Wisdom of the Crowd, in which a tech visionary harnesses the collective power of social media to solve crimes, works hard to make us feel like the good guys can win. By the end, it’s more disturbing than reassuring...

2017

Oct

THANKFULLY, ‘POLDARK’ IS BACK By David Hinckley

After making a bad bad mistake last season, Ross Poldark is trying to get back to being just a tormented moral good guy again...

2017

Sep

MADELINE FONTAINE, THE OSCAR-NOMINATED COSTUME DESIGNER FOR 'VERSAILLES,' ON DRESSING PAUPERS AND KINGS By David Hinckley

Creating costumes for the court of Louis XIV at Versailles turns out to involve a lot more than throwing some fancy fabric on the king, queen and an occasional mistress...

2017

Sep

'TEN DAYS IN THE VALLEY' FEELS A LOT LONGER By David Hinckley

Ten Days in the Valley looks like it will also give viewers 10 weeks in a soap opera...

2017

Sep

'INHUMANS' IS INADEQUATE By David Hinckley

If you’re having trouble keeping up with the blizzard of Marvel TV shows, Inhumans is one you could skip...

2017

Sep

TIM ROTH STARS IN ‘TIN STAR’ By David Hinckley

Amazon Prime’s police/crime thriller Tin Star never lets viewers get too comfortable...

2017

Sep

'WILL & GRACE' IS BACK, THOUGH YOU'D NEVER KNOW THEY LEFT By David Hinckley

The way Will & Grace gets back in the game, you’d never know it had been gone. The fondly remembered sitcom hits the ground joking...

2017

Sep

‘SEAL TEAM’ IS FAMILIAR TERRITORY By David Hinckley

If you’re looking for subtlety in your military adventure stories or your prime-time network drama, CBS’s new SEAL Team won’t be your cup of adrenalin...

2017

Sep

JON BOKENKAMP ON THE MYSTERIES OF ‘THE BLACKLIST’ By David Hinckley

Jon Bokenkamp, who created NBC’s The Blacklist, knows where his shadowy tale is going. He’s just unsure about a few details like exactly how and exactly when...

2017

Sep

NBC PREMIERES 'LAW & ORDER TRUE CRIME: THE MENENDEZ MURDERS By David Hinckley

Recounting sensational real-life crimes used to be a regular menu item for budget-conscious cable channels...

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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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