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2017

Nov

CBS’ ‘S.W.A.T.’ HAS SOME WORK TO DO By David Hinckley

CBS’s revived S.W.A.T. may be trying to swat too many issues with one show...

2017

Nov

'INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY' WRAPS UP ITS EIGHT SEASONS By David Hinckley

It almost feels too easy to say that George is not departing gently...

2017

Nov

BELOVED HENRY WINKLER: FROM THE FONZ TO HANK ZIPZER AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN By David Hinckley

Fifteen years ago, Henry Winkler decided that dramatizing some of the rough stories from his own childhood could make other childhoods better...

2017

Oct

'EDGAR ALLAN POE: BURIED ALIVE' OFFERS THE UNTOLD STORIES OF HIS LIFE By David Hinckley

Edgar Allan Poe, the 19^th century poet and mystery writer who poked around in the dark shadowy underside of the American psyche, gets some reputation rehab from a new American Masters...

2017

Oct

NBC'S 'BLINDSPOT' IS BACK TO THE FUTURE By David Hinckley

Blindspot has reset itself with a bang. Make that an explosion...

2017

Oct

‘THE LIFE AND SONGS OF KRIS KRISTOFFERSON’ IS A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO AN EXCEPTIONAL TALENT By David Hinckley

If you only know Kris Kristofferson from his biggest hit songs, like “Me and Bobby McGee” or “Help Me Make It Through The Night,” you can give yourself a treat Friday night by listening to a fistful of the rest...

2017

Oct

PERHAPS SHOWTIME'S 'ACTIVE SHOOTER' CAN HELP GET THE TOPIC OF MASS SHOOTINGS TO THE FOREFRONT By David Hinckley

Showtime’s docu-series Active Shooter has been a good way to put a bad thing into perspective...

2017

Oct

‘NOVA’ TAKES A LOOK AT DISASTROUS WEATHER By David Hinckley

PBS’s Nova series has decided that the way to make us feel better about this year’s catastrophic weather events is to point out that at some point over the last 20,000 years, extreme weather has been worse...

2017

Oct

'THE WALKING DEAD' SEASON 8: A NEW ERA BEGINS By David Hinckley

The Walking Dead launches its eighth season Sunday with the two sides inviting each other to a game of All-Out War...

2017

Oct

MARIO VAN PEEBLES CONTINUES TO FOLLOW IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS By David Hinckley

Mario Van Peebles says it never occurred to him that he was multitasking when he produced, directed, helped write and starred in the new Syfy horror series Superstition...

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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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