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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Sep
11
LIFE, LOVE, AND LEGALITIES IN ‘NEWTON’S LAW’ By David Hinckley
 
 
The TV version of Newton’s Law doesn’t offer anything as profound as Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity. Just a good story...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
10
‘THE ORVILLE’ LAUNCHES ON AN UNEVEN SHAKEDOWN CRUISE By David Hinckley
 
 
Sometimes stupid humor makes a cool and endearing point. Sometimes in the new Fox series The Orville, stupid humor doesn’t feel like it’s going much of anywhere...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
10
HBO’S ‘THE DEUCE’ DIVES DARK INTO OLD TIMES SQUARE By David Hinckley
 
 
HBO’s dark new series The Deuce reminds us again that there’s something dramatically irresistible about the Bad Old Days...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
9
SEASON THREE OF ‘FEAR THE WALKING DEAD’ SEES NEW ALLIANCES By David Hinckley
 
 
You would expect that when the third season of Fear the Walking Dead resumes, there’d be a new sheriff in town...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
9
ELISABETH MOSS KEEPS IT COMPELLING IN RETURN OF ‘TOP OF THE LAKE’ By David Hinckley
 
 
Robin Griffin has returned. Cuddly, no. Compelling, yes...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
8
'OUTLANDER' IS BACK AND SO IS 20TH CENTURY BRITAIN By David Hinckley
 
 

Outlander finally launches its long-awaited third season on Starz this Sunday, 8 p.m. ET, and for us fans it was worth the wait...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
8
'COLD FEET' REMINDS US THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T OWN THE MARKET ON ANXIETY AND TURMOIL By David Hinckley
 
 
The revived British series Cold Feet hums along on the admirable premise that soapy, angst-driven life crises are not only for the young...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
7
CELEBRATING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SYFY By David Hinckley
 
 
Once upon a time, in an America not so long ago or far away, science fiction was a cult. Today it’s more like an ATM...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
7
JENNIFER BEALS EXAMINES THE THRILL OF PLAYING MARGO IN ‘THE LAST TYCOON’ By David Hinckley
 
 
Even though she’s starring in a TV series rooted in an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, Jennifer Beals isn’t sure Fitzgerald could have written her character...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Sep
6
‘YOU’RE THE WORST’ RETURNS FOR SEASON 4 By David Hinckley
 
 
Jimmy and Gretchen never took the good times particularly well on FXX’s You’re the Worst. You can imagine how they’re coping with the bad times...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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