“With this show, you have to find the balance,” said Galifianakis. “But in sadness, there are things that are funny. Sadness itself can be very funny. Laughter and crying are cousins..."

2016

Jan

'BASKETS' GOT MARTHA KELLY INTO CHARACTER AND AWAY FROM STANDUP By David Hinckley

Martha Kelly can say that working on the new FX drama Baskets was “the most magical time of my life” without betraying even a hint of an expression...

2016

Jan

PBS ANNOUNCES 'VICTORIA,' 'HAMILTON' AND MORE By David Hinckley

Queen Victoria ruled Britain for 63 years. PBS would like her to rule American Sunday nights for a few more. The network announced Monday that it will launch an eight-part British series called Victoria next year...

2016

Jan

PIPER MAY GO DARKER IN SEASON 4, 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' By David Hinckley

If you’d like Piper to get a little nicer in Season 4 of Orange Is the New Black, maybe she will. Or maybe she won’t. Or maybe she doesn’t need to...

2016

Jan

PRODUCERS RESPOND TO MEDIA VERDICT ON 'MAKING A MURDERER' By David Hinckley

The producers of Netflix’s controversial Steven Avery documentary, Making a Murderer, fired back Sunday at critics who say their indictment of the criminal justice system is distorted and paints Avery in too favorable a light...

2016

Jan

YOU WANT SOME HEFT IN YOUR TV DIET? HERE'S 'WAR AND PEACE' By David Hinckley

PASADENA, CA -- Did the A&E networks commission a lavish eight-hour production of Tolstoy’s War and Peace as a public service, so the rest of us would never have to actually read it? It could work out that way, admits director Tom Harper...

2016

Jan

NETFLIX SETS RETURN OF HIT SHOWS AND DATES FOR NEW SERIES By David Hinckley

Netflix is shrugging off a few jibes from traditional TV networks and doubling down on its charge into the new TV world...

2016

Jan

'DOWNTON ABBEY' RECAP, SEASON 6, EPISODE 3: WEDDING BELL BLUES By David Hinckley

Poor Mrs. Hughes. Just when it looked like she’d won her Hundred Years War not to have her wedding overshadowed by the Crawley family, she got upstaged anyhow...

2016

Jan

SHOWTIME'S 'BILLIONS' BURNS BRIGHT WITH FOUR STARS By David Hinckley

The best way to envision the lead characters in Showtime’s intense new drama Billions is to picture a weather map where four hurricanes are simultaneously converging...

2016

Jan

THE TIMES AGAIN ARE RIGHT FOR A REVIVAL OF PARANOID 'X-FILES' By David Hinckley

Tension, unease, and paranoia may not be great for America. They’re perfect for The X-Files. “This is a really exciting time to be telling X-Files-type stories,” Chris Carter told TV writers Friday. The show's disturbing paranormal tales return Jan. 24...