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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
Apr
25
HULU'S 'THE HANDMAID'S TALE' KEEPS THE FAITH WITH A BRACINGLY STRONG SEASON 2 By Ed Bark
 
 
The show that flipped the switch for Hulu has returned under its own full power...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
23
'GENIUS: PICASSO' SO FAR IS A PORTRAIT WORTH SEEING By Ed Bark
 
 
Vincent Van Gogh got a movie and Kirk Douglas an Oscar nomination for playing him in Lust For Life. The same goes for Jackson Pollock and Ed Harris in Pollock...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
22
HBO'S 'WESTWORLD' RETURNS ON A GRANDER SCALE -- MIND GAMES INCLUDED By Ed Bark
 
 
It’s again easy to get lost in HBO’s Westworld, both from a total absorption standpoint and in trying to deduce what possibly, or impossibly, is going on...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
17
IN TIMES OF TURMOIL, THE BIG FOUR BROADCAST NETWORKS ARE MORE DEVOTED THAN EVER TO SAME OLD/SAME OLD By Ed Bark
 
 
Believe it or not, these are unprecedented times of stability, familiarity, and continuity...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
14
HBO'S 'ELVIS PRESLEY: THE SEARCHER' HAS THE ADDED POIGNANCY OF TOM PETTY'S PERSPECTIVES By Ed Bark
 
 
It can be disconcerting to those of us who have reached a certain age. In truth, though, there’s no denying that the life and times of Elvis Presley have become ancient history to a majority of Americans...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
13
NETFLIX FINDS A WAY TO RELAUNCH 'LOST IN SPACE' By Ed Bark
 
 
The Season of the Reboot now has a reboot that itself was rebuilt from the very start. (Try saying that fast ten times.)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
7
PACINO TAKES THE HBO FIELD AGAIN WITH A BRAVURA PERFORMANCE IN 'PATERNO' By Ed Bark
 
 
Having dispensed with cutthroat lawyer Roy Cohn, death-dealing Dr. Jack Kevorkian and convicted murderer Phil Spector, HBO’s most famous repertory player is back with another real-life portrayal -- and also with the TV performance of the year thus far...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
3
'THE LAST O.G.' GIVES TBS AND TRACY MORGAN A VEHICLE THAT COULD GO FAR By Ed Bark
 
 
Nearly four years removed from a near-fatal car wreck, Tracy Morgan is newly freed from 15 years of other trials and tribulations as the front-and-center star of a bold new TBS sitcom...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
2
ABC LOOKS FOR ANOTHER 'LOST' (SORT OF) WITH 'THE CROSSING' By Ed Bark
 
 
ABC’s last announced new series of the season has a Lost vibe without the initial scope or thrill of discovery...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
2
RIP STEVEN BOCHCO, WHO WILLED BROADCAST TV INTO ADULTHOOD By Ed Bark
 
 
Steven Bochco occasionally would give an inch, but only if you first gave him a mile. Perhaps that’s a stretch, but here’s a guy who gave a damn...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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