NBC’s Blindspot doesn’t start its second season quite as strikingly as it started its first. No shame there. It isn’t every year that you see Jaimie Alexander snaking her way out of a canvas bag in Times Square...

2016

Sep

'MILLION DOLLAR DUCK' PROVES ALL COMPETITION IS FIERCE By David Hinckley

There are all kinds of little worlds out there that most of us never see, and Million Dollar Duck gives us a delightful glimpse into one of them...

2016

Sep

PBS INSERTS EDUCATION INTO THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION ALL WEEK By David Hinckley

Imagine trying to find a way to inject a serious discussion about the shape and future of American education into the current presidential campaign...

2016

Sep

PBS REVEALS 'CHURCHILL'S SECRET' By David Hinckley

Churchill’s Secret dramatizes a little-remembered footnote to one of the most remarkable lives of the 20^th century...

2016

Sep

THE UNSYMPATHETIC, UNWELCOMING HOMECOMING OF VIETNAM VETS IN FX'S 'QUARRY' By David Hinckley

When Mac Conway left the Army for civilian life in 1972, he was able to immediately employ the primary vocational skill he had acquired during two tours in Vietnam, which was killing people...

2016

Sep

REMEMBERING HUGH O'BRIAN (APRIL 19, 1925 - SEPT 5, 2016) By David Hinckley

Hugh O’Brian lived a much better life than the man he is most famous for portraying, Wyatt Earp. O’Brian, who died Monday in his Beverly Hills home at the age of 91, was a dedicated, clean-cut, no-nonsense lawman for six years on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp...

2016

Sep

EDI GATHEGI PLAYS SOME OF THE SCARIEST ROLES ON TV AND NOW ONLINE By David Hinckley

In person, Edi Gathegi seems easy-going and charming...

2016

Sep

IF '800 WORDS' DEVELOPS ACCORDING TO PLAN, YOU MIGHT LIKE IT By David Hinckley

The new Acorn TV import comedy 800 Words is betting that a familiar goofy sitcom premise can gracefully evolve into an engaging drama about finding a way to endure terrible loss...

2016

Sep

'BUILDING STAR TREK' BRINGS SCI-FI TO LIFE By David Hinckley

The Smithsonian special Building Star Trek turns out to be a fascinating rundown on how the cheap props of a cancelled 1960s television show foreshadowed some of today’s coolest technology...

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