DAVID BIANCULLI
Founder / Editor
ERIC GOULD
Associate Editor
LINDA DONOVAN
Assistant Editor
DAVID HINCKLEY
ED BARK
ALEX STRACHAN
MIKE HUGHES
ED MARTIN
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TVWW ARCHIVE
The stunningly unexpected flash-forward prologue opening this final season of AMC’s Breaking Bad warns of rough roads ahead. So does Mike’s icy assessment of Walter, said to his face in front of Jesse: “You are trouble. I’m sorry the kid here doesn’t see it…”
Cable news outlets got the U.S. Supreme Court health care decision embarrassingly wrong — but cable entertainment programs, in criticizing their rush to judgment, got it spectacularly right...
Season 2 of Showtime’s Episodes arrives this weekend, returning with more installments of one of TV’s most entertaining — but underappreciated — comedies. Its secret: central characters about whom you genuinely care…
The initial installment of FX’s new late-night comedy standup showcase, BrandX with Russell Brand, isn’t that impressive. But both the star and the format show signs of being onto something potentially special here…
Aaron Sorkin knows, understands and appreciates TV history. In some instances — unerringly the right ones — he even reveres it. And that’s entirely fitting, because, by this point, he’s become an important part of it…
HBO’s True Blood returns for Season 5 Sunday, with an opener that travels at the summer show’s usual speed: fifth gear…
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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