Umm...who? I'm sure that's what a lot of you said this morning when Trevor Noah was announced as Jon Stewart's replacement for The Daily Show. You probably quickly Googled his name...

2015

Feb

THEY COULD'VE USED A BIGGER SHOW By Linda Donovan

How could we not say something here in our Video Worth Watching feature about the recent SNL40 anniversary show? That’s a lot of variety show tulips to tiptoe through in order to choose the best of the best...

2015

Jan

WILL THE REAL LOCKER ROOM GUY STAND UP? By Linda Donovan

As we count down to the Super Bowl, it seems the high drama of “Deflategate” just won’t end..

2015

Jan

THEY BLINDED US WITH SCIENCE By Linda Donovan

As the New England Patriots’ coach Bill Belichick tried to illustrate, all this kerfuffle over underinflated footballs can be explained through simple science: the weather made them do it...

2014

Dec

THE END OF A HOLIDAY ERA By Linda Donovan

We here at TVWW, like many of you, have clips of shows we like to watch over and over…primarily those that make us laugh so hard we can barely breathe. But when the holiday season puts me in a musical mood, I pull up two favorites...

2014

Nov

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR TV SHOW'S BEEN? By Linda Donovan

Here in the U.S., our last monarch was King George III and, as you may recall, that was a couple of centuries ago. Yet we still seem to admire many things British...

2014

Nov

AN ALTERNATE VIEW OF ERNIE By Linda Donovan

Over ten years ago Katie Couric demonstrated to us all, by being brave enough to have a colonoscopy on the air during the Today show, that it was the responsible, painless, and smart thing to do for our health. Now someone new is offering us that same encouragement...

2014

Oct

'THE WONDER YEARS,' NOSTALGIA AND LIFE By Linda Donovan

On Monday (Oct. 20), TVWW founder and editor David Bianculli moderated the reunion of the “kids” from The Wonder Years (1988-’93) at the 92 St. Y in New York. These particular actors -- Fred Savage, Danica McKellar, and Josh Saviano -- are exceptional in more ways than one...

2014

Sep

WHOSE 'VOICE' IS IT ANYWAY? By Linda Donovan

We’ve seen lip-sync contests on TV before, and not just on The Tonight Show. But there’s something in the way Jimmy Fallon presents them and, more importantly, the people he gets to play along, that make his all the more fun...

2014

Aug

SLOW NEWS IS GREAT NEWS By Linda Donovan

The Onion is famous for satirizing any and all sorts of topics in the news as well as items they’ve touted as true that are far from it. And now the funny folks at The Onion have put together what one might call a template for TV coverage of a news story...

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Linda Donovan

Assistant Editor

Linda's childhood love affair with television propelled her into working in that very medium for over 20 years. Ironically, despite her early devotion to programming, her specialty was station administration and FCC compliance. So she can tell you all about The Flintstones as well as why it does not qualify as E/I under the Children's Television Act.

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