On-Air TV Review: ‘Manhunt’ Reserves a Booth for Lincoln

Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 25, 2024 - 9:10am

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 21st, 2024, reviewing the new streaming series “Manhunt” – based on the bestseller by James L. Swanson – currently streaming on Apple TV+.

The Civil War has just ended, and Abraham Lincoln (Hamish Linklater) is taking in a play with his wife Mary (Lily Taylor) at Ford’s Theater. On a big laugh line, John Wilkes Booth (Anthony Boyle) … a Southern sympathizer and actor by profession … shoots Lincoln dead and manages to escape Washington before Secretary of Defense Edwin M. Stanton (Tobias Menzies) can shut down the city’s borders. The “Manhunt” is on, even with Booth hobbling on a broken leg.

Manhunt
Photo credit: Apple TV+

Audio TV Series Review of “Manhunt” by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com …

“Manhunt” is streaming on Apple TV+ since March 15th. Featuring Hamish Linklater, Lily Taylor, Anthony Boyle, Tobias Menzies and Patton Oswalt. Created by Monica Betletsky. Rated “TV-MA.” “Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”