The CW is still perceived as a tyke among the Big Four broadcasting networks. But it may have fall’s showiest newcomer in Batwoman, in which the crime-fighting lead character is gay and “still holding a flame for her ex-girlfriend”...

2019

May

'CATCH-22' AGAIN ELUDES CAPTURE, BUT HULU'S SIX-PART MINISERIES MAKES A VERY GAME GO OF IT By Ed Bark

George Clooney recurrently loves a man in uniform, dating all the way back to Combat High, a super-obscure 1986 TV movie in which he played Maj. Biff Woods...

2019

May

FAMILIAR TV STARS REJOIN/JOIN CBS IN NEW 2019-20 LINEUP By Ed Bark

Former CBS sitcom stars Patricia Heaton and Billy Gardell are getting new whirls while a familiar face from cable’s FX, Walter Goggins, moves to a new address this fall...

2019

May

HBO'S 'WHAT'S MY NAME: MUHAMMAD ALI' IS IN THE RING AND IN HIS WORDS By Ed Bark

Weighing in at two hours, 40 minutes and airing in one sitting, HBO’s What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali, is as thrilling today as it was in his yesteryears...

2019

May

WOMEN TAKE ALL THE LEADS IN ABC'S FOUR FALL NEWCOMERS By Ed Bark

ABC scrimped on new fall series Tuesday, but not on women marching at the heads of them...

2019

May

PEACOCK DROPPINGS: JIMMY SMITS GETS ANOTHER GO ON NBC'S FALL LINEUP By Ed Bark

NBC is leaving four nights unchanged and adding just three new series to its fall prime-time lineup...

2019

May

FOX'S NEW SEASON WILL SAY FAREWELL TO 'EMPIRE' AND HELLO TO WRESTLING By Ed Bark

The Fox broadcasting network, newly under Disney ownership, announced a “start-up mindset” Monday that included news of one-time ratings juggernaut Empire being canceled after its sixth and final season concludes next year...

2019

May

HBO'S 'CHERNOBYL' MINISERIES EXCEEDS EXTRAORDINARY By Ed Bark

Somber to a fault, but never to its determent, HBO’s Chernobyl dares to collude with the misery, deprivation and dogged survival instincts of Russian people large and small...

2019

May

ED ASNER IS STILL HELL ON WHEELS By Ed Bark

Tripping in a hotel and fracturing your knee is not a recommended activity for anyone. Doing it at age 89 only worsens the blow. But indomitable Ed Asner showed up anyway...

2019

Apr

ACT OF CONTRITION: CBS' ‘THE RED LINE’ IS ALL THAT AND MORE WITHOUT BEING WHAT IT COULD BE By Ed Bark

Still striving for atonement after past perceived sins of omission, CBS circles all the bases with The Red Line...

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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.