Maybe it’s a perverse sign of gender progress that one of the biggest fraud scandals in recent Silicon Valley history came under a woman’s watch. For years, let’s face it; women never got far enough into the upper strata of the high-tech game to have a shot at that kind of superlative...

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'BILLIONS' IS BACK AND RICHER THAN EVER By David Hinckley

Wealth and power are such pervasive and serious shapers of American life that you can only admire the Showtime series Billions for having so much fun with both...

2019

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'SHRILL' AND AIDY BRYANT'S ANNIE DEFINE BEING YOURSELF By David Hinckley

Annie doesn’t call herself plus-size. She calls herself fat, and her complicated relationship with that notion has defined much of her life...

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TRUE-CRIME DRAMA, 'MANHUNT,' DROPS ON ACORN By David Hinckley

Fair warning: Martin Clunes isn’t much more cheerful in the new series Manhunt than he is in Doc Martin. But he’s just as good...

2019

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'THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED' ON HBO REVISITS THE 'SERIAL' PODCAST CRIME By David Hinckley

A new quasi-sequel to Serial will inevitably make less of a cultural splash than the original. But it provides equally valuable context to a case fraught with loose ends...

2019

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'NOW APOCALYPSE' DEBUTS ON STARZ By David Hinckley

Millennials sure lead exciting lives on television...

2019

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'MADE IN HEAVEN' DEBUTS ON AMAZON PRIME By David Hinckley

For some odd reason, Amazon Prime’s new drama Made In Heaven kept reminding me of the USA series Suits. Except that Made In Heaven, which becomes available Friday, revolves around wedding planners instead of lawyers...

2019

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WITH 'AFTER LIFE,' RICKY GERVAIS BRINGS BITTERNESS AGAIN BUT INCLUDES SOME POSSIBLE SWEETNESS THIS TIME By David Hinckley

Ricky Gervais has had a remarkably consistent modus operandi throughout his successful comedic career...

2019

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SEASON 2 OF 'TIN STAR' DEBUTS ON AMAZON PRIME By David Hinckley

In just the first episode of Season 2 of Tin Star, Amazon Prime’s dark police drama, almost all the major characters at some point look like goners...

2019

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THOUGH DISTURBING AND HORRIBLY SAD, 'LEAVING NEVERLAND' IS IMPORTANT VIEWING – IF YOU'RE ABLE By David Hinckley

Advisory warnings at the beginning of television productions tend to have the same impact as pre-flight airline safety instructions about putting on your air mask before helping others. It’s worth paying heed to the advisory that precedes Leaving Neverland...

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