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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2015
Nov
12
WHY IS TVWW WRITING ABOUT '2 BROKE GIRLS'? DAVID HINCKLEY EXPLAINS… By David Hinckley
 
 
CBS’s 2 Broke Girls returns for its fifth season Thursday night, raising again the eternal question of why so many people still watch a sitcom that basically runs on a single gag...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
10
TOUGHEST NEW GIRL ON THE BLOCK By David Hinckley
 
 
Let’s make it official. The toughest new chick on the TV block this season is Jaimie Alexander from NBC’s Blindspot...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
8
STARZ’S 'FLESH AND BONE' GETS VERY DARK VERY FAST (AND THAT’S OKAY) By David Hinckley
 
 
Flesh and Bone comes straight out of new-school television drama, which means it’s 1) compelling, 2) intense and 3) dark... Very, very dark...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
7
OMINOUS MESSAGE FROM ‘AWKWARD’: OMG, WHAT IF HIGH SCHOOL NEVER ENDS? By David Hinckley
 
 
High school ends for Jenna Hamilton on MTV’s “ Awkward Nov. 9, which it turns out will not mean the show is over. Way more terrifying, it also turns out that high school itself may never be over... Ever...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
6
AT 82, CHITA RIVERA'S STILL GOT 'A LOT OF LIVIN' TO DO' By David Hinckley
 
 
Don’t count Chita Rivera among those surprised she’d still be headlining a Broadway musical at the age of 82. “I’m not amazed at all,” says Rivera. ...I feel sorry for kids today who take it easy.”
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
4
REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE THANKING CNBC By David Hinckley
 
 
CNBC inadvertently gave those candidates the greatest gift any politician can ever receive...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
4
'NOVA'S' MASHUP OF TIME SHRINKS US DOWN TO SIZE By David Hinckley
 
 
A mashup of geology, archeology, botany and zoology, Making North America provides an engaging look at our continent over hundreds of millions of years...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
2
FRED THOMPSON’S UNIQUE TV ARC: NIXON TO PALIN TO 'LIFE ON MARS' By David Hinckley
 
 
Fred Thompson’s television arc wasn’t the most exhaustive, but it couldn’t have covered much more turf....
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Nov
1
UPCOMING AWARDS SEASON GEARED FOR HYPE By David Hinckley
 
 
The fresh rollout of star hosts for the Oscar, Golden Globes and People’s Choice awards suggests that once again, someone’s thinking that mere awards winners may not be enough to sell these shows...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Oct
27
OH, NO! NOW WE MAY NEVER GET THAT 'STRIKE BACK' REUNION By David Hinckley
 
 
Time may be running out on the dream of a Strike Back reunion. Okay, it was never all that likely that the stars of the recently concluded, ultra-macho Cinemax series, would somehow have a crossover reunion under the umbrella of their current NBC shows...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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.
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
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
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 

This Day in TV History

1957: Julie Andrews Stars in 'Cinderella'
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