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Contributors Archive

2013

May

PLANT YOURSELF IN FRONT OF HBO’S 'FAMILY TREE' By David Bianculli

Christopher Guest’s new comedy series for HBO, Family Tree, is a clever show with a secret weapon — a hand puppet. Hey, hey, it’s the monkey…

2013

May

SEASON FINALES: TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD By David Bianculli

The May ratings sweeps have begun, ushering in a bumper crop of season finales. The Good Wife, The Following and The Americans just presented theirs, with varying results…

2013

Apr

FIVE DAYS IN APRIL: TV’S CAPTIVATING BOSTON BOMBING DRAMA By David Bianculli

Fifty years ago, 24-hour TV news was introduced when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. This week in Boston, the nation witnessed something smaller, yet similar…

2013

Apr

RACE, PLACE AND FAMILY ARE CENTRAL TO 'CENTRAL PARK FIVE' By David Bianculli

The Central Park Five, the newest Ken Burns documentary to hit PBS, addresses his familiar, favored themes of race and place. But this time, making the movie was a family affair…

2013

Feb

LET THERE BE DARK: CRAIG FERGUSON CALLS FAST AUDIBLE FOR POST-SUPER BOWL SPECIAL By David Bianculli

When half the power went out during Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVII, the 34-minute interruption gave Craig Ferguson’s team the opportunity, and inspiration, to improvise a new cold open for that night’s post-game Late Late Show special…

2013

Jan

NETFLIX: MAKING GREAT TV - AND TV HISTORY - WITH 'HOUSE OF CARDS' By David Bianculli

Kevin Spacey sure calls his shots well when playing a recurring character on series TV. The last time was 25 years ago, when he burst onto the scene as Mel Profitt on CBS’s Wiseguy. And now he’s back, in a show that’s a game-changer…

2013

Jan

‘LOST’ ACTOR DOMINIC MONAGHAN GOES ON TV QUEST FOR ‘WILD THINGS’ By David Bianculli

Dominic Monaghan, who played the ill-fated Charlie Pace on ABC’s Lost, attacks a true change-of-Pace role in his newest TV effort, a nature documentary series for BBC America…

2013

Jan

FOX BRINGS HOME THE BACON – AS IN KEVIN – IN ‘THE FOLLOWING’ By David Bianculli

Kevin Bacon has been on TV before, from soap operas as a young actor to telemovies as a mature one – but Fox’s The Following is his first turn as a series lead. And he’s excellent…

2013

Jan

ON THE ROAD AGAIN: KARL PILKINGTON IS BACK WITH MORE ‘IDIOT ABROAD,” THIS TIME WITH COMPANY By David Bianculli

Most sitcoms these days don’t make me crack so much as the hint of a smile. But whenever Karl Pilkington takes to the road for a TV travel series, I laugh out loud almost instantly…

2013

Jan

SUNDAY’S CABLE COMEDY WARS: HBO’S ‘GIRLS’ VS. SHOWTIME’S 'SHAMELESS', AND OTHERS By David Bianculli

HBO and Showtime butt heads, intentionally and aggressively, Sunday night, launching new seasons of their respective comedies directly opposite one another…

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David Bianculli

Founder / Editor

Behind David in the picture is the first TV owned by his father, Virgil Bianculli, a 1946 Raytheon. (The TV, not his father. His father was a 1923 Italian.) 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 also teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University, and his most recent book, 2009's Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, has recently been purchased for film rights. He's currently at work on another.