Norbert Leo Butz half-jokes that he couldn’t resist joining the new PBS drama Mercy Street “because it’s Grey’s Anatomy with historical integrity"...

2016

Jan

TEEN STAR CIARA BRAVO WANTS HER OWN 'SECOND CHANCE' By David Hinckley

PASADENA, CA -- Becoming a star in the thriving field of tween and teen television gives you many things, one of which is not a guarantee you can remain a star at the next level...

2016

Jan

CBS SAYS THE 'L' WITH IT, CALLS IT SUPER BOWL 50, PLUS OTHER HITS AND MISSES By David Hinckley

The biggest single-event industry in television history will expand this year to include more runup specials about past commercials, a new runup retrospective on great past halftime shows, more hours of pregame show...

2016

Jan

ABC FAMILY LAUNCHES A SAGA, 'SHADOWHUNTERS,' AND A NEW BRAND: FREEFORM By David Hinckley

It’s a new year and a new name for the ABC Family channel, which as of Tuesday becomes Freeform, and apparently the first order of business is to save the world from demons...

2016

Jan

WILL GOLDEN GLOBE SAVE CW'S 'CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND'? By David Hinckley

PASADENA, CA – Rachel Bloom’s Golden Globe win Sunday night for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend just might help bring in the biggest long shot on television: saving her show from extinction...

2016

Jan

MICK JAGGER AND MARTIN SCORSESE TALK ABOUT THEIR NEW HBO SHOW 'VINYL' By David Hinckley

PASADENA, CA -- New York in the 1970s was dirty and dangerous. Hey, wait, so was rock ‘n’ roll...

2016

Jan

'DOWNTON ABBEY' RECAP, SEASON 6, EPISODE 2: LADY MARY VS. MRS. HUGHES By David Hinckley

Now here’s a Downton Abbey faceoff none of us would have foreseen in our most feverish dreams...

2016

Jan

AMC BRINGS THE COMIC BOOK 'PREACHER' TO LIFE THIS SPRING By David Hinckley

If you’re a fan of the cult comic Preacher, AMC’s long-awaited TV series adaptation will sometimes leave you trying to figure out exactly what’s going on. And what’s our point?...

2016

Jan

PARIS SUBS FOR SCOTLAND By David Hinckley

The Starz series Outlander lands in a new country this April, when it returns for its long-awaited Season 2. Instead of the rugged hills of Scotland, our heroes Jamie and Claire repair to Paris... looking like the most glamorous and colorful place this side of Downton Abbey...

2016

Jan

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON SITS AMONG THE STARS By David Hinckley

If you want to disregard science, says Neil deGrasse Tyson, that’s your right as an American. Just don’t forget it may come at a cost...

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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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