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

 
 
 
 
 
2012
Dec
8
 
 

After a New York screening Wednesday previewing the upcoming Season 2 of Borgia: Faith and Fear, available in the U.S. on Netflix, series creator Tom Fontana and I had a quick chat…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
3
 
 

As a hard-core Beatles fan, I couldn’t be more thrilled by PBS’s upcoming documentary and showing of Magical Mystery Tour, or of the 1967 TV show’s new home-video set…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
20
 
 

Working harder than a roomful of elves, our own Diane Werts has assembled our annual TVWW Holiday Gift Guide of recommended DVD boxed sets and such. So dive in!...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
15
 
 
HBO’s new Crossfire Hurricane is a biography and performance compendium of the Rolling Stones, who have gathered no moss for 50 years. This special covers half of it…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
6
 
 
When I was covering election nights for New York newspapers, I would sit in my basement office watching, and writing about, 10 or 12 TV sets at once, each television tuned to a different broadcast or cable news operation. Now I just watch on one set (though recording on several DVRs), flipping to the next station whenever I feel the urge — which is often. I recommend the same approach for 2012. If, in a given hour, you’re not sampling MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, PBS and the broadcast
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Nov
5
 
 

Monday is the fifth anniversary of TV Worth Watching, which launched Nov. 5, 2007, the same day the TV writers went on strike. The strike didn’t last, but TVWW has…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
25
 
 

Magical Mystery Tour, the surrealistic 1967 Beatles TV special shown in the U.K., finally will premiere on TV in the States – 45 years later, newly restored, on PBS…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
19
 
 

Every cable network wanting into the quality TV drama game has to start somewhere. HBO broke in 15 years ago with Oz, and sister network Cinemax finally has Hunted…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
16
 
 

Despite what FX is calling it, or how the Emmy voters are judging it, American Horror Story is not a miniseries. Nor is it a repertory-company series. But it is fascinating…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
15
 
 

It turns out I’m in the distinct minority in enjoying CW’s new Emily Owens, M.D. series — but I’m more than happy to defend my qualified yet genuine enthusiasm. Here’s why…

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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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