A TV columnist and pop culture writer, Hiltbrand has worked as a critic at People and as a columnist and editor at TV Guide. Despite being romantically challenged, he has written for the soap operas All My Children and Guiding Light. Hiltbrand is the author of three mystery novels featuring Jim McNamara, the rock n’ roll detective. He has, God help him, seen every episode of American Idol. His column "Dave on Demand" appears every Saturday in The Inquirer.
Email David at dhiltbrand@phillynews.com
- Meet the person, and future brand, Blue Ivy
- Sweet sorrow for a dancer bowing out
- Rural residents strike back at Lucas film empire
- Oprah joins Jimmy Kimmel after the Oscars
Since the misleading pilot, "Are You There, Chelsea?" has been unfunny. It's faltering so badly that a newbie has been rushed to the rescue.
Dave on Demand: Since the misleading pilot, "Are You There, Chelsea?" has been unfunny. It's faltering so badly that a newbie has been rushed to the rescue.
- Oprah joins Jimmy Kimmel after the Oscars
Give ABC's The River (9 p.m. Tuesday, 6ABC) credit for bringing something new to the flat screen. It's a thriller shot in the jerky, underlit, handheld style that was previously the province of feature films such as The Fourth Kind, Cloverfield, The Blair Witch Project, and Paranormal Activity.
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No deceiving Dave
- Watch what you say you're watching. He knows better.Dave on Demand: People, please, can we end this silly charade? You're not fooling me. The minute I tell one of you I write about television for the newspaper, the lying starts.
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The Woman in Black
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David Hiltbrand: There are several points in The Woman in Black when you wish Daniel Radcliffe would simply wave a wand at the malevolent spirit who keeps popping up.
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Declining ratings a sour note for 'American Idol'
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TV shows live by the numbers and die by the numbers. At the moment, American Idol is being gashed with the Nielsen saber.
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Rob Lowe: Renaissance man
- Rob Lowe had a big week: Playing Drew Peterson on Lifetime, doing sports prognosticating, advising would-be presidents.Rob Lowe is on fire, isn't he? Usually, he contents himself with throwing a few jarringly artificial notes into the otherwise carefully calibrated comic mix on NBC's Parks and Recreation.
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Addiction Incorporated
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David Hiltbrand: This dilatory documentary, Addiction Incorporated, chronicles the battle against Big Tobacco, an industry that just a couple of decades ago was considered invincible.
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'Luck' slow to hit stride
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Review: Dustin Hoffman. Michael Mann. David Milch. Luck, HBO's new series about a racetrack in Southern California, has such impressive bloodlines, it's almost intimidating, but it's a tough show to get attached to.
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Underworld: Awakening
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David Hiltbrand: The original death-dealer is back. After taking a break from the third Underworld film, Kate Beckinsale zips into the full-body black leather sheath once again.
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And the winner is … nobody
- The hosts of award shows get no awards - just grief. Ask Ricky Gervais. And beware, Billy Crystal.Dave on Demand: The most thankless task in show business - besides being Chelsea Handler's sidekick - has to be hosting an awards show. You simply cannot win. Ask Ricky Gervais.
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