When I visited "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" last month to attend the rehearsal of an hour devoted entirely to Ringo Starr, I was impressed enough by one unfamiliar face to consider going up backstage and complimenting her afterward...

2008

Feb

TV WRITERS VOTE TOMORROW, AND MAY BE BACK TO WORK WEDNESDAY By David Bianculli

The end of the Writers Guild of America strike, if it plays out this week as expected, will arrive just in time, and conclude the only way it should: With the membership voting to accept terms, rather than accept the decision of the WGA equivalent of super-delegates...

2008

Feb

THE STRIKE MAY BE ENDING - AND HBO'S "INSIDE THE NFL" DEFINITELY IS By David Bianculli

What happens tomorrow, in separate East and West Coast meetings of active members of the Writers Guild of America, will determine whether the four-month-old strike will be ending very, very soon. My guess is based on a combination of conversations and an urgent Hollywood syzygy, with the Oscars, the upfronts and the May sweeps all dependent upon a swift resolution...

2008

Feb

WITH OR WITHOUT WRITERS, LATE-NIGHT SHOWS ARE HITTING HOME RUNS By David Bianculli

The writers' strike, now officially into month four, could end any day now (for once, that's the same word I'm getting from various sources, who have yet to agree on anything). If these are the waning days - and nights - of the strike, then it ought to be noted that TV's late-night shows have managed to do some especially strong work lately, with or without writers...

2008

Feb

SUPER TUESDAY'S CLEAR WINNER IS... A PLAYER TO BE NAMED LATER By David Bianculli

When Hillary Clinton showed up on CBS on "Late Show with David Letterman" Monday night - the day after the Super Bowl, the day before Super Tuesday - she likened the then-upcoming "national primary" contest to the game just played in Arizona. She and Barack Obama, Clinton predicted, probably would be battling down to the very last minute...

2008

Feb

SHIFTING FROM SUPER BOWL TO SUPER TUESDAY By David Bianculli

Sunday was the Super Bowl, that amazing, astounding game that made "Super" seem inadequate. Monday the Nielsen ratings came in, anointing it as the most-viewed Super Bowl ever with 97.5 million viewers. Only the 1983 finale of M*A*S*H, which drew an estimated 106 million viewers, ranks higher as a TV show seen by American viewers...

2008

Feb

YES, VIRGINIA, IT WAS A SUPER BOWL By David Bianculli

It was a huge upset, but not at all upsetting. Last night's Super Bowl XLII ended with Eli Manning and the New York Giants robbing the New England Patriots of the lead, and their perfect season, in the final minute of play. It was a great game - and in every way, it was great for broadcast network television...

2008

Feb

SUPER DEBATE, SUPER "LOST," SUPER BOWL, SUPER DUPER TUESDAY By David Bianculli

After months of moaning the length and impact of the writers' strike, let's sound a different note today - and give thanks for four nationally televised events, just presented or upcoming, that qualify as both popular and important. In all four cases, TV is better for them...

2008

Jan

HOW WILL VIEWERS FIND "LOST" - IF THEY DO? By David Bianculli

The fourth season of ABC's "Lost" begins - finally - tonight at 9 ET, eight months after the previous first-run episode. It's a strong season premiere, introducing new characters, dilemmas and mysteries, but the biggest question of all regarding "Lost" is this: Now that ABC has built it, who will come...

2008

Jan

THE FEBRUARY RATINGS SWEEPS START TOMORROW - BARELY By David Bianculli

Tomorrow, January 31, is the start of the February ratings sweeps, one of those months set aside, in a increasingly archaic practice, to use ratings results to establish future advertising rates. This year, the February sweeps end on February 27 , leaving the last two days (it's a Leap Year) out of the running...

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