If you’re happy with TV crime procedurals where the bad guys get nailed and justice wins in a crisp 42 minutes, don’t bother watching the latest incarnation of Witness for the Prosecution when it debuts on Acorn TV Monday...

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Jan

WITH ‘BECOMING WARREN BUFFETT,’ WE DISCOVER THE MAN BEHIND THE FORTUNE By David Hinckley

Warren Buffett is the kind of guy who gives the super-rich a good name. That’s probably America’s dominant perception of a man worth about $63 billion...

2017

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WELCOME TO SUPREME COURT IDOL! By David Hinckley

Before he announces his Supreme Court nominee on live TV Tuesday night, President Trump might want to have someone on his staff Google Megan Walker...

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AMAZON’S ‘Z: THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING’ SHOWS PROMISE By David Hinckley

A Zelda Fitzgerald series is a wonderful and welcome thing...

2017

Jan

MARY TYLER MOORE BROUGHT A NEW KIND OF MOM TO TV IN LAURA PETRIE By David Hinckley

Tell Laura I love her...

2017

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‘RIVERDALE’ LOOKS NOTHING LIKE AN ‘ARCHIE’ COMIC BOOK – AND THAT’S NOT SUCH A BAD THING By David Hinckley

The CW’s new high school drama Riverdale should be sponsored by Red Bull, because chugging a six-pack may be the only way to keep up with it...

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‘SUITS’ IS BACK AND DONNA’S STILL THERE -- THANKFULLY By David Hinckley

Let’s put it this way. If you were starting a fantasy law firm for the USA drama Suits, your first pick wouldn’t be a lawyer. It would be Donna Paulsen...

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THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE MUSIC WITH 'THE NEW EDITION STORY' By David Hinckley

Now here’s a song we’ve all heard before. It’s about artists whose lives are sensational on stage and chaotic everywhere else...

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A REEXAMINATION OF THE KITTY GENOVESE CASE ON PBS’ ‘THE WITNESS’ By David Hinckley

The Witness may be the last thing the mainstream media’s reputation needs right about now...

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BOTH SIDES STILL BLEED IN SEASON 2 OF PBS'S 'MERCY STREET' By David Hinckley

Josh Radnor describes his Dr. Jed Foster character in the Civil War drama Mercy Street as an “optimistic cynic.” “Optimistic about the future of medicine,” says Radnor. “Cynical about human nature"...

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