Who knew this would be such a fruitful TV year for sad clowns? Is it, like, another effect of El Niño? Will Arnett’s new Flaked, which drops Friday on Netflix, is comedy playing off against a story that’s deeply melancholy.

2016

Mar

'UNDERGROUND' IS A POWERFUL TELLING OF A CONTEMPTIBLE TIME By David Hinckley

Underground tackles what some have persuasively argued is the central moral dilemma of the whole American experience: slavery and what it says about our broader struggle with the noble concept of “all men are created equal.”...

2016

Mar

WITH 'DOWNTON' DONE, DOYLE SHIFTS TO 'HAPPY VALLEY' ON NETFLIX By David Hinckley

For Kevin Doyle, Happy Valley is anything but happy. He’s fine with that. After six years as Mr. Molesley, the skittish and neurotic but strangely endearing footman on Downton Abbey, Doyle resurfaces March 16...

2016

Mar

ONE CRITIC'S LIST OF MUST-RENEW SHOWS (AND KILL THE POP-UPS) By David Hinckley

Since we’ve hit the time of year when TV networks are well into deciding what will live or die, I thought I might throw out a couple of personal requests...

2016

Mar

'DOWNTON ABBEY' RECAP, SEASON 6, EPISODE 9, THE FINALE By David Hinckley

And just like that, Downton Abbey ended. Poof. Over. Unless the cast can be rounded up for a movie, we will never see them together again, and while we know that what we should say is “thanks for the memories,” it also illustrates how cruel the universe can be...

2016

Mar

THE MOST TROUBLING QUESTIONS AWAITING THE 'DOWNTON' FINALE By David Hinckley

In trying to figure out what will happen in Sunday night’s last-ever episode of Downton Abbey, it’s worth keeping in mind the Law of TV Finales...

2016

Mar

PBS PROFILES LORETTA LYNN, 'THE FEMALE HANK WILLIAMS' By David Hinckley

Loretta Lynn won America’s affection with the 1980 film Coal Miner’s Daughter. Now the producers of a new PBS documentary want her to also score a little more of America’s admiration...

2016

Mar

'THE FAMILY' SHOWS ITS SHONDA ROOTS AS IT FILLS IN FOR 'SCANDAL' By David Hinckley

It’s come to this: When a Shonda Rhimes show like Scandal takes a break from ABC’s Thursday night lineup these days, another Shonda show like The Family is all queued up to fill the slot. Sweet...

2016

Mar

'FULL HOUSE' HAS GOTTEN 'FULLER' By David Hinckley

With Netflix having unveiled the Full House sequel whimsically called Fuller House, it’s safe to say some fans of the original have wondered over these last 20 years how life was treating D.J. Tanner and her friends. Candace Cameron Bure, who played D.J., isn’t one of them...

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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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