Neil Gaiman’s cult classic American Gods has spent 15 years migrating from the printed page to a video screen, and its message doesn’t feel even a tiny bit old...

2016

Aug

NBC'S 'THE GOOD PLACE' CREATOR TALLIES THE SCORE By David Hinckley

The new NBC sitcom The Good Place just might be the most optimistic television show ever...

2016

Aug

WOMEN HAVE THE REAL CONTROL IN ‘POWER’ By David Hinckley

Don’t be fooled by all the testosterone that flows through Starz’s raw-edged drama Power...

2016

Aug

'THE BOYS OF '36' RECALLS THE U.S. ROWERS OF A CONTROVERSIAL OLYMPICS By David Hinckley

Before “The Boys of '36” came along, some folks might have thought the only feel-good story for Americans in the 1936 Olympics was Jesse Owens...

2016

Aug

THE DEATH NOTICE FOR BROADCAST TELEVISION IS STILL PREMATURE By David Hinckley

You might want to hold off on those obituaries for broadcast television networks, the chairman of NBC entertainment programming told television writers in Beverly Hills Tuesday...

2016

Aug

DIVERSITY PANEL SAYS THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO By David Hinckley

Television is making some strides toward looking like its viewership, but a panel of industry professionals told television writers Monday that it’s still a lot easier to get into the game if you’re a white guy...

2016

Aug

MICHELLE DOCKERY ON THE PARALLELS BETWEEN ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ AND TNT’S ‘GOOD BEHAVIOR’ By David Hinckley

BEVERLY HILLS -- No, really, says Michelle Dockery, there is kinship between Lady Mary Crawley, whom she played on Downton Abbey, and Letty Raines, whom she plays on TNT’s upcoming Good Behavior...

2016

Jul

NAT GEO GOES TO 'MARS' THIS FALL By David Hinckley

National Geographic’s upcoming series Mars may only show a fake landing on the Red Planet, but make no mistake, say its creators: A real-life landing is coming soon...

2016

Jul

PRISON LIFE IS ALL TOO REALISTIC IN HBO'S 'THE NIGHT OF' By David Hinckley

Michael Kenneth Williams didn’t have to research Rikers Island before he took the role of Rikers inmate Freddy in HBO’s tense hit drama The Night Of...

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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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