So here’s the deal: Even if you’re not going to exercise the option, you should know there is at least one show on television Sunday evening that is not the Super Bowl...

2018

Feb

EXAMINING THE MANY EDGES OF THE OPIOID CRISIS WITH SHOWTIME'S 'THE TRADE' By David Hinckley

Numerous documentaries, on television and elsewhere, have tackled elements of the drug epidemic. Showtime’s new The Trade attempts to connect all the dots...

2018

Feb

THE CASE OF THE MISSING FBI AGENT ON 'ABSENTIA' By David Hinckley

Stana Katic, whose Detective Kate Beckett was both hunter and hunted through eight seasons in the good-natured Castle, now finds herself back in that same situation on a much darker show called Absentia...

2018

Feb

THE RETURN OF 'STRIKE BACK' TO CINEMAX By David Hinckley

One of television’s most successful gender diversity initiatives has entailed letting women in on the fun of noisy violence, so it’s only fitting that Cinemax’s revived Strike Back no longer looks like a boys club...

2018

Feb

'A.P. BIO' IS AN EXPERIMENT IN COMEDY THAT FAILS By David Hinckley

A good TV sitcom doesn’t require the breadth and nuance of King Lear. It does require a little more than we get in A.P. Bio...

2018

Jan

TAKING A PEAK WITH 'ANIMALS WITH CAMERAS' By David Hinckley

Next time you go out for a pizza with a waddle of penguins, you should know they will probably order anchovies...

2018

Jan

ACORN PRESENTS SOME BRITISH GOLDEN GIRLS WITH 'GIRLFRIENDS' By David Hinckley

Let’s consider it a real mark of progress for television that a show called Girlfriends can feature three women in their fifties...

2018

Jan

'THE NUMBER ON GREAT-GRANDPA’S ARM' IS TELEVISION AT ITS MOST VALUABLE By David Hinckley

The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm isn’t your conventional TV show. It runs less than 20 minutes and it’s essentially a capsule summation of the Holocaust, told by a 10-year-old...

2018

Jan

'WE'LL MEET AGAIN' REMINDS US OF THE ENDURING IMPACT PEOPLE HAVE ON OUR LIVES By David Hinckley

The new PBS series We’ll Meet Again takes us on a heartwarming journey to happy endings...

2018

Jan

ACORN'S 'DEAR MURDERER' MAKES FOR A GOOD STORY AND SOMETIME DOCUDRAMA By David Hinckley

Dear Murderer is likely to have somewhat less celebrity sizzle in the U.S. than it did last summer in its native New Zealand. It’s still an entertaining look at practicing law on a tightrope...

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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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