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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Dec
17
NBC'S '1600 PENN' IS ITS OWN FISCAL CLIFF By Ed Bark
 
 
1600 Penn at best is a comedy that plunges off its own "fiscal cliff." Democrats and Republicans likely could unite to unanimously pass a bill in which they hereby declare, "Watch us on C-SPAN instead"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
28
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES: STARS AND THEIR SIGNATURE ROLES By Ed Bark
 
 
The death of J.R. Ewing — er, Larry Hagman — leaves us with another vivid reminder of television's power to imprint an actor or actress with a single, signature role...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
24
AN APPRECIATION: LARRY HAGMAN By Ed Bark
 
 
Few TV characters could match the on-screen wattage or off-screen eccentricities of Larry Martin Hagman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
24
LIFETIME''S 'LIZ & DICK' A FESTIVAL OF ICK By Ed Bark
 
 
Lifetime's Liz & Dick exists for the sole exploitive purpose of baiting the masses with another heavy-duty show biz basket case...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
13
ROCKIN' THE PAST WITH HISTORY NETWORK'S "EPIC" 'MANKIND' By Ed Bark
 
 
Stuck on hyper-drive and stuffed with hyperbole, Mankind: The Story of All of Us is history a-go-go from a programmer that used to obey a few speed limits...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
9
TBS' 'WEDDING BAND' HITS A FEW BEATS By Ed Bark
 
 
The self-anointed "Very Funny" network at last rises to a modicum of merriment in Wedding Band...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
8
SAWYER, ROVE, TRUMP: AN ELECTION NIGHT TO REMEMBER By Ed Bark
 
 
Every election night has its moments, but this one was notable for the oddities contributed by ABC, Fox News Channel and NBC anchor Brian Williams...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
2
NAT GEO'S BIN LADEN DOCUDRAMA STIRS CONTROVERSY By Ed Bark
 
 
Originally planned as a feature film titled Code Name: Geronimo, the 90-minute docudrama SEAL Team Six is highly unlikely to influence voters...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
2
'MALIBU COUNTRY' SINGS THE SAME-OLD SITCOM SONG By Ed Bark
 
 
ABC's Malibu Country belongs on the network of Hot In Cleveland, Happily Divorced and other broad, blast-from-the-past sitcoms...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
1
'REVOLUTION' FANS HAVE A LONG DRY SPELL COMING By Ed Bark
 
 
NBC's wave of midseason programming changes, made at the height of Hurricane Sandy's East Coast surge, puts Revolution on a very extended hiatus...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

HBO’s TV Movie about Liberace Dazzles Like a Sequined Suit — with Two Shining Stars
By David Bianculli
 
 
 
 
DVD: A Look at the Jewish Legacy in Broadway Musicals
By Eric Gould
 
 
 
 
PBS’s ‘American Masters’ Conducts a New Conversation with Mel Brooks… And, on NPR’s ‘Fresh Air,’ So Do I
By David Bianculli
 
 
 
 
ABC's 'Motive': A Crime Drama with a Twist
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Beyond Apu: Indian Americans on Television
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'The Goodwin Games' Has No Chance of Winning
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Anthony Bourdain and 'The Taste of Freedom'
By Eric Gould
 
 
 
 
'Idol' Season 12 Will Be Remembered for All the Wrong Reasons
By Ed Martin
 
 
 
 
The CW's New Fall 2013 Shows: First Clips, First Impressions
By David Bianculli
 
 
 
 
CBS's New Fall 2013 Shows: First Clips, First Impressions
By David Bianculli