The season of the soldier marches on, with the CW’s new Valor offering yet another angle on American fighting forces vs. sneering radical terrorists...

2017

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THE STORY OF ‘SPIELBERG’ ON HBO By David Hinckley

Because we know how good Steven Spielberg is at making movies about other people, it also becomes entertaining to watch his selfies...

2017

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SEASON 2 OF ‘VERSAILLES’ CONTINUES TO EXAMINE THE INTRIGUING LOUIS XIV By David Hinckley

Television’s gallery of egocentric, outrageous and history-changing rulers from the last millennium has welcomed a new addition: King Louis XIV of France...

2017

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‘RILLINGTON PLACE’ IS CHILLING By David Hinckley

Rillington Place marches through the bleak overcast of post-war London to a conclusion we don’t like and can’t change...

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PLAY ALONG WITH ‘THE MAYOR’ By David Hinckley

ABC’s new sitcom The Mayor is kinda goofy. It also kinda works...

2017

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YOUR DEVOTION TO ‘KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD’ MIGHT NOT PAY OFF...OR MAYBE IT WILL By David Hinckley

It would be nice to feel more excited about the world getting saved...

2017

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‘9JKL’ IS FILLED WITH SITCOM TROPES By David Hinckley

If you see that one of CBS’s new fall sitcoms is titled 9JKL, you might wonder, “Huh?” So here’s the explanation...

2017

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MORE MARVEL MUTANTS WITH ‘THE GIFTED’ By David Hinckley

There’s a strong story at the heart of Fox’s The Gifted, the latest beachhead in Marvel’s invasion of television. You just have to wait for it...

2017

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ACTRESS OLIVIA WILLIAMS SAYS WE CAN WE RELATE TO ‘THE HALCYON’ By David Hinckley

Olivia Williams confesses that she never watched Downton Abbey. Now she’s starring in what might be called a darker-toned sequel...

2017

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‘GHOSTED’ ARRIVES IN THE PHYSICAL REALM By David Hinckley

You don’t have to buy into the paranormal to be amused by the new Fox sitcom Ghosted...

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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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