How long has it taken for things to return to normal after the writers' strike? This long... and longer. Scripted prime-time series began to check in with their first post-strike episodes during the past two weeks, but there are plenty left to come...

2008

Apr

"BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" RETURNS WITH FRAKKING STRONG EPISODE By David Bianculli

It's always dangerous, when you're talking about TV, to think in terms of firsts, onlys and absolutes, but Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" holds, arguably, a very distinctive place in TV history. It may well be the best series ever made based on one of the worst series ever made...

2008

Apr

NBC PLANS, GOD LAUGHS By David Bianculli

What I love most about NBC's "52-week" schedule plan, announced yesterday, is the unbridled optimism of it. It's actually a 65-week plan...the brainchild of relatively new NBC Entertainment and Universal Studios co-chairman Ben Silverman, who laid out the plans of his fourth-place network with pride and enthusiasm....

2008

Apr

THIS JUST IN: 2007 PEABODY AWARDS ANNOUNCED, AND IT'S ANOTHER DISCERNING ROSTER By David Bianculli

The University of Georgia just released its list of the 2007 Peabody Award winners for excellence in broadcasting... and what an amazing, discerning, inspiring list it is. These folks sure know excellence when they see it...

2008

Apr

NETWORKS MISSING THE VALUE OF RELIABILITY By David Bianculli

If you're watching broadcast network TV these days, you've been inundated with the various ways they're letting you know their scripted programs are about to come back. NBC plays the theme from "Welcome Back, Kotter." CBS has gone from "All Gnu" to letting you know, like ABC, that you have only a week or two until your favorites will be back!...

2008

Apr

BROADCAST NETWORKS BOUNCE BACK FROM STRIKE WITH AMBITIOUS NEW SCRIPTED SERIES... APRIL FOOLS! By David Bianculli

More scripted shows are trickling back into prime time in their post-strike incarnations -- both "My Name Is Earl" on NBC and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" on CBS return Thursday. But as some shows return, and others are benched until fall or buried forever, what's next? Maybe it's better not to ask...

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