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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Apr
5
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME By David Bianculli
 
 
The new Twin Peaks is coming in May, and that’s not very far away – so take advantage of Showtime’s efforts to help get you caught up. This movie, presented as a prequel to the Twin Peaks TV series, premiered in theaters 25 years ago – and features almost all of the familiar Twin Peaks faces. But it also features some actors and characters new to the fold, following the story line of the days before the mysterious death of Sheryl Lee’s Laura Palmer. Included among t
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
5
FROM 'THE GOOD WIFE' TO 'THE GOOD FIGHT': CAN TOO MUCH GOOD TV BE BAD FOR THE SYSTEM? By Alex Strachan
 
 
A friend who’s just discovered The Good Fight told me the other day that she can’t believe how much she’s enjoying it. In the next breath, she  admitted she’d never seen The Good Wife. This is the kind of admission that demands instant cross-examination...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
5
IFC'S 'BROCKMIRE' SWINGS FOR THE SEATS AND SCORES By Ed Martin
 
 
IFC’s Brockmire -- a seemingly sad story about a washed-up, alcohol-abusing, former major league play-by-play announcer attempting to rebound from a personal crisis happens to be the best new comedy of 2017 to date.  It is also the funniest...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
5
THE REASONS WHY ’13 REASONS WHY’ HAS IMPORTANT THINGS TO SAY By David Hinckley
 
 
Watching 13 hours about a teenage girl killing herself may not sound like the most enticing of the many choices on television these days. Trouble is, suicide is a choice too many real-life teenagers make...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
5
‘ARCHER’ RETURNS ON A NEW NETWORK AND IN A NEW DECADE By David Hinckley
 
 
Sterling Archer meets Humphrey Bogart this season, and it’s about time. Archer, the title character in television’s finest animated detective dramedy, ended last season in a coma...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
4
THE TENSION AND TURMOIL OF ‘PRISON BREAK’ IS BACK ON FOX By David Hinckley
 
 
If you imagine life in the Middle Ages was short, ugly and brutish, there’s a corner of television today that doesn’t portray it much differently. Take the return of Prison Break on Fox at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
4
THE FUN UNDEAD RETURN ON ‘IZOMBIE’ By David Hinckley
 
 
Once upon a time, the undead on iZombie were just misunderstood. Now someone wants to kill them. That may sound a little weird, the undead already being dead and all...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
4
LOUIS C.K. 2017 By David Bianculli
 
 
SPECIAL PREMIERE: I saw Louis C.K. on his current stand-up comedy concert when it hit Philadelphia, and laughed loudly then at his opening words, which he uses again for this new, thoughtful, beautifully structured special “So, abortion…” And he really does open with a long discussion about abortion, followed, in quick order, by his equally incendiary and insightful thoughts about, in order, suicide, ISIS, and religion – and that’s just for starters. There’s
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
4
DIMENSION 404 By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: The title of this new Twilight Zone-type anthology series alludes to that scary “404 Error” message that pops up when your computer is really, truly screwed up. The numerals “404” also pop into the show from time to time as a fun, random cameo, including the price of a coffee at a local coffee shop. And each episode of Dimension 404 begins with a streaming “glitch” that stalls, then takes over, the streaming signal, much like the opening to Th
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Apr
4
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
The “Knockout Rounds” continue – and so does the talent show on display this season, which is very high quality, with lots of distinct and endearing personalities vying to continue. For The Voice, it’s another strong season, and Alicia Keys, in only a few rotations as a judge, has cemented herself as a fierce and clever competitor herself.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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