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2016

Jun

I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE, AND IT INCLUDES A TV REMAKE OF ‘WESTWORLD’ By Alex Strachan

“Does Westworld really need another remake?” A “Mr. Blue” posted that on Twitter...

2016

May

THE MANY FACES OF BILL MAHER – HOW ‘REAL TIME’ HAS BECOME ONE OF TV’S MOST THOUGHTFUL PROGRAMS By Alex Strachan

“I know why you’re happy tonight,” Bill Maher says at the opening of his Real Time monologue each week...

2016

May

WHY ‘THE AMERICANS’ CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF TV’S MOST RELEVANT DRAMAS By Alex Strachan

The Americans has always had a keen sense of the past, but perhaps never more so than this season..

2016

May

PBS’ ‘FRONTLINE’ DOC ON ISIS SHOWS VALUE OF REAL JOURNALISM IN THE AGE OF THE KARDASHIANS By Alex Strachan

This is what was trending on Google News the other day: “Blac Chyna is Pregnant: 6 Reasons Why Rob Kardashian Is Going to Be a Great Dad.” There are six reasons — at least — not to care, but that is where the media culture is today...

2016

May

CRAY-CRAY: WHERE ART IMITATES LIFE ON ‘VEEP’ By Alex Strachan

Two episodes into Veep’s fifth term, one thing is clear: Life is unlikely to imitate Veep’s art in at least one important respect...

2016

Apr

CHRISTINE BARANSKI REFLECTS ON FEMALE EMPOWERMENT AS ‘THE GOOD WIFE’ READIES ITS FINAL ARGUMENT By Alex Strachan

The Good Wife has experienced both highs and lows in its seven years as one of network television’s shining lights. If there’s one thing Christine Baranski will take with her, it’s the bigger-picture themes the series tackled...

2016

Apr

EARTH DAY SPECIAL REPORT: WHERE ‘PLANET EARTH’ MEETS JAWS-N-CLAWS TV By Alex Strachan

It was a moment of breathtaking beauty, a reminder of the best television can be when it strives for greatness...

2016

Apr

FRONTLINE’S ‘CHILDREN OF SYRIA’ ON PBS IS A POWERFUL AND UNFORGETTABLE TESTAMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT By Alex Strachan

“Children of Syria” is strong stuff, both as documentary filmmaking and as a testament to the human spirit...

2016

Apr

NEVER MIND 'OUTWIT, OUTLAST AND OUTPLAY': SOMETIMES THE REAL GAME ON ‘SURVIVOR’ IS SIMPLY TO SURVIVE By Alex Strachan

By now, Survivor’s audience is used to the routine. Twenty or so contestants are thrown together in a remote tropical location and are split into tribes. At some point, whoever’s left in the two tribes merges into a single group of conflicting personalities...

2016

Mar

THANKS FOR SPOILING ‘THE WALKING DEAD’ FINALE FOR ME, MR. KNOW-IT-ALL By Alex Strachan

I hope you get a kick out of The Walking Dead’s season finale this weekend, I really do. I myself won’t enjoy it — at least, not as much as I might have. A casual acquaintance of mine gave away the ending...

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