FX President John Landgraf, who started a loud rumble in the television industry last summer by declaring that there are too many TV shows, returned this summer to further explain why that’s true...

2016

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FX CHANNELS THE SPIRIT OF 'LOUIE' IN NEW 'BETTER THINGS' By David Hinckley

Louis CK’s FX show Louie may be on indefinite hiatus, but its spirit returns in full off center bloom Sept. 8 with Pamela Adlon’s Better Things...

2016

Aug

FOX'S 'LETHAL WEAPON' HAS A SHARPER EDGE By David Hinckley

Don’t expect Lethal Weapon the Fox TV show to be Lethal Weapon 5 the movie...

2016

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FOX'S 'EXORCIST' CONTINUES THE EVIL OF THE FILM By David Hinckley

BEVERLY HILLS -- As a major fan of The Exorcist, Jeremy Slater says the last thing he’d want to watch is a lame remake...

2016

Aug

FOX REBUILDS POST 'IDOL' LINEUP By David Hinckley

If you’ve got to rebuild, Fox entertainment executives told TV writers Monday, it doesn’t hurt to use familiar blocks...

2016

Aug

JEFFREY TAMBOR TALKS ABOUT 'TRANSPARENT' RESPONSIBILITY By David Hinckley

After the Amazon series Transparent launched in February 2014, Jeffrey Tambor says he could hear the murmurs...

2016

Aug

AMAZON ANNOUNCES NEW SLATE OF SHOWS FOR FALL By David Hinckley

The award-winning Transparent returns to Amazon Prime this fall, and the streaming service is giving it some new high-profile company...

2016

Aug

HUGH LAURIE IS BACK IN THE TV MEDICAL PROFESSION By David Hinckley

Hugh Laurie is returning to the medical profession. But anyone who expects to see the last doctor he played on television is looking in the wrong house...

2016

Aug

IS 'BLACK-ISH' HELPING THE DIVERSITY CONVERSATION? THE CREATOR AND STARS WEIGH IN By David Hinckley

Kenya Barris, creator of ABC’s hit sitcom black-ish, says he’s sick of talking about “diversity.” “I would be so happy when ‘diversity’ is not a word,” Barris told the Television Critics Association...

2016

Aug

THE ABC REPORT: KYRA SEDGWICK, PROCEDURALS, MARVEL, AND MORE By David Hinckley

ABC’s new entertainment president says she’s thrilled to bring back Kyra Sedgwick, and wouldn’t mind if a little more Marvel and Star Wars came along, too...

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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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