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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2018
Mar
9
NETFLIX'S 'COLLATERAL' DELIVERS INTRIGUE ALONG WITH ITS PIZZA By David Hinckley
 
 

At first it seems like the most random murder of the whole TV season: A South London pizza deliverer is shot twice in the chest as he leaves the building where he made the delivery. Collateral, a four-part closed-end Netflix miniseries that becomes available Friday (March 9), weaves a much more complex story...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
8
A BLEAK 'MARVEL'S JESSICA JONES' HITS NETFLIX FOR SEASON 2 By David Hinckley
 
 
If you thought the death of her worst adversary and the passage of two and a half years would brighten Jessica Jones’s world by even one milliwatt, you have not been paying attention...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
8
'THE OATH,' AND 50 CENT, BRING DIRTY COPS TO CRACKLE By David Hinckley
 
 
On TV, at least, being a dirty cop looks like really hard work...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
7
'LIFE SENTENCE' WITH LUCY HALE COMES TO THE CW By David Hinckley
 
 

There are worse problems than the one faced by Stella Abbott in the new CW drama Life Sentence...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
7
BBC AND HULU COME TOGETHER FOR 'HARD SUN' By David Hinckley
 
 
The new thriller Hard Sun plays mix-and-match with two notions TV has tackled often: odd-couple cops and the end of the world...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
5
THE FUTURE OF PBS? By David Hinckley
 
 
Call it an interesting coincidence that PBS is launching a conservative-hosted weekly talk show at the same time the network is facing a push from President Trump and conservative legislators to cut off federal funds for public broadcasting...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
5
THE SECOND SEASON OF 'DELICIOUS' IS SHORT BUT SWEET. AND FUN By David Hinckley
 
 
The British series Delicious might be called dramedy. It might be called slapstick soap opera, except it also has a dark side...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
4
DAVID OGDEN STIERS: AN APPRECIATION By David Hinckley
 
 
David Ogden Stiers was seen or heard in hundreds of television shows over 50 years and many viewers quite likely remember him from just one...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
1
ROWAN ATKINSON IN THE DRAMA 'MAIGRET' By David Hinckley
 
 
You’d think that watching British comedian Rowan Atkinson in a role where he doesn’t crack a smile for two hours would be like watching Amy Schumer play Lady MacBeth...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
28
EXAMINING THE BACKGROUND LEADING TO SEPTEMBER 11TH THROUGH 'THE LOOMING TOWERS' By David Hinckley
 
 
Painful as it may be, it’s valuable in the wake of any tragedy to dissect what happened with the goal of preventing a recurrence...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 

This Day in TV History

1957: Julie Andrews Stars in 'Cinderella'
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