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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2020
Jan
6
'AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: MCCARTHY' RECOUNTS A TIME OF FEAR AND CONCERN By David Hinckley
 
 
A new documentary on the late Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy references no events after May 1957. That's left up to the viewer.


 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
6
EXPLORING STEAMPUNK AND MURDER WITH 'THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES' By David Hinckley
 
 
The Brokenwood Mysteries, a New Zealand crime detective series, opens its sixth season with a surprisingly educational exploration of Steampunk...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
4
THE BEST OF 2019 By David Hinckley
 
 
Before we plunge too deeply into 2020, when we can expect the television weeds will continue to grow taller and thicker, it seems fitting to take one quick glance back at the ten best shows from 2019...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
2
'MESSIAH' EXPLORES WHAT JESUS WOULD FACE IF HE APPEARED IN THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY By David Hinckley
 
 
Messiah’s ambitions are as bold as its title. Messiah, a dramatic thriller whose 10-episode first season premiered New Year’s Day on Netflix, envisions a charismatic Jesus-like character appearing in the modern-day Middle East...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
2
'DEPUTY' IS AS MUCH OF A WESTERN AS YOU'LL SEE TODAY By David Hinckley
 
 
A whole generation of baby-boomer American boys grew up watching Western sheriffs, cowboys, and freelancers save the day by the simple one-two trick of shooting straight and always doing what’s right...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
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The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
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Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
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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