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TVWW ARCHIVE

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2018
Jan
28
LET THERE BE FLIGHT By Eric Gould
 
 

Back in the day, the first Super Bowl wasn’t even the name for the game. It was known in 1967 as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game...  but the instinct for spectacle was there from the start...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
23
THE JOY OF CRINGING: ‘BASKETS’ SEASON 3 By Eric Gould
 
 
FX seems to have a corner on cringe comedy, or anti-humor... Enter the dour, cringe-worthy and always awkward Baskets, returning for its third season Tuesday night...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
19
RADIO ACTIVITY By Eric Gould
 
 
Portlandia’s final season has premiered and Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are still delivering top-shelf irony in this NPR-style podcast being done in the local police station...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
14
‘FAMILY GUY’ CLOCKS 300: A DOG AND HIS BOY By Eric Gould
 
 
Presidents and iPhones come and go, but some shows are downright perennial. In the case of Family Guy, it is less like a rose and more like a turnip, but maybe still enjoyable nonetheless...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
12
‘ELECTRIC DREAMS’ IS A NEW ZONE FOR MORALITY By Eric Gould
 
 
You might not recognize the late Philip K. Dick by name, but you’ll be well aware of film adaptations of his work including Blade Runner... Now, a new TV anthology of ten episodes based on Dick’s short stories is being released for streaming...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
2
A LITTLE HORSING AROUND By Eric Gould
 
 
Looks like you weren’t the only one dancing your way into 2018. Meet Ace, a police horse at a December 27th street event in New Orleans, where his officer decided to join in the festivities before moving along on patrol..
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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