Bell. He's often grinning, running to the punchline... all of which spilled through the telephone loud and clear late last month...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jun
29
'BREAKING BAD' SEASON 5 DVD: CRYSTAL BLUE OCCASION By Eric Gould
 
 
Yeah, even though it's only half of the final Season Five, the latest Breaking Bad DVD offers complete immersion into the show for hard-core fans...like us...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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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