It’s official. The Downton Abbey world we knew is over. On Sunday night, in episode four of the sixth and final season, Mary said something complimentary about Edith...

2016

Jan

FOX'S 'LUCIFER': BORED WITH HELL, FINDS L.A. IS JUST THE FIT By David Hinckley

Like its title character, the new Fox drama Lucifer is having an identity crisis. That’s not fatal...

2016

Jan

SUPERSIZED CW SUPERHERO CAST GETS DOUBLEWIDE PREMIERE By David Hinckley

You don’t just need a scorecard to keep track of the players in the new CW series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. You need a 64GB flash drive...

2016

Jan

BEN WHISHAW PLAYS RECKLESS AND RELUCTANT IN 'LONDON SPY' By David Hinckley

London Spy, a mystery series that kicks off at 10 p.m. ET Thursday on BBC America, will delight viewers who savor peeling the onion slowly...

2016

Jan

ZACH GALIFIANAKIS TALKS ABOUT HIS 'BASKETS' COUSINS -- LAUGHTER AND CRYING By David Hinckley

“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...

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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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