After 14 years of operation, TV Worth Watching is shifting to an archival site, where reader's comments still will be welcome and monitored, and all previous blogs will be available to revisit – but without any new editorial content after April 1. No Fooling...

2021

Mar

PLEASE STAND BY WHILE WE REORGANIZE OUR DUCKS By David Bianculli

As you've probably guessed, our ducks here at TVWW have wandered away a bit from their row. We're trying to locate them and get them back where they belong.You can still see David's Best TV Tomorrow (Larry's Best TV Tomorrow until those ducks return) on our YouTube channel, and sign up here to receive an email with our daily video link.In the meantime, thanks to Friends and Comedy Central UK, watch what happens when your feathered friends do not

2021

Feb

BEST BETS REMAIN ON A BRIEF, FORCED HIATUS FOR A BIT LONGER By David Bianculli

Initially, David's involuntary break from Best Bets was ordered for just a few days; unfortunately, the time has been extended.If all goes well, Best Bets should return in about a week. In the meantime, the producer/director of Best TV Tomorrow, Larry Siegel, is now the show's interim host. We think he's doing a great job, so please be sure to take a look!We ask for your continued patience and offer our deepest apologies. Thank you!

2021

Feb

KEN BURNS REMEMBERS HAL HOLBROOK, 1925-2021 By David Bianculli

Today, on the day that Hal Holbrook’s Jan. 23 death at age 95 was revealed, PBS held a video press conference for Hemingway, the latest film by Ken Burns and company. I asked Burns to comment on Holbrook, who was the key ingredient in his fabulous 2001 documentary about another seminal American writer, Mark Twain…

2020

Nov

REBUILDING PARADISE: RON HOWARD TALKS ABOUT HIS SCARY, BEAUTIFUL NEW DOCUMENTARY By David Bianculli

Rebuilding Paradise, directed by Ron Howard and premiering tonight at 9 ET on National Geographic Channel, is a wonderful documentary and an inspirational true-life story – but doesn’t begin like one. It begins like a wildly intense horror film…

2020

Jun

1986: 'AMERICAN MASTERS' PREMIERES ON PBS By David Bianculli

American Masters premiered on PBS on this day in 1986...

2020

May

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS By David Bianculli

In tonight’s episode, Nadja and Lazslo venture into a dangerous new environment: open mic night at a local nightclub. And the two vampire lovers have an old musical number they’re dusting off for the occasion… "You're So Vein," perhaps?

2020

Mar

BIANCULLI'S BINGES By David Bianculli

The pandemic has affected all our lives, as we strive to avoid catching and spreading the virus. And as more people stay home to avoid crowds and contact, TV and binge viewing become more prominent options. TV Worth Watching, so far as it can, would like to help…

2020

Jan

NBC'S NEWEST DRAMA SERIES COMES FROM A BIANCULLI - BUT DON 'T LOOK AT ME By David Bianculli

I’m not reviewing what I consider tomorrow’s best TV show, but I have a good excuse. In fact, I have a great excuse. It was co-written, and co-developed and executive produced, by my son, Mark…

2019

Dec

TCM TURNS ITS ATTENTION TO CLASSIC TELEVISION AGAIN, BRILLIANTLY By David Bianculli

TCM has no problem establishing itself as the best movie network. But every once in a while, it branches out into what might as well be called Turner Classic Television, by unearthing a long-lost TV treasure. Here comes another one…

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David Bianculli

Founder / Editor

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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