Poor Mrs. Hughes. Just when it looked like she’d won her Hundred Years War not to have her wedding overshadowed by the Crawley family, she got upstaged anyhow...

2016

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SHOWTIME'S 'BILLIONS' BURNS BRIGHT WITH FOUR STARS By David Hinckley

The best way to envision the lead characters in Showtime’s intense new drama Billions is to picture a weather map where four hurricanes are simultaneously converging...

2016

Jan

THE TIMES AGAIN ARE RIGHT FOR A REVIVAL OF PARANOID 'X-FILES' By David Hinckley

Tension, unease, and paranoia may not be great for America. They’re perfect for The X-Files. “This is a really exciting time to be telling X-Files-type stories,” Chris Carter told TV writers Friday. The show's disturbing paranormal tales return Jan. 24...

2016

Jan

TBS’S 'ANGIE TRIBECA' REVIVES TV COP SHOW SATIRES By David Hinckley

Angie Tribeca joins a short, fondly remembered and rarely popular group of TV cop shows that satirize TV cop shows...

2016

Jan

WAS THE VOTE TO END 'AMERICAN IDOL' THE RIGHT ONE? By David Hinckley

It seems not everyone associated with Fox’s American Idol thought it was time for the show to be sent home...

2016

Jan

SHOWTIME'S CHEERFUL 'ROADIES' WILL CONVEY THE PASSION IN MUSIC By David Hinckley

Roadies is a warm, affectionate look at the bonds that form among the people who set the staging, work the lights, police the VIP lounge and otherwise set the table for the band...

2016

Jan

FOX IS RETURNING 'PRISON BREAK' -- AND '24' MINUS JACK BAUER By David Hinckley

Even before the new X-Files reaches the air, Fox is dipping into its archives to revive two more well-remembered past hits: 24 and Prison Break...

2016

Jan

USA'S 'COLONY' LEADS THE NETWORK INTO THE DARKER SIDE By David Hinckley

The dark-oppression drama Colony offers an encouraging sign that the USA network is figuring out its own new world...

2016

Jan

10 RANDOM THINGS OVERHEARD AT THE TV CRITICS PRESS TOUR By David Hinckley

Just for the fun of it, here are 10 random things that TV actors, producers and executives have said to writers over the past week here at the semi-annual Television Critics Association press tour...

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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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