One of the oldest rules of the tabloid newspaper game is that “if it bleeds, it leads,” meaning a violent, bloody death automatically becomes the top story... But the death Sunday in the seventh episode of the final Downton Abbey season was not the big story...

2016

Feb

'BETTER CALL SAUL' AGAIN ASKS: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? By David Hinckley

Creator Vince Gilligan was determined from the start to give Better Call Saul a personality of its own and he has, even aside from its more deliberate pace and lighter tone...

2016

Feb

'THE WALKING DEAD' RESURRECTS FOR SECOND HALF OF SEASON SIX By David Hinckley

There are many zombies, there’s a lot of action and it is not smart to mess with Daryl. Here’s hoping that isn’t too much of a spoiler for the herd of fans eagerly awaiting Sunday’s midseason return of The Walking Dead...

2016

Feb

PBS PLAYS THE RIGHT NOTES IN BLUES GUITARIST B.B. KING'S BIO By David Hinckley

B.B. King would readily tell anyone who asked that he wasn’t the best blues musician of the 20^th century. What he wouldn’t say is that by the time he finished his career, he had become one of the century’s most important...

2016

Feb

TERENCE WINTER: HIS NEW HBO SERIES 'VINYL' AND THE CHAOS OF THE '70S MUSIC SCENE By David Hinckley

"...A lot of what we’re writing about in this series is chaos,” Terence Winter says of his new series with HBO, Vinyl...

2016

Feb

IT'S A GOOD TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO 'THE GOOD WIFE' By David Hinckley

The now-imminent end of CBS’s critically adored and modestly rated The Good Wife raises again one of TV’s most awkward questions: Can a good series run too long? The answer is yes...

2016

Feb

SAMANTHA BEE REVEALS HER PLANS TO GO 'FULL FRONTAL' By David Hinckley

The Daily Show has spun off another comic child: Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, a weekly show that debuts Monday at 10:30 p.m. ET on TBS... It will build its comedy on real-life reported stories...

2016

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'THE PERFECT CRIME' WASN'T PERFECT, BUT IT STILL RESONATES ALMOST A CENTURY LATER By David Hinckley

Few things unsettle us as deeply as knowing there are people out there who would kill for no reason. Like, say, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb...

2016

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'DOWNTON ABBEY' RECAP, SEASON 6, EPISODE 6: TILTING THE CHESSBOARD By David Hinckley

Mary’s in love, Barrow’s in tears, Carson’s pushing his luck, Daisy’s losing her manners, Isobel’s weakening, Lord Grantham’s bored and if looks from Violet could kill, pretty much everyone would be dead...

2016

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THIS BUD'S FOR YOU? By David Hinckley

Dame Helen Mirren is known for playing blunt-spoken women, up to and including the Queen of England. She doesn't play the Queen in this 60-second Super Bowl ad sponsored by Budweiser beer, but she does have some blunt words for people who drive drunk...

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