Queen Elizabeth II is never going to sparkle on the talk show circuit. Still, watching Britain’s longest serving monarch discuss the Crown Jewels provides a unique moment...

2018

Jan

QUEEN 'VICTORIA' ON TWITTER? By David Hinckley

If Queen Victoria were alive today, Donald Trump might not be the only world leader venting on social media...

2018

Jan

DAVID LETTERMAN RETURNS WITH 'MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION' AND BARACK OBAMA By David Hinckley

Watching David Letterman interview Barack Obama becomes a fine hour of television precisely for the reasons you might not expect...

2018

Jan

'TONY BENNETT: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG' ON PBS By David Hinckley

The late Ruth Brown, doubtless not alone among artists, used to say that if it were all the same to everyone else, she’d prefer to get the roses while she was still around to smell them...

2018

Jan

FREEFORM'S 'ALONE TOGETHER' -- A GLIMPSE AT PLATONIC FRIENDS FINDING THEIR WAY THROUGH LIFE – IN L.A. By David Hinckley

Freeform’s new comedy Alone Together is the latest show to reframe the lives of misfit teens and young adults who have traditionally been either exploited as passing comic relief or dismissed as losers...

2018

Jan

'INTO THE AMAZON' RECOUNTS THE PERILOUS MAPPING OF RIO ROOSEVELT By David Hinckley

Theodore Roosevelt was an obsessive talker, a fine president, an intrepid adventurer and, at times, an idiot...

2018

Jan

WHY IS 'THE GOOD DOCTOR' SUCH A RATINGS HIT? By David Hinckley

It’s tricky to find an easy explanation why ABC’s The Good Doctor became this season’s biggest prime-time broadcast network drama...

2018

Jan

NEW HBO BOWIE DOC FOCUSES ON LAST FIVE YEARS OF CREATIVITY By David Hinckley

HBO’s new documentary David Bowie: The Last Five Years spotlights his impressive artistic output from 2011 until he died on Jan. 10, 2016...

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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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