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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2016
Jul
6
FX’S 'TYRANT' RETURNS WITH THE FAMILY BUSINESS STILL DYSFUNCTIONAL By David Hinckley
 
 
FX’s Tyrant doesn’t try to pretend that running a Middle Eastern country would be, for most people, a coveted gig...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
5
USA'S 'ROYAL PAINS' ENDS 8-SEASON RUN, LEAVING A VOID By David Hinckley
 
 
It’s no big shock or spoiler to say there are a lot of good outcomes in the last-ever episode of USA’s Royal Pains...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
30
ROBERT KELLY SAYS ‘SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL’ PROVES ROCKERS ARE PEOPLE, TOO – AND THAT HE’S THE BABE MAGNET OF THE BAND By David Hinckley
 
 
It didn’t take a lot of persuading to get Robert Kelly to sign on for FX’s Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. "I’m the drummer in a rock band?," says Kelly. "Denis Leary is writing it? It’s on FX? I am f—ing in."...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
30
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER DVR TO RECORD THE REST OF ‘SHARK WEEK’ AND ‘SHARK FEST’ By David Hinckley
 
 
If you got held up in traffic, don’t worry. There’s still plenty of shark action left this week on your television set...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
28
‘DEAD OF SUMMER’ BRINGS BACK THE WARM WEATHER STAPLE: SPOOKY, SCARY CAMP By David Hinckley
 
 
It’s so heartening to know that in this turbulent world of uncertainty we can count on a few foundational constants...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
26
‘DANCING ON THE EDGE’ IS A COMPLEX DRAMA FILLED WITH ALL THAT JAZZ By David Hinckley
 
 
PBS has hit the right note by bringing back Dancing on the Edge, a BBC series that first aired in the U.S. on Starz in 2013...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
26
SHOWTIME’S ‘ROADIES’ SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON THE INVISIBLE CREW By David Hinckley
 
 
Showtime’s new dramedy Roadies isn’t unlike a rock concert. If the sound feels right and you’re having a good time, you don’t worry whether each note is perfect...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
23
'QUEEN OF THE SOUTH': A SOAP FOR ADRENALINE JUNKIES By David Hinckley
 
 
Outrageous excess is the least we expect from USA’s new drama Queen of the South, and to its credit, the first episode delivers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
23
BBC’S ‘THIRTEEN’ EXPLORES REENTRY OF A LONG-MISSING CHILD By David Hinckley
 
 
Television’s fascination with disappeared children takes a dark, intense turn in Thirteen...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
22
CBS’ 'AMERICAN GOTHIC' ECHOES 'THE FAMILY' AND IS ‘BRAINDEAD' BIZARRE By David Hinckley
 
 
So this prominent, respectable New England family has to cover up inconvenient details of an awful crime, because someone’s running for high political office and those details could derail those aspirations...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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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