Dear, dear TVWW readers: I’m back, I’m recovering, and, to quote Monty Python, I’m not dead yet. Thanks for your patience, and your loyalty, while I’ve been healing, glacially but gratefully…

2016

Oct

BEST BETS UPDATE 10/15/16 By David Bianculli

TVWW Update — Flesh-eating zombies and a nuclear apocalypse are on the way this week. No, that’s not what’s in store for the third presidential debate on Wednesday...

2016

Oct

BEST BETS UPDATE By David Bianculli

TVWW Update 10/08/16 — Well, TVWW readers, this last week saw a mighty blowhard force threaten the U.S., stressing out millions that lay in its erratic, unpredictable path. Hurricane Matthew was also in the news...

2016

Oct

BEST BETS UPDATE By David Bianculli

TVWW UPDATE 10/01/16 -- Well, TVWW readers, if you’re like us, you’re probably staggering after last week’s debate and your political hangover is pretty bad even though the election is still about 6 weeks off. No such maladies for David, though...

2016

Sep

BEST BETS UPDATE By David Bianculli

TVWW Update -- We expect David to post his own hello to TVWW readers sometime very soon...

2016

Sep

BEST BETS UPDATE By David Bianculli

TVWW Update: David continues to be on the upswing, TVWW readers...

2016

Sep

BEST BETS UPDATE By David Bianculli

TVWW Update: David continues to be kicking back in the lounger — and, hey, watching a heck of a lot of TV. Like the rest of us, he’s finding August TV viewing pretty sparse, so he’s been catching up...

2016

Jul

BEST BETS By David Bianculli

Dearest, most ardent, TVWW readers: We see you’ve noticed the program content keeps coming, but the Best Bets column continues to be conspicuously blank...

2016

Jul

BEST BETS By David Bianculli

We are so sorry, but BEST BETS continue to be offline. We will return soon with more picks for your nightly viewing. Thank you for your patience...

2016

Jul

HBO'S 'THE NIGHT OF' IS RIVETING FROM THE VERY FIRST FRAME By David Bianculli

(From NPR) The eight-part drama series centers on a college student who is suspected of murder after an adventurous night out. Critic David Bianculli says "everything about The Night Of is quite impressive..."

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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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