Romcom alert! Romcom alert! At a time when you’re more likely to find a silent film than a good romantic comedy at the movies, Hulu has stepped into the void with Four Weddings and a Funeral...

2019

Jul

THE STORY OF BATMAN'S ALFRED WITH 'PENNYWORTH' ON EPIX By David Hinckley

An origin story for the butler might feel like sweeping up crumbs from the story table, but as Downton Abbey proved when it told us that Carson the butler once anchored a dance team in music halls, that’s not necessarily always the case...

2019

Jul

WITH 'THE BOYS,' AMAZON PRIME EXPOSES THE DARK SIDE OF SUPERHEROES By David Hinckley

Much of the comic superhero world, notably Marvel, has long insulated itself against satire by systematically poking fun at its own characters...

2019

Jul

THIRD TURN FOR 'VERONICA MARS' ON HULU IS A WIN By David Hinckley

Reviving cult television shows from way back earlier in this century has yielded inconsistent results. Reviving Veronica Mars is a win...

2019

Jul

THE STORY OF 'THE PLANETS' ON PBS By David Hinckley

We better enjoy life here while we can, it turns out, because in a billion or so years, it will all be gone...

2019

Jul

'PEARSON,' THE 'SUITS' SPINOFF, PROVIDES MORE GOOD DRAMA ON USA By David Hinckley

When USA decided to spin the Jessica Pearson character from Suits off into her own series, they didn’t just send her next door. They sent her to another galaxy...

2019

Jul

'PANDORA,' DEBUTING ON THE CW, IS CHEESY…BUT IN A GOOD WAY By David Hinckley

Okay, let’s get this out of the way right up front. The CW’s new summer series Pandora is filmed in Bulgaria and features spacecraft that look like those old 1950s props where you could almost see the wires...

2019

Jul

ACORN DROPS SEASON 2 OF 'LONDON KILLS' By David Hinckley

At a time when U.S. television has been taking a small breather, Acorn steps in with new episodes of the breezy police procedural London Kills...

2019

Jul

A REFRESHING LOOK AT STARTING OUT IN NEW YORK ON 'SWEETBITTER' By David Hinckley

Meet the new Tess, not the same as the old Tess...

2019

Jul

A NEW VICAR JOINS 'GRANTCHESTER' ON PBS By David Hinckley

Not to get all melodramatic or anything, but Grantchester opens Season 4 with life-threatening major surgery...

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