The show is called The Trouble With Maggie Cole, and it's tempting to say the trouble is Maggie Cole. That wouldn't be entirely fair since there are frequent sprinkles of charm...

2020

Oct

AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR 'WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME' By David Hinckley

At a moment when we're watching a real-life discussion in the U.S. Senate of "what the Constitution means to me," a rather different approach to that subject pops up...

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THE STORY OF THE GRUESOME CRIMES OF A U.K. SERIAL KILLER ON 'DES' By David Hinckley

Dennis Andrew Nilsen, who murdered at least 15 men in Britain between 1978 and 1983, stands out even in the netherworld of serial killers...

2020

Oct

'DRIVING WHILE BLACK: RACE, SPACE AND MOBILITY IN AMERICA' EXAMINES A FEAR THAT'S NEVER GONE AWAY By David Hinckley

The point of driving is to get you somewhere. The point of Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America is to show the viewer how the American "crime" of driving while Black reflects a greater and deeper fear...

2020

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LIKE A ZOMBIE, 'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' HAS RETURNED By David Hinckley

The opening for the new season of Fear the Walking Dead will remind anyone who might have forgotten that yes, folks, this is a show built on a comic book...

2020

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'CONNECTING…' IS A COVID-ERA COMEDY THAT REFLECTS THE NEW WORLD WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING By David Hinckley

You knew it was only a matter of time before someone would create a sitcom that looks like a Zoom meeting...

2020

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AI THAT'S SILLY, FOR A CHANGE, WITH 'CODE 404' By David Hinckley

There's a hint of Monty Python in the new British sitcom Code 404, and that's enough to make a marginal premise into an entertaining half-hour of television...

2020

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DRAMA AND INTRIGUE IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE WITH 'DEVILS' By David Hinckley

If you find yourself missing Billions, The CW may be able to help you out. Just don't set your expectations too high...

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EXPLORING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH 'NEXT' By David Hinckley

It's been 52 years since HAL, the rogue computer in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, threatened to undermine all of humanity by developing a not always benign mind of its own...

2020

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'SOULMATES': WHEN ROMANCE COMES DOWN TO SCIENCE By David Hinckley

Let's stipulate up front that to become one of the most unsettling things a viewer could have recently seen on television, the creative team has to clear a pretty high bar...

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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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