If you enjoy silly walks, broad mugging, extended triple-takes – which, we might stress, are not derogatory terms in the world of British sitcoms – you may quite enjoy Count Arthur Strong...

2017

May

JOANNE FROGGATT DEPARTS FROM 'DOWNTON' SAINT TO 'DARK ANGEL' By David Hinckley

Joanne Froggatt wanted a different kind of role after playing the saintly Anna Bates on Downton Abbey. With Dark Angel, she found it... she plays Mary Ann Cotton, a 19^th century serial killer...

2017

May

'WIZARD OF LIES' SHOWS CLIENTS NOT IN CASH ANYMORE By David Hinckley

Just when you may have thought the Bernie Madoff story couldn’t get any sadder, along comes HBO’s The Wizard of Lies, which shows that the real Madoff was far too often a cruel bully who delighted in taunting and humiliating those around him...

2017

May

SUSAN BLOMMAERT MULLS 'BLACKLIST' REVENGE By David Hinckley

It’s been a harrowing year for Susan Blommaert’s Mr. Kaplan on NBC’s The Blacklist, and it’s not over yet. In fact, Blommaert jokes, she may need another bottle of wine to get to the finish line...

2017

May

THE CONTROVERSIAL ROGER AILES, 1940 - 2017 By David Hinckley

The television legacy of Roger Ailes is as impressive as his personal conduct seemed to be deplorable...

2017

May

ABC OFFERS UP A TREAT WITH ‘DOWNWARD DOG’ By David Hinckley

Given how many hour-long TV dramas these days shoot for funny – Scorpion, iZombie -- there’s no reason a half-hour sitcom can’t shoot for poignant...

2017

May

‘AMERICAN EPIC’ BRINGS EARLY MUSIC RECORDINGS TO LIFE By David Hinckley

I’m under no illusion that a whole lot of people will be excited about a PBS show that recounts the history of the Carter Family and the Memphis Jug Band...

2017

May

'FOREVER PURE' DOCUMENTARY SHOWS SPORTS ISN'T ALWAYS A GAME By David Hinckley

The new PBS documentary Forever Pure details another depressing example of how sports can be weaponized.

2017

May

THE REIGN OF ‘KING CHARLES III’ ON PBS By David Hinckley

If you want almost all your current perceptions of the British royal family obliterated, tune in King Charles III...

2017

May

AMAZON'S 'I LOVE DICK' EXPLORES MARRIAGE, ART AND ATTRACTION By David Hinckley

Up for another round of “No, no, what do you really think and how do you really feel?” Then you’ll want to spend Friday diving into Amazon’s new I Love Dick, an adaptation of Chris Kraus’s satiric 1997 novel...

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