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TVWW ARCHIVE

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2019
Nov
6
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF 'THE APOLLO,' THE RENOWNED HARLEM THEATER By David Hinckley
 
 
A new documentary on Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater tells its chosen part of the Apollo story well...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
4
ACORN BRINGS BACK 'SLINGS AND ARROWS' FOR ANOTHER RUN By David Hinckley
 
 
As if enough interesting new television isn't being created these days, Acorn is resurrecting a small gem from the past...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
4
'HIS DARK MATERIALS' ON HBO IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR FANTASY FANS By David Hinckley
 
 
The TV series adaptation of His Dark Materials has finally arrived, and like the acclaimed book trilogy on which it's based, it could just as easily have been called His Dense Materials...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
3
THE LIST OF SERIES FINALES THIS SEASON GROWS WITH 'THE AFFAIR' By David Hinckley
 
 
In at least this one sense, television is a zero-sum game: The number of premieres will always exactly match the number of finales...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
1
KERRY WASHINGTON SHINES IN THE POWERFUL 'AMERICAN SON' By David Hinckley
 
 
Stage productions can lose some of their visceral power when they're put on film. The play American Son premieres Friday on Netflix with the force of a hard left cross...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
1
'TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN' IS BACK AND VENEZUELA IS IN THE RADAR By David Hinckley
 
 
The Jack Ryan series is about as reliable as political action thrillers get, and Season 2 of the Amazon Prime version delivers as expected...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
1
STAR POWER CARRIES 'THE MORNING SHOW' By David Hinckley
 
 
It's a problem when a program called The Morning Show makes you want to roll over and go back to sleep...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
30
REVISITING THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD WITH 'THE BRONX, USA' By David Hinckley
 
 
The Bronx might be the best-known borough in America, which is not the same as saying it's the most admired...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
28
A HAUNTED HOUSE ARRIVES WITH SEASON 3 OF 'AGATHA RAISIN' By David Hinckley
 
 
Halloween-themed episodes of popular series often tend to resemble the holiday itself, with the characters having fun by playing, well, characters...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Oct
27
KATHRYN HAHN EXCELS IN 'MRS. FLETCHER' ON HBO By David Hinckley
 
 
We've met Mrs. Fletcher before. We just haven't met Kathryn Hahn playing her...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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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