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All Along the Watchtower

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Uncle Barky's Bytes

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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2020
Jul
11
2020 TCA AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED By Mike Hughes
 
 
Pamela Adlon and Ramy Youssef now have two more things in common...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
9
'CAKE' OFFERS NEW CONTENT – WITH ANIMATION By Mike Hughes
 
 
Cartoon characters have always been a breeze to work with. They don't age or ache or retire, and now they don't get COVID...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
4
CELEBRATING CARL REINER THROUGHOUT JULY By Mike Hughes
 
 
For fans of classic comedies – the kind with sharp dialog and great characters – Carl Reiner's death leaves a hunger for his work. Fortunately, there's a lot available right now...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
3
A COVID-19 'A CAPITOL FOURTH' ON PBS By Mike Hughes
 
 
For four decades, A Capitol Fourth has had a cozy place in holiday plans...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
30
CARL REINER 1922 - 2020 By Mike Hughes
 
 
Carl Reiner packed a lot of lives into 98 years. He was the perfect straight man for Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks, the ideal mentor for Steve Martin...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
26
'GREAT PERFORMANCES' PRESENTS THE COMPELLING 'GLORIA: A LIFE' WITH CHRISTINE LAHTI By Mike Hughes
 
 
In some ways, a show about Gloria Steinem's life seems easy and obvious. It's been a big, bold life, one that helped transform society...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
23
TONIGHT, PBS IS THE SITE OF POWERFUL DOCUMENTARIES By Mike Hughes
 
 
Two documentaries arrive Tuesday, with nothing in common – other than first-rate craftsmanship, that is...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
19
PBS CELEBRATES THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF TEXAS WITH 'ANN' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Texas has always had its supersized souls. From Sam Houston to Lyndon Johnson, from Molly Ivins to the Bushes, it seems to savor larger-than-life people. And the late Ann Richards fit in neatly...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
16
THE TRAILBLAZER THAT IS 'MAE WEST: DIRTY BLONDE' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Mae West strolled into a Hollywood that wasn’t ready for her. This was a place that preferred women to be young, thin, and quiet. She was none of those...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
16
HAS ANIMATION CHANGED BECAUSE OF A PANDEMIC? By Mike Hughes
 
 
As TV scrambles to find social-distance drama, a logical option appears: What about animation?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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