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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
Apr
21
A MEDITATIVE SALUTE TO MOTHER EARTH WITH 'SYMPHONY FOR OUR WORLD' By David Hinckley
 
 
To the relatively short list of wordless television shows, add a lovely Nat Geo Wild special called Symphony for Our World...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
18
WHETHER OR NOT YOU BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE, 'DECODING THE WEATHER MACHINE' IS IMPORTANT TV WORTH WATCHING By David Hinckley
 
 
Many years before LOL and OMG and LMK and the rest of today’s social media shorthand, I was introduced to a newspaper business acronym: BBI...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
18
AS 'SCANDAL' ENDS, A LOOK BACK AT SHOWS GONE TOO SOON – OR NOT By David Hinckley
 
 
Thursday’s final episode of Scandal, high-octane though it no doubt will be, reminds me of an odd truth about television series: More of them run too long than end too soon...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
17
'CIVILIZATIONS' REVEALS THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY By David Hinckley
 
 
It’s hard to imagine biting off a bigger, denser chunk of human history than PBS does with its ultra-ambitious new nine-part series Civilizations...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
16
'NO OFFENCE' OFFERS UP FAMILIAR PERSONALITIES By David Hinckley
 
 
Irish actress Elaine Cassidy, who was terrific in the recent thriller import Acceptable Risk, tackles a more difficult acting task in another new import, No Offence...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
15
NEW SEASON OF 'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' ARRIVES WITH NEW BODIES By David Hinckley
 
 
The Zombie Apocalypse version of the old Welcome Wagon rolls out again Sunday when AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead launches its fourth season and we meet several new people in a new place...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
14
'ELVIS PRESLEY: THE SEARCHER' IS A REFRESHER COURSE ON HIS LEGACY By David Hinckley
 
 
There was a time not so long ago when a three-hour film that asked “Who is Elvis Presley?” would have seemed unnecessary because almost everyone who might have cared already knew...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
13
'RELLIK' IS A TRIPPY POLICE PROCEDURAL By David Hinckley
 
 
Better be wide-awake if you want to follow Cinemax’s new six-part serial killer series Rellik...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
13
'BOSCH' IS BACK WITH SEASON 4 By David Hinckley
 
 
The fourth season of Amazon’s police drama Bosch starts with what could be the longest catch-up montage in television history...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
8
WITH 'KILLING EVE,' THE MURDER MYSTERY BECOMES THE GENRE OF WOMEN By David Hinckley
 
 
BBC America’s new Killing Eve lets us savor the age-old question of whether it’s more fun to work as a hitwoman or more fun to try catching a hitwoman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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