While one would not ordinarily argue with the Smithsonian Institute about American history, the Smithsonian Channel’s new documentary on 1968 requires a few asterisks...

2018

May

AFTER YEARS OF FAN PROTESTS, BON JOVI GETS ITS SHARE OF THE SPOTLIGHT AT THE '2018 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY' By David Hinckley

The annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony remains a weird animal in the television music show game...

2018

May

THE STORY OF 'THE JAZZ AMBASSADORS' ON PBS By David Hinckley

Once upon a time, America practiced international diplomacy with a cornet, a piano, and a trumpet...

2018

May

FROM DENMARK, 'THE RAIN' IS FAMILIAR BUT STILL WORTH WATCHING By David Hinckley

Take the framework of The Walking Dead, grab a little of The 100, add ancestral echoes from Lord of the Flies, toss in a hint of Flowers in the Attic and you’ve got the new Danish miniseries The Rain...

2018

May

SEASON 3 OF 'COLONY' TOUCHES DOWN By David Hinckley

The good guys face some serious trouble when USA’s apocalypse drama Colony returns...But at least they're well rested...

2018

Apr

'AMC VISIONARIES: JAMES CAMERON'S STORY OF SCIENCE FICTION' DISSECT THE GENRE By David Hinckley

The same way rap started as a bad-boy outlier and today has become the beat of mainstream popular music, science fiction seems to have taken over the movie industry...

2018

Apr

NEW SEASON OF 'THE HANDMAID'S TALE' ARRIVES TODAY ON HULU By David Hinckley

The Handmaid’s Talebecame television’s sleeper hit last year, with good reason, and Season 2 leads off with the show’s biggest asset: lots and lots of Elisabeth Moss...

2018

Apr

'NOVA' ASKS 'WHAT ARE ANIMALS SAYING?' By David Hinckley

PBS’s Nova starts an ambitious new series Wednesday by asking one of the eternal questions: What exactly are animals saying to us? Or to each other?...

2018

Apr

'ARCHER' RETURNS AND HASN'T LOST ANY OF ITS BRILLIANT FOOLISHNESS By David Hinckley

FXX’s Archer heads into Season 9 the way it started back in Season 1: It’s one of the funniest shows on television...

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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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