DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

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Assistant Editor

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2014
Dec
22
 
 
Craig Ferguson, sporting a liberated, Mohawk-y ‘do, stood on his anchor desk and left us with a joyous, Proclaimers-like, jump-up-and-dance anthem. Would that CBS had given him a band ages ago, that was a stompin’ good way to go out...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Oct
28
 
 
Part of the fun in speaking with WKRP in Cincinnati creator Hugh Wilson for the long-awaited DVD release of his series was getting his backstory. I’m always curious about where TV storytellers come from and how they got into The Game...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Aug
20
 
 
Born February 22, 1918, Dominick George "Don" Pardo joined the NBC Radio Network as an announcer in June of 1944 -- or, as Lorne Michaels once pointed out, "before I was born..."
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Aug
12
 
 
Some entertainers, you really hope that when you meet them, you like them. The thing about Robin Williams was that, when you met him, you liked him even more. The surprise was how candid and unguarded he was...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jul
24
 
 
BEVERLY HILLS, CA —Downton Abbey is PBS’s Super Bowl. The BBC import draws the highest ratings on the public broadcaster, and network officials once again gave it red carpet treatment at press tour...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jul
21
 
 
Host Terry Crews of Fox's Brooklyn Nine Nine showed he can sing as well as do shtick. “President Camacho” was joined by surprise guest co-host Miss Piggy, who seemed right at home in a room full of hambones...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jun
20
 
 
All other shows, thanks for coming out. There’s nothing else on TV like Louie. The FX series wrapped up for a fourth season Monday night with two more brilliant episodes, concluding a trilogy featuring co-writer and producer Pamela Adlon...You always knew this season wound not be like the others...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
11
 
 

Bill Carter, of The New York Times, has told me for at least two years that Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman. On Thursday, CBS made it official....

 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
3
 
 
Now that's how to pull off an April Fool's joke. On Tuesday, in the wee hours on The Late Late Show and later that morning on The Price is Right, the hosts of those two CBS shows -- Craig Ferguson and Drew Carey -- switched places...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
23
 
 
One score and 13 years ago, Ken Burns started making documentaries for PBS. He's still going strong -- and still a reliable highlight of the Television Critics Association press tour...