If you made a list of the greatest jazz musicians of all time and then a list of the happiest human beings of all time, you wouldn't have to worry much about overlap...

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WAS LENNON LACY MURDERED? 'INDEPENDENT LENS' EXPLORES THE CASE WITH 'ALWAYS IN SEASON' By David Hinckley

Miscarriage of justice stories have become a television staple of late, and Jacqueline Olive's documentary Always In Season calls attention to another disturbing case...

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SEASON 5 OF 'BETTER CALL SAUL' HAS ARRIVED AS STRONG AS EVER By David Hinckley

Season 5 finds the Better Call Saul train gathering speed as it rolls toward Breaking Bad...

2020

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WELCOME BACK, 'THE WALKING DEAD,' FOR PART II OF SEASON 10 By David Hinckley

It's no secret that the Walking Dead franchise has a slight wobble in its gait these days. Don't launch a GoFundMe quite yet...

2020

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WHILE 'HUNTERS' IS A POWERFUL SERIES, KEEP IN MIND THE SAVAGERY IS NOTHING LIKE THE REALITY OF THE THIRD REICH By David Hinckley

Spoiler alert: You might not sleep peacefully after watching Hunters, an Amazon Prime series that becomes available Friday...

2020

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AN AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL CLUB STEEPED IN MYSTERY ON 'PLAYING FOR KEEPS' By David Hinckley

The least glamorous character in Playing for Keeps is the best reason to watch it...

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'FRONTLINE' ASKS ALEXA "ARE YOU LISTENING TO US?" ON 'AMAZON EMPIRE' By David Hinckley

At one point in a new documentary on how Amazon came to pervade the planet Earth, an Amazon official assures an interviewer that the Amazon Echo, a.k.a Alexa, doesn't really "listen" to its subscribers...

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UNDERSTANDING THE STRENGTHS AND THE WEAKNESSES OF 'WASHINGTON' By David Hinckley

The History channel is taking the occasion of George Washington's 288^th birthday to remind us that the Father of Our Country wasn't always the perfect American...

2020

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'WAR OF THE WORLDS' OR HOW TO SURVIVE AN ALIEN ATTACK By David Hinckley

The good news is that when most of the human race drops dead in the latest War of the Worlds, they don't haul themselves back to their feet a few minutes later as zombies...

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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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