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

2016

Oct

THE NOT-SO-MEAN MEAN GIRL OF AMAZON’S ‘THE KICKS’ SPEAKS UP By David Hinckley

When Mirabelle Harris first shows up in the new Amazon series The Kicks, it’s like, “Okay, the mean girl is in the house.” Then an odd thing happens. Isabella Acres, who plays Mirabelle, not only makes her sympathetic, but kind of cool...

2016

Sep

IF YOU WEREN’T EXPECTING MUCH FROM WOODY ALLEN’S ‘CRISIS IN SIX SCENES,’ YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED By David Hinckley

Woody Allen’s first TV series, Crisis In Six Scenes, is kind of a mess...

2016

Sep

WITH 'LUKE CAGE,' A HESITANT SUPERHERO HITS NETFLIX By David Hinckley

Netflix continues to do right by the Marvel universe with Luke Cage, whose 13 episodes drop on Friday...

2016

Sep

WHEN VIEWERS TUNE OUT DRAMAS ABOUT MUSIC By David Hinckley

For rock ‘n’ roll-based television shows, the hits don’t seem to have kept on coming...

2016

Sep

STARZ' 'POWER' CLOSES S-3 AS ONE OF TV'S TOP CRIME DRAMAS By David Hinckley

Starz’s intense drama Power wraps up its third season Sunday in its favorite situation, with a target on pretty much everyone’s back...

2016

Sep

CHARLES OSGOOD GOES GENTLY, ONE MORE TIME, INTO 'SUNDAY MORNING' By David Hinckley

We all say we want calm, rational, gentle and literate commentary on radio and television. It calls for a melancholy sigh, then, that Charles Osgood will wind up the TV portion of his career this weekend, hosting his final Sunday Morning broadcast at 9 a.m...

2016

Sep

DON'T BE SURPRISED IF 'PITCH' GOES ON THE DL EARLY By David Hinckley

Fox’s new baseball drama Pitch just misses the strike zone. Rats...

2016

Sep

'DESIGNATED SURVIVOR' COULD WIN BEST NEW SHOW AWARD By David Hinckley

With most of the votes counted, Designated Survivor is the best new network show of the fall season...

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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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