Whenever Ken Burns talks about The Vietnam War, his epic 10-part documentary, he repeatedly stresses that this war doesn’t have one single truth.... Nor does it have any one single soundtrack...

2017

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ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CRIMES OF THE FILTHY RICH WITH ‘RIVIERA’ By David Hinckley

Riviera reminds us how many television characters have a billion dollars, but can’t afford a moral compass...

2017

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FRANK VINCENT AUGUST 4, 1939 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 By David Hinckley

Some actors fight against being stereotyped. Frank Vincent settled back and enjoyed it...

2017

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GABRIEL MACHT ON ‘SUITS’ AND HARVEY SPECTER By David Hinckley

Gabriel Macht and Sarah Rafferty have been best pals for almost a quarter century, so it’s a nice bonus that they’ve gotten to star together for seven seasons on the USA legal drama Suits...

2017

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RETURNING FOR ITS FINAL SEASON, WHO KNOWS HOW ‘THE MINDY PROJECT’ WILL END By David Hinckley

It’s tough to preview the final season of The Mindy Project, because pretty much everything would be a spoiler and fans deserve the fun of watching each awkward moment lurch to life on its own...

2017

Sep

‘MANHUNT: UNABOMBER’ PRESENTS NEW INFORMATION EVEN UP TO THE LAST EPISODE By David Hinckley

The Discovery Channel’s Unabomber series promises an explosive ending. Happily, however, says director Greg Yaitanes, the only thing exploding this time will be information...

2017

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LIFE, LOVE, AND LEGALITIES IN ‘NEWTON’S LAW’ By David Hinckley

The TV version of Newton’s Law doesn’t offer anything as profound as Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity. Just a good story...

2017

Sep

‘THE ORVILLE’ LAUNCHES ON AN UNEVEN SHAKEDOWN CRUISE By David Hinckley

Sometimes stupid humor makes a cool and endearing point. Sometimes in the new Fox series The Orville, stupid humor doesn’t feel like it’s going much of anywhere...

2017

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HBO’S ‘THE DEUCE’ DIVES DARK INTO OLD TIMES SQUARE By David Hinckley

HBO’s dark new series The Deuce reminds us again that there’s something dramatically irresistible about the Bad Old Days...

2017

Sep

SEASON THREE OF ‘FEAR THE WALKING DEAD’ SEES NEW ALLIANCES By David Hinckley

You would expect that when the third season of Fear the Walking Dead resumes, there’d be a new sheriff in town...

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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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