You’ll make the grade in Syfy’s Deadly Class if you’re getting consistently high marks in AP Black Arts, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Poison Lab and Dart Workshop...

2019

Jan

THE CW'S 'ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO' CRASH LANDS ALONG WITH ITS EXTRATERRESTRIALS By Ed Bark

The overriding – or more to the point, the only – reason to visit Roswell, New Mexico is its UFO phooey. Once is more than enough...

2019

Jan

'THE PASSAGE' GIVES FOX A SCI-FI CONTENDER WITH HEART TO SPARE By Ed Bark

A generation removed from Saved By the Bell, former teen heartthrob Mark-Paul Gosselaar, now 44, is acting with kids again. Actually, it’s just one kid. But what a kid...

2019

Jan

SEASON 3 OF 'TRUE DETECTIVE' SOLIDLY FOLLOWS THE LEADS OF THE FIRST By Ed Bark

Although not a complete implosion, Season 2 of True Detective had serious structural damage compared to the foundation laid by the fictional whodunit’s acclaimed first edition...

2019

Jan

CBS' 'FAM' IS RACIALLY DIVERSE WITHOUT CALLING ATTENTION TO THE OBVIOUS By Ed Bark

It’s been nearly half a century since CBS dared to launch one of television’s all-time milestones, All in the Family. The network’s Fam, is also something of a benchmark...

2019

Jan

ABC'S 'SCHOOLED' COULD USE A LITTLE DETENTION By Ed Bark

The original version of Schooled flunked as a planned spinoff of ABC’s The Goldbergs...

2019

Jan

THE GOLDEN GLOBES DON'T NECESSARILY DESERVE YOUR DISRESPECT By Ed Bark

Here come the 76th annual Golden Globes, whose mysterious group of 90-some Hollywood Foreign Press Association members somehow have stood the test of time and taunting...

2018

Dec

NANCY WILSON 1937 – 2018 By Ed Bark

In memory of the recently deceased Nancy Wilson, here’s her effortlessly cool and distinctive rendition of “White Christmas,” with an airtight jazz combo backing her...

2018

Dec

ALL HAIL SEASON 2 OF AMAZON PRIME'S 'THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL' By Ed Bark

Eagerly awaited. Most anticipated. Still the best...

2018

Nov

SHOWTIME'S 'ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA': A PRISON BREAK QUITE UNLIKE ANY OTHER By Ed Bark

There’s nothing at all comedic, or even serio-comic about Showtime’s Escape At Dannemora, which makes it all the more surprising to see Ben Stiller’s named attached...

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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.