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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2019
Jun
5
STILL BLEAK AND GRIM, 'THE HANDMAID'S TALE' IS BACK WITH THE GLORIOUS ELISABETH MOSS By David Hinckley
 
 
Hulu’s intense The Handmaid’s Tale enters its third season with probably a bit less buzz than it generated after the first, and the reason may be mildly ironic...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
2
'LUTHER' AND ALICE MORGAN ARE BACK By David Hinckley
 
 
The passage of time hasn’t made life any easier for John Luther. Bad news for him, good news for us...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
2
'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' RETURNS TO LIFE – SO TO SPEAK By David Hinckley
 
 
Good news: The Fear The Walking Dead gang may finally be pulling it all back together...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
2
'NOS4A2,' BASED ON THE NOVEL, ARRIVES ON AMC By David Hinckley
 
 
NOS4A2, the awkwardly named new psychodrama on AMC, takes a risk and makes it work...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
31
'GOOD OMENS' IS A BAD NIGHT OF VIEWING By David Hinckley
 
 
Good Omens, despite a good cast, is not especially good television...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
31
IN PRAISE OF 'DEADWOOD: THE MOVIE' By David Hinckley
 
 
The long-awaited Deadwood: The Movie answers the question of how you finish off a show that had one exquisite ending already...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
29
ON NBC'S 'INBETWEEN,' SHE SEES DEAD PEOPLE – HAVEN'T WE SEEN THIS BEFORE? By David Hinckley
 
 
Turns out zombies aren’t the only people who can be dead but not quite gone...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
29
THE STORY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN ON 'LIGHT FALLS' By David Hinckley
 
 
If you’re looking for a breezy bit of TV candy to kick off the summer, PBS stands ready to serve...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
26
FINALE FEVER – EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED By David Hinckley
 
 
If you’re looking for a proposition that can bring a polarized nation together, here’s a candidate: No one likes to see his or her favorite TV show end...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
24
'WHAT/IF' BRINGS AN EVIL RENÉE ZELLWEGER TO THE SMALL SCREEN By David Hinckley
 
 
Renée Zellweger stars in What/If as venture capitalist Anne Montgomery, a woman who lives to wield power...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'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
 
 
 
 

This Day in TV History

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