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

 
 
 
 
 
2020
Jun
19
 
 
Texas has always had its supersized souls. From Sam Houston to Lyndon Johnson, from Molly Ivins to the Bushes, it seems to savor larger-than-life people. And the late Ann Richards fit in neatly...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
16
 
 
Mae West strolled into a Hollywood that wasn’t ready for her. This was a place that preferred women to be young, thin, and quiet. She was none of those...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
16
 
 
As TV scrambles to find social-distance drama, a logical option appears: What about animation?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
14
 
 
As TV's summer takes hold, we covet the few places that have plenty of new shows...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
12
 
 
Mary Jane Kennedy could fit most stereotypes of white, Southern privilege...And she has become, in her 60s, a gay-rights spokeswoman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
7
 
 
Once a year, TV viewers get a window into Broadway. Usually, it's fresh and fun. This year, alas, the window is closed...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
31
 
 
Back in 1998, all of England seemed obsessed with Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
26
 
 
Standing face-to-face with a racist, filmmaker Andrew Goldberg found something surprising: He sort of liked him. “He’s a very likable guy...We had an interesting friendship.”...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
22
 
 
The art of social-distancing television has advanced quickly. It’s been like watching evolution at hyper-speed...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
17
 
 
As the music competitions end their seasons...some things are clear: Yes, both shows are flawed...But the music-from-home part has worked well...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Mike Hughes

Mike Hughes remembers watching a TV show in which a man simply played records. He thinks TV is much better now. With Gannett News Service, his television stories went to 100 newspapers; with TV America, they go to considerably fewer, but he still seems happy. Read more at www.mikehughes.tv 
 
 
 
 

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