The PBS series Secrets of the Dead, to be honest, sometimes feels a little too commercial. This week, however, it’s right on target with a show that asks and calmly explores one of the toughest moral questions of humanity’s last century...

2020

Jan

'AVENUE 5' IS A GREAT COMEDY ESCAPE ON A SPACE CRUISE By David Hinckley

The funniest new show so far in 2020, allowing for the fact we're only 19 days into it, is Avenue 5...

2020

Jan

THE LATEST CRIME THRILLER ON PBS, 'VIENNA BLOOD,' IS WORTH EXPLORING By David Hinckley

PBS has made a good call to pick up Vienna Blood, a British-Austria police drama that premieres Sunday at 10 p.m. ET...

2020

Jan

THOUGH THE PLANET IS IN TROUBLE, 'SEVEN WORLDS, ONE PLANET' REMINDS US IT'S STILL FASCINATING AND BEAUTIFUL By David Hinckley

BBC America's latest splendid nature series reminds us again that Earth changes constantly and rapidly. That sounds like a platitude. Seven Worlds, One Planet politely reminds us it's more like a warning...

2020

Jan

'LITTLE AMERICA' BRINGS TOUCHING IMMIGRANT STORIES TO APPLE PLUS By David Hinckley

It's unfair to judge a television show against its source material. It's hard not to do that with Little America, an eight-episode docudrama series that launches Friday on Apple+...

2020

Jan

THE STORY OF THE 'BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN' By David Hinckley

About the only thing that's ever been completely clear about the Battle of the Little Bighorn is the outcome...

2020

Jan

STEPHEN KING'S 'THE OUTSIDER' IS A THRILLING, GRIM RIDE WITH AN IMPRESSIVE CAST By David Hinckley

The modern-day miniseries has turned into a steady and crowded home for extended crime dramas, and frankly, sometimes they feel exhausting...

2020

Jan

FROM 'MASTERPIECE,' JANE AUSTEN'S 'SANDITON' By David Hinckley

To fully understand PBS's eagerly awaited new adaptation of Jane Austen's unfinished last novel Sanditon, all you need to do is remember Colin Firth rising out of the pond with his clinging white shirt in the 1995 BBC miniseries of Austen's Pride and Prejudice...

2020

Jan

'LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT FOR THE BONE COLLECTOR' TAKES SOME UNIQUE TURNS WORTH INVESTIGATING By David Hinckley

If you had to pass a psychological test to become a television cop these days, here's a sure way to flunk: Convince the shrink you're undamaged...

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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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