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2014

Apr

GETTING ITS BILLY BOB ON: FX'S MESMERIZING 'FARGO' By Ed Bark

Billy Bob Thornton’s malevolent Lorne Malvo prowls through FX’s Fargo like the Mayhem Man in those current-day Allstate insurance commercials. He’s much deadlier, though...

2014

Mar

CHRISTOPHER MELONI RE-SEEDS COMEDY ROOTS IN FOX'S 'SURVIVING JACK' By Ed Bark

Justin Halpern is still writing what he knows -- which still isn’t much more than sitcoms about hard-ass dads who bedevil their sons and always say the wrong thing until they say the right thing. Fox’s Surviving Jack shows considerable progress, though...

2014

Mar

SPOILER ALERT! HAVE YOU SEEN THE TRUE DETECTIVE FINALE? By Ed Bark

True fans of HBO’s True Detective have seen the Season 1 finale by now -- many of them more than once no doubt. If you aren't one of them, DON’T READ ANY FURTHER.

2014

Feb

NBC'S 'ABOUT A BOY' IS ONE TO GROW ON By Ed Bark

C’mon viewers, go for it. There are promising signs that About a Boy will grow on you and only get better...

2014

Feb

TCM SERVES UP TASTY '31 DAYS OF OSCAR' APPETIZER By Ed Bark

Turner Classic Movies continues to perform quite a service for humanity with its annual "31 Days of Oscar," now in its 19th year. This year, with a new documentary special, the network gets extra credit...

2014

Jan

STILL A KEEPER: JUSTIFIED'S BACK WITH SEASON 5 By Ed Bark

Never fear. The Harlan County, KY of FX’s Justified remains mostly dirty to the touch, a breeding ground for knuckle-draggers and other forms of low-life... But even by its standards, Tuesday's Season 5 premiere episode was a mayhem-filled blood-dripper...

2014

Jan

CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER – AND IN HIS BRAIN: 'INTELLIGENCE' COMES TO CBS By Ed Bark

Rugged good looks, a chiseled physique and an inclination toward insubordination are pretty much standard operating equipment for CBS’s latter-day stream of crimefighters...

2014

Jan

'DOWNTON ABBEY' SEASON 4: RESONANCE LOST AND NOT ALWAYS FOUND By Ed Bark

PBS’s two-hour Season 4 launch of Downton Abbey easily could be subtitled “Waiting for Lady Mary to Snap Out of It"...

2013

Dec

THERE'S MUCH TO LIKE ABOUT 'PSYCH: THE MUSICAL' By Ed Bark

Here comes Psych: The Musical, a nicely done two-hour whodunit whose signature song is “Under Santa Barbara Skies"...

2013

Dec

OUTSHONE AGAIN: GOLDEN GLOBES TV NOMINATIONS SUPERIOR TO SCREEN ACTORS GUILD'S By Ed Bark

In the TV categories, it’s again no contest. The much-ridiculed Hollywood Foreign Press Association remains way more forward-thinking than Screen Actors Guild...

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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.