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

 
 
 
 
 
2016
Dec
26
 
 
It was just the latest in a seemingly endless parade of sad news stories. A trickily timed evacuation near the Syrian city of Aleppo was tossed into doubt this past weekend after six buses assigned to help civilians flee to safety from six years of war were set ablaze...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Dec
12
 
 
In 1996, back in the day when November sweeps was a thing, Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood was resurrected as a two-night miniseries on CBS...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Dec
8
 
 
News flash! Reality TV is not actually real. We know this, of course. Prying beneath the surface, though — taking a hard look at how the sausage is actually made — can be both fun and edifying...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Nov
28
 
 
We all know about binge-viewing. It’s the business model that drives streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, in the same way — not so long ago — it was the driving force behind DVD box sets...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Nov
22
 
 
No one could spin a yarn quite like Michael Crichton, so it was probably inevitable that the 1973 movie thriller Westworld would be spun off for the small screen one day...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Nov
16
 
 
The millennials and Gen-Xers merged last week on Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X. To the casual viewer, it might have looked like any other Survivor outing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Nov
4
 
 
Live from New York, on tape in West Coast time zones, it’s Saturday Night Live this weekend. It’s the last live show before the Nov. 8 election...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Nov
2
 
 
One story about cats is that they cut a silent deal with humankind, back in the days of Ancient Egypt. The story goes like this: 'We’ll keep your granaries free of birds, rats, and mice,...and in return, you’ll provide us with the occasional treat...'
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
25
 
 
I first read My Family and Other Animals when I was a child..
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Oct
18
 
 
There aren’t many jobs out there where you can honestly say a hostile work environment is a good thing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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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