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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
May
23
LIVE TV IN THE MODERN AGE — AN ALTERNATELY SAD, UPLIFTING, AND BAFFLING NIGHT OF TV By Alex Strachan
 
 
Even by 2017 standards, it was a strange night of TV, but that is what TV viewing — the old-fashioned sitting-in-front-of-the-family-set kind — has become...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
23
ON ‘REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL,’ THE HORRIFYING STORY ABOUT THE SCANDAL OF BRITISH FOOTBALL By David Hinckley
 
 
The most powerful 20 minutes of television Tuesday night are also likely to be the most somber: a catch-up report for the American audience on the pedophilia scandal that began rattling British football last November...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
22
WATCH ‘COUNT ARTHUR STRONG’ FOR SOME LIGHT, WACKY, BRITISH FUN By David Hinckley
 
 
If you enjoy silly walks, broad mugging, extended triple-takes – which, we might stress, are not derogatory terms in the world of British sitcoms – you may quite enjoy Count Arthur Strong...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
22
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Part 1 of 2. This is the final competition round for what has been this show’s fiercest cycle since its inception. The pressure and tension should be very high, because the talent certainly is. The song choices tonight, as much as the performances, count for a lot. Tomorrow, the votes are counted, and this season’s winner is anointed.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
22
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? By David Bianculli
 
 
Now that FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan is over, take one more moment – well, a couple more hours – to watch, and enjoy anew, this 1962 thriller starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
22
THE LATE LATE SHOW CARPOOL KARAOKE PRIMETIME SPECIAL 2017 By David Bianculli
 
 
Among James Corden’s sing-along passengers this year: Katy Perry and Jennifer Lopez. Millions more people watched last year’s Carpool Karaoke special than watch Corden in his regular late-night CBS slot – but then again, tens of millions more people watch him, and Carpool Karaoke, on YouTube than in either the late-night or prime-time slots on CBS. But wherever you see them, they are a blast.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
22
BETTER CALL SAUL By David Bianculli
 
 
Jimmy celebrated his courtroom victory over his brother last week, and saved some of the expenses of his law practice’s advertising budget by pitching his remaining TV ad space – as “Saul Goodman.”  So it’s started – but the evolution of Saul, like this series, is far from over. Thank goodness, because I love this series.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
22
ANGIE TRIBECA By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s episode is called “License to Drill,” and introduces a femme fatale into the mix. It also introduces what looks like a chain-mail suit of armor, based on publicity photographs, for reasons TBS didn’t even bother to begin to make clear. But with Angie Tribeca, anything goes, truly.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
22
WHAT WAS THAT? 'TWIN PEAKS,' OF COURSE By Ed Bark
 
 
Well, that was really weird. Well, why would it be otherwise? Veteran fetishist David Lynch, who is directing all 18 new episodes again seems to be determinedly going nowhere -- and certainly nowhere fast.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
May
21
JOANNE FROGGATT DEPARTS FROM 'DOWNTON' SAINT TO 'DARK ANGEL' By David Hinckley
 
 
Joanne Froggatt wanted a different kind of role after playing the saintly Anna Bates on Downton Abbey. With Dark Angel, she found it... she plays Mary Ann Cotton, a 19th century serial killer...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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