It isn’t until the last minute of the first episode of BBC America’s latest drama that many viewers will suddenly get why the show is called Undercover...

2016

Nov

THE HUMANS OF 'POLAR BEAR TOWN' By David Hinckley

Polar bears, more than any other bear this side of the panda, make you want to snuggle down right next to them for a soft cuddle. Except, of course, you don’t...

2016

Nov

'BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE' EXPLORES THE CHANGING AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE By David Hinckley

The good news about the civil rights struggle, suggests a new PBS special, is that we’re winning it. The less good news is that it will never be won. The price of human dignity remains eternal vigilance...

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Nov

'SHOOTER,' THE SERIES, AIMS A LITTLE DEEPER THAN THE MOVIE By David Hinckley

Shantel VanSanten has never been accused of shooting the president. But she’s still had to do some fighting to get to where she is today...

2016

Nov

MARCUS LEMONIS GOES TO HAVANA ON 'THE PROFIT IN CUBA' By David Hinckley

The Profit in Cuba, a special edition of Marcus Lemonis’s CNBC show about making money through commerce, calls to mind the old joke about two friends who are ambushed by a hungry bear...

2016

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TNT'S LATEST DRAMA ON THEIR NEW PROGRAMMING LANDSCAPE By David Hinckley

If they gave Emmys to the actor who most aggressively avoided stereotyping, Michelle Dockery could be writing her acceptance speech right now...

2016

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'MARS' MINISERIES EXPLORES DOCUMENTARY AND DRAMA By David Hinckley

National Geographic’s ambitious six-part series Mars presents a full-throttle, all-in vision of how we Earthlings might actually, seriously, really open a colony on the Red Planet...

2016

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THE ARTISTRY OF MUSIC PRODUCTION IN PBS' 'SOUNDBREAKING' By David Hinckley

Frank Sinatra records would rarely be confused with Public Enemy records. But the thing to understand about record production, says Hank Shocklee, is that the principle is the same...

2016

Nov

SCIENCE VS. WAR CRIMES IN ACORN'S 'CLOSE TO THE ENEMY' By David Hinckley

Acorn TV, best known as an importer of overseas programming, has banged out a solid hit with a new original production, the period spy drama Close to the Enemy...

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