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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2016
Oct
14
'GOLIATH' LOOMS LARGE IN THE AMAZON CONTENT CATALOGUE By David Hinckley
 
 
Amazon Prime’s new series Goliath doesn’t reinvent television drama. It just reminds us how good it can be when it’s done well...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
14
WITH 'WOLF CREEK,' THE BAD GUY MAY HAVE MET HIS MATCH By David Hinckley
 
 
Looking for a way to put some focus into the life of your indifferent teenager, the one who always seems vaguely exasperated and wants you mostly just to leave her alone?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
13
POWERFUL & EMOTIONAL TRIBUTES ON 'GRAMMY SALUTE TO MUSIC LEGENDS' By David Hinckley
 
 
Whatever the reason for a new awards/performance special called GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends, any program that reminds us of our rich popular music history will have some merit and some moments...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
10
‘AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE’ IS FULL OF SITCOM INGREDIENTS THAT ARE WAITING FOR A SHOW By David Hinckley
 
 
ABC’s new American Housewife is betting that if you put enough quirky comic elements together, you will get a mashup that comes out funny...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
8
THOMAS HADEN CHURCH ON THE PAIN AND HUMOR OF ‘DIVORCE’ By David Hinckley
 
 
HBO’s Divorce isn’t the kind of television comedy for which Thomas Haden Church remains best-known, and he couldn’t be happier about that...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
7
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DIME MAKES -- THE MINIMUM WAGE QUESTION By David Hinckley
 
 

In at least one sense, the debate over raising the minimum wage is as simple as political questions can get...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
5
ANOTHER MOVIE REBOOT ARRIVES WITH 'FREQUENCY' By David Hinckley
 
 
When Raimy Sullivan fiddles with her father’s dusty old ham radio and hears his voice, she’s surprised. Probably because he died in 1996, which was 20 years ago...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
4
'NO TOMORROW,' ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD, COULD BE A ROM-COM. REALLY By David Hinckley
 
 
The CW’s No Tomorrow unveils the latest clever disguise in which television tries to slip us a rom-com. Nor does the network need to apologize. No Tomorrow is winning and endearing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
3
'BEST OF ENEMIES' RECALLS THE POINT WHEN COUNTERPOINT BECAME MAINSTREAM By David Hinckley
 
 

I’m not sure we need to celebrate the point at which political commentary on television devolved into two people shouting at each other... But it’s worth acknowledging that moment, if only to satisfy our inner masochist, with a documentary on the 1968 quasi-debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal....

 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
3
THE JUDGMENT ON ‘CONVICTION’ IS PROMISING. MAYBE By David Hinckley
 
 
Now here’s an optimistic premise: ABC’s new Conviction suggests that out of a gurgling swamp of political intrigue and double-dealing, something good could bubble to the surface...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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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By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
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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
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