DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

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Associate Editor

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Assistant Editor

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2008
Nov
19
 
 
Two of our faves come together Thursday night... it's Lon Chaney via Ray Bradbury on Turner Classic Movies' monthly guest programmer night, where the Fahrenheit 451 author picks flicks and discusses with host Robert Osborne what they mean to him...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
14
 
 
C'mon, it's only six weeks away! So no more complaints about Christmas coming too early. TV is officially declaring the season "on" this weekend, offering a fresh holiday episode and a new yule standup special...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
11
 
 
Curious what the ratings are for your favorite show? Wondering if it's waiting for the ax to fall? All network-related answers reside at The Programming Insider, a great weekday e-letter from Mediaweek's Mr. Television columnist, Marc Berman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
11
 
 
Studs Terkel wasn't just a prolific author, grassroots historian and radio personality. The Chicago institution, who died Oct. 31 at age 96, also did some groundbreaking TV work in the medium's infancy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
11
 
 
There's the battlefront. Then there's the homefront. Where they intersect -- in movies, at least -- is in star-studded R&R...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
5
 
 
It wasn't just Barack Obama marking a generational sea change on election night. As veteran anchors seasoned in the '60s and '70s held forth on most major channels, Shepard Smith was pointing the way toward the future on Fox network news...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
5
 
 
Katie Couric says last week she wants a one-hour newscast, and Charlie Gibson goes and one-ups her by actually doing it. For one night, anyway...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
3
 
 
Everybody's into election coverage this year, not just the big broadcast networks and cable news channels. That means a broader range of perspectives and wider-ranging alternatives. Current goes Digg-ing. BET lets you Be Heard. Dan Rather recruits college reporters...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Nov
1
 
 
You've heard that Paul Newman started out in live TV back in the 1950s. But where could you possibly see old kinescopes of that work?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Oct
31
 
 
Politics and entertainment meet in two must-see ways this weekend. Watergate becomes a Hollywood drama, and Arab musicians cross cultural boundaries to join forces with American rockers...