DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

Contributors

ALEX STRACHAN

MIKE HUGHES

KIM AKASS

MONIQUE NAZARETH

ROGER CATLIN

GARY EDGERTON

TOM BRINKMOELLER

GERALD JORDAN

NOEL HOLSTON

 
 
 
 
 
2013
Sep
20
 
 

A few things to ponder about Sunday’s 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (CBS, 9 p.m. ET)…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
19
 
 

Once again, TVWW’s Fall Preview page is back – this time with information, premiere dates and capsule reviews about new shows premiering in the 2013 fall TV season…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
16
 
 
Fox’s new Sleepy Hollow is designed as a scary show, but has something to fear besides fear itself. By being this fall’s first new series to premiere, it’s inheriting TV’s Kickoff Curse…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
30
 
 
Imagine, if you will, watching the collected Twilight Zone episodes, many for the first time, looking for clues – in the stories as well as introductions – about your own father…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
28
 
 
It’s the end of August – a last chance to, among other things, dive into fun summer reads. Here at TVWW, that means recent books about TV, which we review starting today…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
26
 
 

This week, NPR’s Fresh Air devotes a week of shows to late-night TV hosts and history – which has me thinking about friendships, and careers, and a just-departed dear friend…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
21
 
 

If you stopped, or never started, watching Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, pick it up now. Sunday’s upcoming episode on HBO is as crisp and clever as vintage The West Wing…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
10
 
 

I won’t “spoil” Sunday’s return episode of AMC’s Breaking Bad by divulging the plot. The resumption of the story line, though, begins with a brilliant echo worth saluting…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Aug
8
 
 

Larry David may or may not be re-upping for another season of Curb Your Enthusiasm – but for now, he’s starring in a new HBO movie that’s pure David. In other words, pure hilarity…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Jul
31
 
 

Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan appeared at two New York speaking events this week – one alone, one with his show’s cast. TV Worth Watching was there for both…

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

David Bianculli

Founder / Editor

David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and is an occasional substitute host for that show. He's also an author and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His 2009 Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', has been purchased for film rights. His latest, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific, is an effusive guidebook that plots the path from the 1950s’ Golden Age to today’s era of quality TV.

 
 
 
 

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