The Australian dramedy Five Bedrooms starts with a premise that seems so lazy you want to wave your hand and change the channel. But then it pulls the insidious trick of creating internal drama intriguing enough that you want to keep watching it...

2020

Aug

'THE OTHER ONE' WILL FIND YOU ROLLING YOUR EYES AND GIGGLING AT THE SAME TIME By David Hinckley

Sometimes, or maybe more than sometimes, you want to scream at every character in a sitcom, "Stop! Just stop!"...

2020

Aug

A NEW SEASON OF 'ENDEAVOUR' HAS ARRIVED ON PBS By David Hinckley

Inspector Morse just won’t quit being on television, long after the TV odds say he should have eased into retirement...

2020

Aug

'THE SWAMP' EXPLAINS THE REALITIES AND DYSFUNCTION OF CONGRESS By David Hinckley

No matter where you stand ideologically, it's hard not to get frustrated over the seemingly glacial pace at which things get done – or don't get done – in Washington...

2020

Aug

HISTORY CHANNEL RECALLS THE NUCLEAR STRIKES AGAINST JAPAN THAT ENDED WORLD WAR II By David Hinckley

Seventy-five years ago next Thursday, on Aug. 6, 1945, the United States B-29 Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb that destroyed the Japanese city of Hiroshima, effectively ended World War II, and started a moral debate...

2020

Jul

FROM TROUBLED TO TRIUMPHANT: 'THE GO-GO'S' By David Hinckley

The Go-Go's set out to show that an all-female band could do all the things an all-male band could do, and they pretty much succeeded. That included making catchy records that became big hits...It also included serious internal friction..

2020

Jul

'FRAYED,' ON HBO MAX, IS NOT A SHABBY SHOW By David Hinckley

The age of the plucky female antihero continues to unfold with Frayed, an Australian production that premieres in America on Thursday over HBO Max...

2020

Jul

'THE WEIGHT OF GOLD': THE STEEPEST COST OF BEING AN OLYMPIAN ISN'T ALWAYS FINANCIAL By David Hinckley

Almost everyone knows the feeling of a letdown after a big event ends. You've been focusing on it for so long that once it actually happens, there's an inevitable after-sense of "okay, what now?"...

2020

Jul

THE WAR ON INFO: 'UNITED STATES OF CONSPIRACY' ON PBS By David Hinckley

Years before there was an Internet, radio understood the concept of click bait. You put someone on the air saying the most bizarre things anyone can imagine, and if he or she does it in a voice that's loud and engaging enough, it will entertain some of the audience...

2020

Jul

'REBECKA MARTINSSON' RETURNS FOR SEASON 2 WITH, WELL, A DIFFERENT LOOK By David Hinckley

Now here’s an identity crisis for a TV character: Even the actress who plays you is different...

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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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