We all know television’s shopping cart is overflowing with guilty pleasures, so don’t think twice about throwing ABC’s summer soap Grand Hotel into the basket...

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Jun

'EUPHORIA' IS NOT THE TEEN DRAMA WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO By David Hinckley

Way before Beverly Hills, 90210 or Gossip Girl, screwed-up teenagers were providing reliably fertile ground for television shows. Euphoria takes the concept to a new level...

2019

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KEVIN BACON AND ALDIS HODGE MAKE 'CITY ON A HILL' TV WORTH WATCHING By David Hinckley

It takes just over 34 minutes for City on a Hill, a new drama revolving around the criminal justice system in Boston in the early 1990s, to reach the words “Whitey Bulger.” ...

2019

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CINEMAX INTRODUCES THE LATEST ANTI-HERO – CARLA GUGINO'S 'JETT' By David Hinckley

Daisy “Jett” Kowalski is one of the lucky inmates who comes out of prison with a skill that’s marketable in the free world. Unfortunately, it’s the same skill that put her in prison in the first place...

2019

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'ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: A BOB DYLAN STORY' BRINGS BACK AN EXCITING AND HISTORIC TOUR By David Hinckley

In case you hadn’t noticed, the only person in the music biz who doesn’t want to explain Bob Dylan is Bob Dylan...

2019

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'STRAIGHT FORWARD' IS ON TRACK WITH GREAT ACTING By David Hinckley

If you’ve been dying for a crime thriller that unfolds simultaneously in New Zealand and Denmark, your long wait ends with Straight Forward...

2019

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'BIG LITTLE LIES' RETURNS FOR SEASON 2 By David Hinckley

As addictive as Big Little Lies proved during its first season, it did run the ongoing risk of becoming a high-end soap opera with really famous stars...

2019

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SEASON 3 OF 'DESIGNATED SURVIVOR' DEBUTS – ON NETFLIX By David Hinckley

Key members of President Tom Kirkman’s administration are resigning in waves. The Senate is about to vote down one of his hardest-fought and most important bipartisan initiatives...

2019

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'THE COLD BLUE' TELLS THE PREVIOUSLY LOST STORIES OF BRAVE WWII AIRMEN By David Hinckley

Whether or not you’re a fan of the new Catch-22 miniseries, HBO’s The Cold Blue is something you ought to check out...

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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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