A true child of TV, David Hiltbrand has worked as a critic at People and as a columnist and editor at TV Guide. He also has written for the soap operas All My Children and Guiding Light. His column "Dave on Demand" appears every Saturday in The Inquirer.
- Less than a month to learn 'Manon' role
As the second youngest in a raucous family of six, Mt. Airy's Paul F. Tompkins learned early that being funny go him noticed. These days, he's part of killer row of stand-up cable TV specials.
ABC is really itching to make B part of its lexicon this spring. First it introduced the Sunday series GBC, making sure everyone knew it was an abbreviation for a book entitled Good Christian Bitches. Now they bring us Don't Trust the B_____ in Apt 23. How almost daring!
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'Dancing' away from Urkel
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At 35, Jaleel White is back on ABC competing on Dancing With the Stars. The show biz climate has grown noticeably nastier in the interim. However, the former child star remains an affable guy with an unquenchable urge to entertain.
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6 rookie cops take on Morningside Heights in ‘NYC 22’ on CBS
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David Hiltbrand: Fresh out of the police academy, six rookie cops are put on foot patrol in the hellzapoppin’ neighborhood of Morningside Heights in upper Manhattan.
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Kerry Washington is formidable in ABC's 'Scandal'
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Scandal is the intriguing new drama from Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes. It's built around one of the strongest (in every sense) female characters to hit prime time in recent memory. Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) is a former Oval Office insider who has formed a thriving, teeming crisis-management firm in Washington, D.C.
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'The Killing' returning with a jolt of action
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The producers of "The Killing" and the executives at AMC want you to know that they understand your frustration. They assure you as Season Two begins that they have learned their lesson.
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This super Sunday's a TV night to remember
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The god of television is, in my imagination, a rugged cowboy type who looks and sounds a lot like Lorne Greene during the Bonanza era. Whatever tube deities you worship, it is time to give them thanks for the extraordinary programming bounty they have provided us on Sunday night.
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Wrath of the Titans
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David Hiltbrand: It's a question that has plagued mankind since ancient times: what do you do for an encore once you have killed the Kraken?
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'Mad Men' returns and looks aren't everything
- "Mad Men" resumes at last, more stylish than ever, but a contrarian critic questions its substance.As keenly as "Mad Men" has been missed, it's not until you hear the opening theme that you really grasp what an important part of the TV landscape this show has become.
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Dave on Demand:
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David Hiltbrand's column, "Dave on Demand," does not appear this week.
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Bachelor Ben picks Courtney: A psychoanalysis
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Dave on Demand: How could he choose her? That's been the refrain this week as people question Ben Flajnik's choice of Courtney Robertson as his "forever" on "The Bachelor."
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Judd as a female Bourne out to rescue her boy
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Something had to give. You know Ashley Judd didn't sign up for a TV series to play a mild-mannered florist, which is how she's introduced in ABC's Missing.
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