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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
Dec
30
THE YEAR’S DEFINING TV SHOW: NETFLIX HAS SEEN THE FUTURE, AND IT LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE THIS By Alex Strachan
 
 
No, not Game of Thrones. Not Chernobyl, though both had moments of real, genuine quality. And certainly not Survivor in its ‘Me Too’ season...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
16
THE SAG AWARDS AND ENSEMBLE ACTING: THERE IS NO "I" IN 'GAME OF THRONES' By Alex Strachan
 
 
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations have been announced — think The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Fleabag, don't think Succession — and once again media attention is on the movie nominees, as with the Golden Globes, and not so much the TV nods...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
11
ATTENBOROUGH TO TURN FOCUS NEXT TO TREES, WITH ‘THE GREEN PLANET’ By Alex Strachan
 
 
In just one day, one large tree can draw as much as 100 gallons of water from the surrounding ground and recycle it back into the air, in the form of life-giving water vapor...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
3
FROM ‘SURVIVOR AFRICA’ TO ‘ISLAND OF THE IDOLS’: SAME NAME, DIFFERENT SHOW By Alex Strachan
 
 
So much of TV is in-the-moment. We’re constantly rushing onto the next thing, and have little time to reflect on the past...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
13
NEWS FLASH: REPORTS OF CONVENTIONAL BROADCAST TV'S DEATH ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED, AND HERE'S WHY By Alex Strachan
 
 
What are you watching during November sweeps? Exactly. It's worth digging beneath the surface of these early-season numbers in traditional broadcast television, though...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
5
BEHIND THE BAMBOO CURTAIN: PBS' 'FRONTLINE' EXAMINES THE PROMISES AND PERILS OF AI By Alex Strachan
 
 
Artificial intelligence has yet to find a way to tell you a good TV show from bad...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
19
LIFE AND DEATH IN THE LONG GRASS: 'PBS NATURE' TAKES VIEWERS INTO THE HEART OF THE AFRICAN WILDERNESS IN EPIC, THREE-PART MINISERIES By Alex Strachan
 
 
You can see the Okavango Delta from space. That right there gives you a sense of the sheer scale of the place...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
30
PBS' FRONTLINE ‘THE CROWN PRINCE’ THROWS HARSH SPOTLIGHT ON THE “NEW” SAUDI ARABIA By Alex Strachan
 
 
Two stories, two perspectives. Saudi Arabia announced just this past weekend that it’s now open for tourism — a first...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
23
‘GAME OF THRONES’ BIDS A FITTING FAREWELL AT SUNDAY’S '71ST PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS' By Alex Strachan
 
 
In the end, after three hours of an Emmy night long on moments and even longer on memories, Game of Thrones and Fleabag emerged as winners of the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards for outstanding drama and comedy series respectively...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
17
‘GAME OF THRONES’ TAKES EARLY EMMY LEAD WITH TEN AWARDS By Alex Strachan
 
 
First blood has been drawn, and Game of Thrones has emerged as the early frontrunner in the race for the big prize...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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