Pablo Picasso always knew he was going to be a famous artist. The second edition of National Geographic’s Genius series fills in some of the other things he became...

2018

Apr

A UNIQUE 'TIMELESS' ABOUT A UNIQUELY TALENTED MAN By David Hinckley

NBC’s Timeless sends its time-travelers to old San Antonio Sunday. But instead of the obvious moment, which would be the 1836 siege of the Alamo...

2018

Apr

A MEDITATIVE SALUTE TO MOTHER EARTH WITH 'SYMPHONY FOR OUR WORLD' By David Hinckley

To the relatively short list of wordless television shows, add a lovely Nat Geo Wild special called Symphony for Our World...

2018

Apr

WHETHER OR NOT YOU BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE, 'DECODING THE WEATHER MACHINE' IS IMPORTANT TV WORTH WATCHING By David Hinckley

Many years before LOL and OMG and LMK and the rest of today’s social media shorthand, I was introduced to a newspaper business acronym: BBI...

2018

Apr

AS 'SCANDAL' ENDS, A LOOK BACK AT SHOWS GONE TOO SOON – OR NOT By David Hinckley

Thursday’s final episode of Scandal, high-octane though it no doubt will be, reminds me of an odd truth about television series: More of them run too long than end too soon...

2018

Apr

'CIVILIZATIONS' REVEALS THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY By David Hinckley

It’s hard to imagine biting off a bigger, denser chunk of human history than PBS does with its ultra-ambitious new nine-part series Civilizations...

2018

Apr

'NO OFFENCE' OFFERS UP FAMILIAR PERSONALITIES By David Hinckley

Irish actress Elaine Cassidy, who was terrific in the recent thriller import Acceptable Risk, tackles a more difficult acting task in another new import, No Offence...

2018

Apr

NEW SEASON OF 'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' ARRIVES WITH NEW BODIES By David Hinckley

The Zombie Apocalypse version of the old Welcome Wagon rolls out again Sunday when AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead launches its fourth season and we meet several new people in a new place...

2018

Apr

'ELVIS PRESLEY: THE SEARCHER' IS A REFRESHER COURSE ON HIS LEGACY By David Hinckley

There was a time not so long ago when a three-hour film that asked “Who is Elvis Presley?” would have seemed unnecessary because almost everyone who might have cared already knew...

2018

Apr

'RELLIK' IS A TRIPPY POLICE PROCEDURAL By David Hinckley

Better be wide-awake if you want to follow Cinemax’s new six-part serial killer series Rellik...

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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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