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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2020
Apr
15
THE WOMEN BEHIND THE WOMEN OF 'MRS. AMERICA' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Back in 1972, American society seemed to be transforming. "You just had the Civil Rights Act and the Pay Equity Act," said Cate Blanchett...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Apr
8
FROM THE CAST AND CREATORS, AN APPRECIATION OF 'MODERN FAMILY' By Mike Hughes
 
 
When the Modern Family cast first assembled, Jesse Tyler Ferguson was surrounded by strangers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Apr
7
TWO SHOWS END THIS WEEK BUT NOT BEFORE LEAVING THEIR MARKS By Mike Hughes
 
 
Two long-running comedies say farewell this week. One is much loved, one much-liked. Both will be greatly missed. And together, they show how life (especially TV life) has changed in a decade or so...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Apr
5
MORE MUSIC TO ENJOY FROM THE SAFETY OF HOME By Mike Hughes
 
 
TV's music-from-home trend is getting a double boost, with two shows returning...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Apr
4
A DRAMA ABOUT HEIGHTENED REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES DURING WWII By Mike Hughes
 
 
As Europe began crumbling in 1939, a new generation was jolted. That's true of the fictional characters at the core of World on Fire...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Apr
1
BACKGROUND ON THE RESEARCH WORK COVERED IN 'CUBA'S CANCER HOPE' By Mike Hughes
 
 
At 63, George Keays seemed to have an enviable life – good health, great place to live, solid finances...Then doctors said he had stage-4 lung cancer, with little time left...That was four years ago...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
31
CORDEN PRESENTED A MOVING AND ENTERTAINING NIGHT OF CONCERTS IN ISOLATION By Mike Hughes
 
 
TV's music-from-home spurt has finished its pop-music phase. Country is next. Elton John hosted Sunday's concert on Fox while James Corden did Monday's on CBS. Both had plenty of pop stars giving at-home performances...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
30
TALENT THRIVES AT HOME ON FOX'S 'IHEART LIVING ROOM CONCERT FOR AMERICA' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Fox’s iHeart Living Room Concert For America on Sunday proved that sheer talent can thrive, even under stark conditions...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
29
NEW PBS DOCUMENTARY LOOKS AT CHINA'S FORMER "ONE CHILD" POLICY By Mike Hughes
 
 

This isn’t what a filmmaker expects her mother to say at a premiere... 

 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
24
SAVED BY POP TV, 'ONE DAY AT A TIME' FIRST SITCOM TO FOREGO LIVE AUDIENCE By Mike Hughes
 
 

For the One Day at a Time actors, there have been some sharp adjustments. The first was the notion of having a studio audience...And the second is NOT having one...

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Mike Hughes

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 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 

This Day in TV History

1957: Julie Andrews Stars in 'Cinderella'
By TV WW