We're six days into the New Year, and finally have our first quality new show of 2009. Of course, it's only new to ABC, because it used to be on NBC, but "Scrubs" is back tonight with a fresh pair of episodes (9 p.m. ET), and that's excellent news about an excellent sitcom.

2009

Jan

DEEPER INTO THE TV WORTH WATCHING READERS' POLL -- YOUR QUESTIONS, YOUR OTHER FAVORITES By David Bianculli

Some readers, checking out the results of and replies to the TV WORTH WATCHING Readers' Poll, asked some follow-up questions. What other shows placed highly in the poll? What shows drew more or less support than expected. Good questions. Here are the answers...

2009

Jan

TV WORTH WATCHING READERS' POLL: "MAD MEN" BEST SHOW OF 2008 By David Bianculli

The votes are in for the first TV Worth Watching Readers' Poll, and they're very impressive. Good for you guys. AMC's "Mad Men" took top honors by an impressive margin...

2008

Dec

HERE'S MY TOP 10 TV LIST OF 2008 -- WHAT'S YOURS? By David Bianculli

Before giving my list of the Top 10 TV shows of 2008, I'm asking for yours. The readers of this website are so discerning and tasteful (you're here, aren't you?), I thought it would be fun, maybe even enlightening, to ask for YOUR Top 10 lists...

2008

Dec

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE TWO-WAY: TERRY GROSS INTERVIEWS ME ON TODAY'S "FRESH AIR" By David Bianculli

Sometimes I provide TV reviews for "NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross." Sometimes I guest host. And very rarely, I get to do something that's an awful lot of fun: Have an on-air conversation with Terry herself. On today's Fresh Air, Terry and I talk about the year in TV. There's a lot to talk about, and it takes up most of the hour...

2008

Dec

TV HOLIDAYS ARE FESTIVE AGAIN: LETTERMAN IS BACK WITH HIS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW By David Bianculli

Last year, the writers' strike put a Scrooge-like end to David Letterman's annual late-night Christmas show. Tuesday night at 11:35 ET, on a fresh edition of "Late Show with David Letterman," it's back. Darlene Love will sing, Jay Thomas will tell his Lone Ranger story, and Jay and Dave will toss footballs at the giant meatball atop the tree. And I'll be watching, and grinning...

2008

Dec

NOT ENOUGH SHOPPING DAYS LEFT UNTIL CHRISTMAS... BUT HERE'S ONE GREAT LAST-SECOND DVD GIFT IDEA, AND MANY OTHERS By David Bianculli

This is the last weekend before Christmas -- so it's the last chance, here at TV WORTH WATCHING, for us to trumpet our easy shopping lists of great DVDs, holiday-related and otherwise. Find the dogs with the Santa hats on the home page, click, and shop. There's still time to have them rush delivered in time for the holiday. (The gifts, not the dogs). And here's my foolproof, last-second, under-$10 recommendation for the perfect DVD gift...

2008

Dec

THE PASSWORD IS... UNFORTUNATE By David Bianculli

Tonight at 8 ET, after a run of summer specials, CBS launches "Million Dollar Password" as a weekly series. Because of the way the show is revamped, and what it means for TV in the future, the password is... "Unfortunate"...

2008

Dec

WITH NBC PRESENTING "MOMMA'S BOY" AT 10, A LENO ALTERNATIVE IS BETTER By David Bianculli

Here's what NBC executive Jeff Zucker told "Broadcasting & Cable's" Ben Grossman recently, defending the decision to program a Jay Leno talk show weeknights at 10 p.m. ET next year. The reduced number of available hours in prime time, he said, would make competition tougher, and, by inference, the programs better...

2008

Dec

"THE SHIELD," BOSTON LEGAL" ENDED BEAUTIFULLY -- BUT FOR TV DRAMA, WHAT'S NEXT? By David Bianculli

First the FX drama "The Shield" ended, perfectly. Then, two weeks later, the ABC comedy-drama "Boston Legal" ended, perfectly. And that same day, NBC announced, far from perfectly, it would replace all weekday 10 p.m. ET programming with a new Jay Leno talk show...

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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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