BBC America's latest splendid nature series reminds us again that Earth changes constantly and rapidly. That sounds like a platitude. Seven Worlds, One Planet politely reminds us it's more like a warning...

2020

Jan

'LITTLE AMERICA' BRINGS TOUCHING IMMIGRANT STORIES TO APPLE PLUS By David Hinckley

It's unfair to judge a television show against its source material. It's hard not to do that with Little America, an eight-episode docudrama series that launches Friday on Apple+...

2020

Jan

THE STORY OF THE 'BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN' By David Hinckley

About the only thing that's ever been completely clear about the Battle of the Little Bighorn is the outcome...

2020

Jan

STEPHEN KING'S 'THE OUTSIDER' IS A THRILLING, GRIM RIDE WITH AN IMPRESSIVE CAST By David Hinckley

The modern-day miniseries has turned into a steady and crowded home for extended crime dramas, and frankly, sometimes they feel exhausting...

2020

Jan

FROM 'MASTERPIECE,' JANE AUSTEN'S 'SANDITON' By David Hinckley

To fully understand PBS's eagerly awaited new adaptation of Jane Austen's unfinished last novel Sanditon, all you need to do is remember Colin Firth rising out of the pond with his clinging white shirt in the 1995 BBC miniseries of Austen's Pride and Prejudice...

2020

Jan

'LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT FOR THE BONE COLLECTOR' TAKES SOME UNIQUE TURNS WORTH INVESTIGATING By David Hinckley

If you had to pass a psychological test to become a television cop these days, here's a sure way to flunk: Convince the shrink you're undamaged...

2020

Jan

EDD "KOOKIE" BYRNES 1933 – 2020 By David Hinckley

With one or two different breaks, Edd Byrnes could have become a movie star. With the breaks he did get, he became Kookie. Byrnes, who died Wednesday at his Santa Monica home at the age of 87, never quite seemed to work out how he felt about that...

2020

Jan

A SURPRISE IS JUST ONE REASON FOR TUNING IN THE FINAL FOUR EPISODES OF 'THE GOOD PLACE' By David Hinckley

In case you still needed any further encouragement to watch the last four Good Place episodes, the first one has a great guest star...

2020

Jan

'ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST' HITS A FEW GOOD NOTES BUT MOST ARE CLUNKERS By David Hinckley

The delights, charms and strengths of popular song are almost infinite. They do not extend to making popular songs a reliable main character in television dramas...

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