When Elvis Presley died in 1977, the differences in news coverage were cavernous... By the time newscasts started, “there were six Enquirer reporters in the air for Memphis with $50,000 in cash"...

2020

May

THOUGHTS ON PBS' 'ASIAN AMERICANS' FROM THOSE WHO LIVED IT By Mike Hughes

As Mike Nakayama tells it, enlisting in the military “was not a deeply thought-out decision.” Soon he was in Vietnam, heading into the jungle to induce firefights...

2020

May

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND HULK ARE NOW ON TV AS COMPASSIONATE, FALLIBLE BEINGS By Mike Hughes

There are many reasons we all enjoy miniseries on cable and streaming services. For example, they give superhero actors the chance to show their acting muscles rather than their physical force...

2020

May

'AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: GEORGE W. BUSH' RECOUNTS THE EVOLUTION OF A PRESIDENT By Mike Hughes

For four noisy – and kind of cheerful – decades, there was nothing presidential about George W. Bush. But then came the flip side...

2020

May

'ALL RISE' BECOMES THE FIRST DRAMA TO JUMP INTO THE VIRTUAL POOL By Mike Hughes

Any experiment – Wright Brothers’ flight, man on the moon, mixing chocolate with marshmallow – will have its problems...

2020

Apr

'A PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL' IS DEFINITELY WORTH WATCHING TONIGHT By Mike Hughes

A new art form – we’ll call it “social-distance theater” – takes a big step tonight...

2020

Apr

'AMERICAN IDOL' HAS MADE HISTORY ONCE AGAIN By Mike Hughes

American Idol has changed a lot in the past two decades. For instance, the singers are much better, but the judges are much worse...

2020

Apr

THE MUCH ANTICIPATED 'PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS' DISCUSSED BY THE CREATORS AND STARS By Mike Hughes

The new Penny Dreadful season – Penny Dreadful: City of Angels – sprawls across huge emotional turf...

2020

Apr

JANE GOODALL, EARTH DAY, AND NATGEO By Mike Hughes

Last month, Jane Goodall – who will be the star of many Earth Day programs Wednesday – received some jolting news: She would be relaxing at home for a while...

2020

Apr

SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON EARTH DAY PROGRAMMING By Mike Hughes

Let’s think of it as an Earth Day Film Festival. On Wednesday, our TVs and other devices will be filled with documentaries and other programming, some hopeful and some bleak, for the 50^th anniversary of the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970...

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Mike Hughes remembers watching a TV show in which a man simply played records. He thinks TV is much better now. With Gannett News Service, his television stories went to 100 newspapers; with TV America, they go to considerably fewer, but he still seems happy. Read more at www.mikehughes.tv

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