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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2019
Sep
26
THE FINAL SEASON OF 'THE GOOD PLACE' STARTS OUT IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE By David Hinckley
 
 
To reach the Good Place in the afterlife, one should not behave in cruel and aberrant ways during one's life on Earth...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
26
FROM THE CREATORS OF 'THE GOOD WIFE' COMES THE EERIE 'EVIL' By David Hinckley
 
 
The new CBS supernatural crime drama Evil isn't the first TV series to bet that the possible existence of inexplicable, mysterious creatures can lay the foundation for a good story...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
25
COBIE SMULDERS MAKES TRAVELING TO 'STUMPTOWN' WORTH THE TRIP By David Hinckley
 
 
Stumptown might just help get us past the tragic demise of Jessica Jones...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
24
THE MYSTERY OF 'EMERGENCE' IS WORTH INVESTIGATING By David Hinckley
 
 

It’s happened to all of us at one time or another. A mysterious kid appears out of nowhere, and you want to help, but you’re just not sure whether you’ve found E.T. or Chucky...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
23
'ALL RISE' SHOWS PROMISE By David Hinckley
 
 
A bright, engaging star may or may not be enough to make a winning case for CBS’s newest legal drama All Rise...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
23
NBC'S 'BLUFF CITY LAW' BRINGS JIMMY SMITS BACK TO THE COURTROOM By David Hinckley
 
 
At a moment when idealists don’t seem to have the upper hand in real-life America, NBC is bringing Jimmy Smits back to fight the noble fight...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
23
ASIDE FROM TALENTED ACTORS, 'PRODIGAL SON' HAS LITTLE ELSE TO OFFER By David Hinckley
 
 
Even in the age of Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy, some TV shows still feel too unpleasant to sit down and watch...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
22
'MR. INBETWEEN' IS A HITMAN STORY THAT'S…FUN By David Hinckley
 
 
Ray Shoesmith remains, without question, the funniest hitman on television...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
20
'CRIMINAL' EXAMINES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL OVER THE PHYSICAL OF INVESTIGATIONS By David Hinckley
 
 
Most police procedurals, for obvious reasons, focus on the most dramatic and physically engaging parts of the criminal apprehension process...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Sep
19
'DOWNTON ABBEY,' THE MOVIE, IS WONDERFUL – WHETHER YOU'VE SEEN THE SERIES OR NOT By David Hinckley
 
 
Downton Abbey, the television series, is a tough act to follow. Downton Abbey, the movie, does a jolly good job... 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
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The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
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Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
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'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 

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