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2013

Dec

TNT'S 'MOB CITY' IS NO 'BOARDWALK EMPIRE' By Ed Bark

Painfully striving to be a new form of L.A. Confidential with film noir sprinkles, TNT’s “EAGERLY ANTICIPATED THREE-WEEK TELEVISION EVENT” is looking like another so-so outing from the “We Know Drama” network...

2013

Nov

MEDICAL COMEDY 'GETTING ON' HAS JUST THE RIGHT PRESCRIPTION By Ed Bark

Getting On is amusing, caring, and very deftly adapted for HBO -- and what’s more, you’ll see three revelatory performances from actresses best known for entirely different TV personas...

2013

Nov

ABC'S BIG BATCH OF MIDSEASON CHANGES By Ed Bark

ABC’s midseason schedule will have sweeping changes, including the new cowboy-hatted drama, Killer Women, a series about modern-day Texas Rangers...

2013

Nov

ONE TO WATCH: 'THE DAY KENNEDY DIED' By Ed Bark

At this point, JFK assassination programming is pouring out faster than those chocolates on that old I Love Lucy conveyor belt – but this documentary brings it all home anew, in ways that are both affecting and highly effective...

2013

Nov

LIFE-AFFIRMING: SHOWTIME'S 'TIME OF DEATH' By Ed Bark

Showtime entertainment president David Nevins says, “Death is the most universal topic there is, and yet its examination is largely taboo in our culture"...

2013

Oct

LET IT BLEED: VAMPIRES COME CALLING AGAIN IN NBC'S DRACULA By Ed Bark

NBC’s new Dracula keeps up the usual appearances with ample time for lethal crimes of life-sustaining blood-sucking and other assorted mayhem...

2013

Oct

CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, RIGHT AFTER HALLOWEEN By Ed Bark

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- if you tunnel your vision through department stores and three holi-dazed cable TV networks...

2013

Oct

THERE'S 'REIGN' IN THE CW'S FORECAST By Ed Bark

The new series is, at least, picturesque at times, even if its history is mostly bunk and determinedly so...

2013

Oct

'BURTON AND TAYLOR': LINGERING LOOK AT LAST TANGO By Ed Bark

BBC America’s Burton and Taylor compellingly recaptures the final go-around of its volatile centerpieces...

2013

Oct

SHOWMAN SCHLATTER TO RECEIVE VIDEOFEST KOVACS AWARD By Ed Bark

George Schlatter enjoys his Emmys, but took more joy in honoring others. He'll be presented the Dallas VideoFest’s Kovacs Award on Friday, Oct. 11...

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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.