Many years ago, the iconic Rocky & Bullwinkle series featured an occasional segment called Fractured Fairy Tales, which put a weird and often absurd twist on the traditional yarns with which most children grew up...

2018

Aug

WATCH 'OUR MAN IN TEHRAN' FOR A PERSONAL LOOK AT THE PEOPLE OF IRAN By David Hinckley

Instagram is sweeping the nation and the older folks who have been fighting ideological wars all their lives complain that young people don’t care, that they only want to party...

2018

Aug

'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' RETURNS FOR SEASON 4 – PART II By David Hinckley

Even by the standards of a Zombie Apocalypse, things feel uncomfortably out of sync when Fear the Walking Dead returns Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on AMC...

2018

Aug

AMAZON PRIME PRESENTS 'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' By David Hinckley

Getting on television, much as it has become the American dream, hasn’t done much for the happiness of several characters in a new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Ordeal By Innocence...

2018

Aug

'THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY' IS AN ENDEARING DRAMA DURING WARTIME By David Hinckley

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is the sort of production one used to see in movie theaters...

2018

Aug

'BETTER CALL SAUL' INCHES TOWARD 'BREAKING BAD' By David Hinckley

Part of the reason the Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul has worked so well for three seasons is its refreshing quotient of humanity and humor...

2018

Aug

'LODGE 49' SHOWS PROMISE By David Hinckley

The line between comedy and drama, already a distant memory in some television neighborhoods, blurs further in AMC’s new Lodge 49...

2018

Aug

'NO OFFENCE' IS NO NONSENSE YET FUN-FILLED By David Hinckley

Tormented cops, and sometimes there seem to be no other kind on television except maybe for Tom Selleck on Blue Bloods, often have spells of depression...

2018

Aug

THE FINALE OF 'THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE' IS WORTH THE WAIT By David Hinckley

PBS has never pushed the imported Tunnel series very hard, perhaps because its three seasons have stretched over six years or maybe because it’s always been shrouded in a melancholy darkness...

2018

Aug

'THE SINNER' RETURNS WITH ANOTHER INTRIGUING CRIME THRILLER By David Hinckley

Jimson Weed, which enjoyed a brief stretch of fame several decades ago when it popped up in the lyrics of the Gene Autry cowboy classic “Back in the Saddle Again,” makes an encore appearance on The Sinner...

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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.