Seeing three minutes of Homer Simpson on a Simpsons show might not seem like a big deal if the three minutes he’s doing this Sunday (5/15) weren’t going to be live...

2016

May

'SCANDAL' BUMPS UP AGAINST REALITY AND DONALD TRUMP By David Hinckley

Warning: Contains spoilers from previously aired episodes of Scandal. One of the big questions hovering over Thursday night’s season finale of Scandal is whether the ABC show has made the right bet on its own political lineup.

2016

May

OVATION’S ‘RAIDERS OF THE LOST ART’ TRIES TO SOLVE GREAT MYSTERIES OF THE OLD MASTERS By David Hinckley

Ovation’s Raiders of the Lost Art doesn’t always deliver exactly what it seems to promise. As an intro course to the history of great artists, it delivers even more...

2016

May

PBS' 'WALLANDER' COMES TO A SATISFYING END By David Hinckley

Our final visit from melancholy Swedish detective Kurt Wallander proves slightly unsettling. In a good way. Sort of...

2016

May

ERNIE HUDSON: ENJOYING THE ACTOR'S LIFE By David Hinckley

Ernie Hudson took a long and winding road to become Lily Tomlin’s boyfriend in Grace and Frankie. An interesting road. Inspirational. Not easy. It could also describe the acting profession in which he has spent his life...

2016

May

JOAN BAEZ AND FRIENDS CELEBRATE HER 75TH BIRTHDAY ON ‘GREAT PERFORMANCES’ By David Hinckley

Joan Baez gets taken for granted sometimes, and her new birthday concert on PBS’s Great Performances reminds us why that should not happen...

2016

May

'GRACE AND FRANKIE' RETURNS WITH A JOLT, SOME PERSONAL GROWTH, AND LAUGHS By David Hinckley

It’s a very different pair of dames we meet when the second season of the Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie drops its 13 episodes Friday (5/6). This year, for starters, Grace and Frankie like each other...

2016

May

OVATION’S 'MILLENNIALS': A VIDEO ALBUM OF THEIR PASSAGE THROUGH ADOLESCENCE INTO ADULTHOOD By David Hinckley

Ovation’s new documentary series Millennials provides both a scary and an honest look at growing up in the 21^st century...

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