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2018

Jun

'THE CONNERS' GETS A GREENLIGHT FROM ABC AFTER IT PUT A STOP TO 'ROSEANNE' By Ed Bark

Roseanne Barr remains unemployed, but her former castmates and crew are on ABC’s payroll anew...

2018

Jun

'TAKE TWO' GIVES ABC ANOTHER 'CASTLE' -- IN PREMISE IF NOT EXECUTION By Ed Bark

From the creator of Castle, here’s another Castle -- only in reverse...

2018

Jun

COSTNER GETS HIS EASTWOOD ON IN PARAMOUNT'S 'YELLOWSTONE' By Ed Bark

Still wearing well at age 63, Kevin Costner is comfortably taking on the kinds of roles that Clint Eastwood used to fall into...

2018

Jun

OWN'S 'LOVE IS_' SERVES UP ROMANCE FROM A DISTANCE AND WITH SPICE By Ed Bark

Spanning 30 years and drawn from the real-life romance of the principal executive producers, Love Is __ gives Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network what looks to be a durable drama with a sweet/spicy sauce...

2018

Jun

FX'S 'POSE' CHARTS NEW TERRITORY BUT SOMETIMES GROANINGLY SO By Ed Bark

FX offers a case study in counter-programming with Sunday’s premiere of Pose (9 p.m. ET) opposite Game 2 of the NBA Finals...

2018

Jun

CINEMAX MAKES SOLID CONTACT WITH J.K. ROWLINGS' 'C.B. STRIKE' By Ed Bark

How sweet it is to see a straight-ahead crime solving series starring a detective with no built-in superpowers, physical or otherwise...

2018

May

FAREWELL TO 'THE AMERICANS' By Ed Bark

It was a somber farewell to The Americans... Here are some explanations as to why it played out the way it did -- and whether there might be more...

2018

May

NBC'S REVERIE CAN'T MUSTER MUCH OF A GRIP By Ed Bark

Sci-fi traveling used to be -- and sometimes still is -- a lot more basic and easily grasped...

2018

May

ROSEANNE BARR'S RACIST TWEET TRIGGERS ABC'S ABRUPT CANCELLATION OF HER HIT REBOOT By Ed Bark

In a jarring development, ABC has canceled Roseanne after the star of the show, Roseanne Barr, authored a since deleted tweet disparaging Valerie Jarrett, a former advisor to President Barack Obama...

2018

May

ABC PLAYED WITH FIRE UNTIL ROSEANNE BARR FINALLY BURNED HER LAST BRIDGE By Ed Bark

Hindsight is always 20/20, which happens to be the name of another ABC show... perhaps the network should have abided by that vintage Rolling Stones song: “Don’t play with me, ‘cause you’re playin’ with fire"...

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Ed Bark

Since 2006, Ed Bark's local and national TV stories and observations have been showcased on his pioneering website, www.unclebarky.com. For 26 years before that, he was TV critic for the Dallas Morning News. He's a past president of the Television Critics Association, and for seven years served on the national Peabody Awards board.