I had the same reaction last year. The second ABC's "Lost" ended, with a jaw-dropping cliffhanger, I did the math, perused the TV horizon, and sighed a sigh of mournful resignation. Already, I'm lost without "Lost"...

2009

May

CW'S "EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS" DESERVES REPRIEVE FOR ITS "SOPRANOS" CLIFFHANGER By David Bianculli

Several shows are "on the bubble" this season, still unsure of their fates as the broadcast networks finalize their fall schedules for next week's upfront presentations to advertisers. All they can do is sit and wait -- and present the best season finales possible, in hopes of earning a reprieve by inspiring confidence that the best may be yet to come...

2009

May

"STAR TREK" TVWW CONTEST PRIZES BOLDLY GO TO TWO DIFFERENT WINNERS By David Bianculli

Okay, I'm proud of myself on this one. Before throwing it open to guesses from readers, I estimated the opening-weekend box office for the new Star Trek movie at $80 million. The final tally? $79.2 million. But close, under my own rules, means guessing closest without going over. That means one of you won instead...

2009

May

BREAKING NEWS: WAS THE FIX IN ON NBC'S "CELEBRITY APPRENTICE"? TAKE YOUR OWN SMELL TEST By David Bianculli

I've already written one column today about why I thought Annie Duke, rather than Joan Rivers, should have won the just-concluded edition of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice." But now, the day after that finale, comes some news about Rivers and her next TV project, the timing of which smells awfully fishy...

2009

May

"STAR TREK" TVWW CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED -- WINNER ANNOUNCED TUESDAY By David Bianculli

As of 9 a.m. ET Sunday, May 10, the TV WORTH WATCHING "Star Trek" guess-the-grosses contest is closed. Thanks for playing -- and I hope, at least, you walk away with a copy of the home game...

2009

May

TV WORTH WATCHING CONTEST: ON OPENING WEEKEND, HOW HIGH WILL "STAR TREK" BOLDLY GO? By David Bianculli

Okay, gang. We've done this before here at TV WORTH WATCHING -- predicted the opening-weekend box-office gross of a movie based on a TV show, and asked readers to do the same. This weekend's subject: the new Star Trek film. Read on to get the rules, and register your prediction...

2009

May

STUDENT BLOG #2: A YOUNGER PERSPECTIVE ON FOX'S ENDANGERED "DOLLHOUSE" By David Bianculli

Bianculli here: In addition to presenting the viewpoints of veteran TV reporter-critic professionals analyzing television on this site, I want, on occasion, to present the other end of the spectrum, and hear what young, opinionated "amateurs" have to say. So today, I asked one of my TV History students to present his thoughts on a show we both like: Fox's "Dollhouse"...

2009

May

NBC UNVEILS CLIPS OF SEVERAL NEW 2009-10 FALL SERIES -- "PARENTHOOD" MAKES BEST FIRST IMPRESSION By David Bianculli

Again revealing some of its cards before its rival networks present new fare at the upcoming upfront presentations, NBC has leaked some of its new fall series clips -- The upshot: A few of the new scripted shows, at first glance, appear decent, especially the new remake of the 1989 movie "Parenthood," already made once as a TV series in 1990. For NBC, this is an improvement...

2009

May

CLOSING IN ON SMOTHERS BOOK, OPENING UP ON TWITTER By David Bianculli

Wish me luck. This is supposed to be, and had better be, an amazingly productive weekend as I close in on the final chapters of my Smothers Brothers book. I'll still be providing BIANCULLI'S BEST BETS, so keep checking in...

2009

Apr

"CELEBRITY APPRENTICE" HEAVYWEIGHT DIVA DUEL: FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, STING LIKE A BEEYOTCH By David Bianculli

Cain vs. Abel. Frasier vs. Ali. And now, in this corner, another duel for the ages: Joan Rivers vs. Annie Duke. NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" has been providing some of the most jaw-dropping television of the season. And, I'm happy to say, it's not over yet...

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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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