HBO's new Girls series premieres Sunday, and we here at TVWW are welcoming it with open arms. Friday on NPR's "Fresh Air with Terry Gross," I preview the show with a lengthy clip chosen precisely to capture the writing and performing rhythms of auteur Lena Dunham...

2012

Apr

FIVE THINGS I LOVED ABOUT THE SEASON FINALE OF FX'S 'JUSTIFIED' By David Bianculli

Sometimes, despite the national mania about overly protective Spoiler Alerts, a TV show comes along that's too good not to talk about the next day...so stop reading now if you want to remain ignorant of its contents...

2012

Apr

MIKE WALLACE: DEAD AT 93, BUT NOT SOON FORGOTTEN -- OR EQUALLED By David Bianculli

"60 Minutes" -- got caught a bit off guard by Wallace's death Saturday night at age 93. Morley Safer had to promise a full retrospective would be coming the following Sunday...

2012

Apr

'MAGIC CITY': IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT ISN'T By David Bianculli

The new Starz series "Magic City," premiering Friday night at 10 ET, stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the owner of a flashy Miami Beach hotel in 1959 -- they got the look just right. With equal assurance, however, I can say they got everything else just wrong...

2012

Apr

'HOMELAND,' 'THRONES,' 'PARKS & RECREATION,' 'PORTLANDIA' AMONG THOSE WINNING PEABODY AWARDS By David Bianculli

The 71st Annual Peabody Awards committee announced their latest awards Wednesday, and among those recognized were Showtime's "Homeland," HBO's "Game of Thrones," and IFC's "Portlandia." Also nabbing highly prized Peabody's for 2011...

2012

Apr

COURIC VS. PALIN MORNING SHOW DUEL: READY, AIM, FIREWORKS! By David Bianculli

The morning-show wars went nuclear Tuesday, as reigning NBC superpower "Today" countered increasingly competitive ABC "Good Morning America's" aggressive week-long guest host stunt. Then "Today" launched its own offensive missile...

2012

Apr

WHICH OF MONDAY'S 'AMERICAN MASTERS' DOCUMENTARIES IS BETTER? I SAY: 'BOO!' By David Bianculli

Of Monday's two new American Masters literary profiles on PBS, the much better one is titled Hey, Boo! And if your response is "Boo who?," my response is: Quit your crying...

2012

Apr

TONIGHT'S TV WORTH WATCHING? HERE ARE MY BEST BETS -- NO FOOLING By David Bianculli

On this particular day, April 1, there are so many TV shows of note that there wasn't room for them all in BIANCULLI'S BEST BETS. So today only, if you want to find out about the best shows on TV tonight, keep reading BIANCULLI'S BLOG here...

2012

Mar

'THE KILLING,' 'GAME OF THRONES' ARE UP TO THEIR OLD TRICKS By David Bianculli

One series returns in search of redemption. The other returns in hopes of maintaining momentum. And this Sunday they both arrive -- both of them, in coming back, are up to their old tricks...

2012

Mar

I LOVE AMC'S 'MAD MEN,' BUT CAN'T TELL YOU WHY By David Bianculli

It takes 22 months to give birth to an elephant -- so by that measure, the 17-month wait for a new season of AMC's Mad Men is no big deal. And yes, this Sunday's two-hour Season 5 premiere is worth the wait. Though there are so many secrets begging to be held here, I can't really tell you why...

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David Bianculli

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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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