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DAVID BIANCULLI

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All Along the Watchtower

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Uncle Barky's Bytes

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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2020
Feb
26
THE ORIGIN STORY OF 'HUNTERS' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Imagine being Logan Lerman. He's a young actor who's done the usual young-actor roles. But he's also a film buff who admires the classics. And suddenly, at 28, he's starring with Al Pacino...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
25
'MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL' IS THE EPIC TALE OF A MUSIC LEGEND By Mike Hughes
 
 
Rich contrasts flowed through the life and music of Miles Davis. Davis was the consummate cool-guy trumpeter, with fans ranging from Sinatra to rappers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
23
SEASON 2 OF 'KIDDING' IS EVEN MORE CREATIVE AND CAPTIVATING By Mike Hughes
 
 
Some shows – like some people – make themselves difficult to love...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
16
FROM DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN – A MINISERIES ABOUT 'WASHINGTON' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Doris Kearns Goodwin had been working her way through the presidents. Her books had traced the lives of Kennedy, Johnson, Lincoln, Taft, and two Roosevelts...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
14
ROMANCE AND RECORDS ON 'HIGH FIDELITY' By Mike Hughes
 
 
High Fidelity keeps marching across the media landscape. It was a 1995 Nick Hornby novel, a 2000 John Cusack movie, and a 2006 Broadway musical. Now it's a streaming series – a good one – arriving Friday on Hulu...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
9
CLAIRE DANES ON THE FINAL SEASON OF 'HOMELAND' By Mike Hughes
 
 
As the final Homeland season begins (Sunday, Showtime, 9 p.m. ET), one scene seems to define the fictional Carrie Mathison and the very real Claire Danes, who plays her...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
IT'S A BUSY TV NIGHT FOR MID-SEASON By Mike Hughes
 
 
At mid-season, TV viewers expect new shows to trickle in slowly. They don't expect a cascade like this: Thursday has three debuts and a season-opener...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
2
THE TELEVISION IMPACT OF FRED SILVERMAN By Mike Hughes
 
 
Fred Silverman molded a generation of television. It was the last, three-network generation, the final one totally dominated by CBS, ABC, and NBC. And Silverman...ran all three...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley