As a few new shows bravely fight their way to the air in television's lost season, NBC hopes that cooped-up Americans will embrace a pair of sitcoms featuring two of the country's best-known and best-liked stars...

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'INSIDE THE MIND OF A DICTATOR' CHRONICLES THE LIFE AND REIGN – SO FAR – OF KIM JONG-UN By David Hinckley

A new documentary on Kim Jong-un suggests the North Korean supreme commander faces a dilemma, not unlike that faced by Al Pacino's Michael Corleone in Godfather II...

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THE CRITICAL POLITICAL ROLE AND ASTOUNDING TALENT OF 'MARIAN ANDERSON: VOICE OF FREEDOM' By David Hinckley

Marian Anderson did not want to become a political symbol. She just wanted to be a singer. She ended up being both, and, frankly, it was partly kind of her own fault...

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'THE LUMINARIES,' IS LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY A DARK STORY By David Hinckley

The filming is often as dark as the story in the new miniseries The Luminaries...

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A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE HISTORY OF HIP HOP WITH 'HIP HOP UNCOVERED' By David Hinckley

The roots of hip-hop have been explored at some length in the years since it improbably became the dominant sound of mainstream American popular music...

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'CLARICE' PICKS UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF WITH YOU-KNOW-WHO By David Hinckley

It's way too easy, not to mention tasteless, to say that the new drama, Clarice, isn't a very satisfying meal...

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ON SUNDANCE NOW: 'THE MURDERS' By David Hinckley

Kate Jameson is that rarest of all TV cops. She comes to the job with no baggage...

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FAMILIAR ROADS ARE TAKEN IN 'FIREFLY LANE,' BUT THE ACTORS MAKE IT WORTH THE TRIP By David Hinckley

"Strange how people who have suffered together have stronger connections than those who are most content," Bob Dylan once sang, and among the many people to whom that could apply are Tully Hart and Kate Mularkey...

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BASED ON A REAL CRIME: 'THE PEMBROKSHIRE MURDERS' By David Hinckley

Some TV detectives – you know who you are – are bulls in the china shop, getting information and solving crimes by a sheer show of power...

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THE REST OF THE STORY: 'CHINA'S COVID SECRETS' By David Hinckley

Almost from the start of the worldwide COVID-19 crisis, China has become an international virus football. China's role and culpability, or lack of it, has been kicked every which way, often depending on the agenda of the kicker...

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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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