EDITORS’ NOTE: NO SPOILERS ABOUT VICTIM As Walking Dead fans start to exhale after Sunday night’s brutal season 7 opener, here’s an incidental random thought: It may also have been the moment at which the show’s viewership peaked...

2016

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'MAN WITH A PLAN' NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD By David Hinckley

CBS’s new Matt LeBlanc sitcom Man With a Plan needs a Plan B...

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THE REVOLUTION THAT BROUGHT THE MUSICAL TO BROADWAY: ‘HAMILTON’S AMERICA’ By David Hinckley

A new documentary on the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton proves that even PBS can’t fully explain how some bottles can capture lightning...

2016

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WHAT HAPPENED TO LATINO ISSUES AT THE DEBATES? By David Hinckley

After all the passion that has swirled around immigration in this year’s election campaign, a curious thing happened in all three presidential debates: Latino-focused issues were hardly mentioned...

2016

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FOX IS HOPING TIME HAS NOT WARPED 'ROCKY HORROR' By David Hinckley

One-shot musicals have had a modest renaissance on TV lately, but the real bet for Fox with its new version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show is that a campy cult movie can win over a third generation...

2016

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IF YOU GAMBLE ON 'CHANCE,' YOU JUST MIGHT WIN By David Hinckley

Considering what a mess Dr. Gregory House became on Hugh Laurie’s last TV series, it’s hard to believe that in his new one, the situation looks even worse...

2016

Oct

'AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: TESLA' TRANSMITS THE HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF ELECTRONIC INNOVATION By David Hinckley

Tesla confirms what the scientific community has known for years: that Nikola Tesla crystallized several of the most important elements in our daily lives...

2016

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'THE DURRELLS' INTERRUPTS THE POLITICAL NEWS TO BRING CHARM, LIGHT, AND LAUGHTER By David Hinckley

The Durrells In Corfu has a deft touch with light charm, making it a delightful fall addition to PBS’s Masterpiece Theater lineup...

2016

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SERIES CREATOR BLENDS LBJ, REAGAN AND CLINTON TOGETHER TO MAKE ‘GRAVES’ By David Hinckley

It’s been another rough season for televised political satire... So it’s heartening that Epix’s new comic drama Graves seems to have found an unexplored path in this treacherous jungle...

2016

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WITH ‘GRAVES,’ NIA VARDALOS IS THRILLED TO BE PART OF THE ENSEMBLE By David Hinckley

Nia Vardalos has stepped away from My Big Fat Greek Wedding to deal with My Big Crazy Former President. And his ambitious wife...

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David Hinckley

David Hinckley first grasped the power of television when, at the age of 8, he bullied his parents into buying a basset hound like Cleo on The People’s Choice. He named her Cleo. Somewhat more recently, he worked for 35 years at The New York Daily News, the last seven covering television.

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