DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

Contributors

ALEX STRACHAN

MIKE HUGHES

KIM AKASS

MONIQUE NAZARETH

ROGER CATLIN

GARY EDGERTON

TOM BRINKMOELLER

GERALD JORDAN

NOEL HOLSTON

 
 
 
 
 
2020
Aug
3
 
 
There are those documentaries that enlighten and inform, but only for a moment...Then there are those documentaries that have a lasting effect, programs that not only enlighten and inform but galvanize people to action...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
30
 
 
It was inevitable, perhaps, that the ghost of House would come up...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
28
 
 
A new day, a new age. America's public broadcaster kicked off the summer TV Critics Association (TCA) press panels Tuesday by Zoom video call, on the eve of PBS's milestone 50th anniversary...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
7
 
 
Do you believe in coincidences?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
30
 
 
Little more than a year ago, American mountain climber Don Cash died on Mt. Everest just hours after he had reached the summit...What made Cash's death unique was that he was one of 200 people who climbed to the top of the world that day, and he was caught in a traffic jam on his way down...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
22
 
 
The times, they are changing — but it may be a while before TV changes with them...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
15
 
 
To know a thing might not be to own a thing exactly, but knowledge goes a long way toward understanding...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
19
 
 
Inside Italy’s COVID War isn’t just about the numbers. Far from. This is a deeply moving and personal story about life and death...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
8
 
 
There’s nothing like a pandemic coupled with a stay-at-home order to convince one to catch up on their binge-viewing, in the somewhat vain hope that one’s Netflix watch list will become manageable...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Mar
29
 
 
"I. Just. Can't. Even." That four-word tweet was what first caught my attention...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Alex Strachan

Alex Strachan has written extensively about television since 1995. He was the staff television critic for The Vancouver Sun from June 1995 to 2003. Prior to that, he was a general-assignment reporter and sportswriter at the Sun, which he originally joined in 1979. He became the national TV critic for Canada’s Postmedia News chain, or Canwest Global Communications as it was then called, in September 2003. He wrote for the chain from 2003-15, during which time his stories appeared regularly on Canada.com and in such daily papers as the National Post, Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen and Calgary Herald. In recent years, his writing has focused more on media analysis and industry trends than celebrity profiles and background features, but he still finds time to watch The Voice and The Amazing Race, not to mention guilty pleasures like Banshee and Amazon Hotel. Check out Alex's TV website, The Televisionary, for reviews, in-depth interviews, and opinion pieces. Also,  Alex's personal website focuses on his concern for the world around us through his stunning photographs from his world travels. In addition, check out Alex's blog on his site which he tries to update every two days or so. You can also follow Alex @astrachanideas
 
 
 
 

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