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...

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