Edgar Allan Poe, the 19^th century poet and mystery writer who poked around in the dark shadowy underside of the American psyche, gets some reputation rehab from a new American Masters...

2017

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NBC'S 'BLINDSPOT' IS BACK TO THE FUTURE By David Hinckley

Blindspot has reset itself with a bang. Make that an explosion...

2017

Oct

‘THE LIFE AND SONGS OF KRIS KRISTOFFERSON’ IS A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO AN EXCEPTIONAL TALENT By David Hinckley

If you only know Kris Kristofferson from his biggest hit songs, like “Me and Bobby McGee” or “Help Me Make It Through The Night,” you can give yourself a treat Friday night by listening to a fistful of the rest...

2017

Oct

PERHAPS SHOWTIME'S 'ACTIVE SHOOTER' CAN HELP GET THE TOPIC OF MASS SHOOTINGS TO THE FOREFRONT By David Hinckley

Showtime’s docu-series Active Shooter has been a good way to put a bad thing into perspective...

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Oct

‘NOVA’ TAKES A LOOK AT DISASTROUS WEATHER By David Hinckley

PBS’s Nova series has decided that the way to make us feel better about this year’s catastrophic weather events is to point out that at some point over the last 20,000 years, extreme weather has been worse...

2017

Oct

'THE WALKING DEAD' SEASON 8: A NEW ERA BEGINS By David Hinckley

The Walking Dead launches its eighth season Sunday with the two sides inviting each other to a game of All-Out War...

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MARIO VAN PEEBLES CONTINUES TO FOLLOW IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS By David Hinckley

Mario Van Peebles says it never occurred to him that he was multitasking when he produced, directed, helped write and starred in the new Syfy horror series Superstition...

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STREAMING FROM BRITBOX, ‘BROKEN’ ILLUSTRATES HOW EVERYONE IS FIGHTING SOMETHING By David Hinckley

You won’t start watching a show called Broken because you think it will cheer you up, and this British import won’t...

2017

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TWO NEW SHOWS ON AUDIENCE NETWORK ARE WORTH A LOOK By David Hinckley

The Audience Network pops out two new comedies Tuesday that couldn’t be much more different either from each other or the rest of television...

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WITH ‘WHITE FAMOUS,’ JAMIE FOXX BRINGS HIS LIFE (ALLEGEDLY) TO SHOWTIME By David Hinckley

Let’s assume Jamie Foxx didn’t go to the trouble of creating the entire new Showtime series White Famous so he could give himself an amusingly graphic sex scene in the opening episode...

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