DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

Bianculli's Blog

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

The Cold Light Reader

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

Dateline Donovan
Contributors

DAVID HINCKLEY

All Along the Watchtower

ED BARK

Uncle Barky's Bytes

ALEX STRACHAN

TV That Matters

MIKE HUGHES

Open Mike

ED MARTIN

Ed Martin's TV Mix

KIM AKASS

Aerial View

MONIQUE NAZARETH

MNtv

BILL BRIOUX

TV Feeds My Family

ROGER CATLIN

TV Eye

GARY EDGERTON

Must-Click TV

TOM BRINKMOELLER

Raised On MTM

GERALD JORDAN

Crossing Jordan

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The Grassy Noel

TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
TVWW Guest Contributors
2012
Aug
24
LIKE IT OR NOT, AARON SORKIN HAS FOUND HIS NICHE By Gary Edgerton
 
 
The Newsroom has been starkly polarized with professional and amateur commentators either loving or hating what they’ve watched of the program so far...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
10
EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC: A REAL PENNY, MARRIED TO A REAL SHELDON, DISCUSSES 'THE BIG BANG THEORY' By TVWW Guest Contributor
 
 
An average American girl meets a brilliant-but-odd guy. Today's EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC guest columnist, Emily Steinway, lives a life that parallels CBS's The Big Bang Theory...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
2
DON'T MISS THE B---- IN APT. 23 By TVWW Guest Contributor
 
 
Nice guys finish last in ABC's Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23, says TVWW guest contributor Cecilia Razak. And that's just one reason to watch...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
20
EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC: HBO'S 'GIRLS' IS EVALUATED BY GIRLS -- AND A MOM By TVWW Guest Contributor
 
 
I previewed the first three episodes of the new HBO series Girls with my girlfriends -- and then with my mother. We all took turns being entertained, and completely mortified... by Alison Mastrangelo
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
16
EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC: A THEATRICAL LIGHTING DESIGNER SHEDS LIGHT ON NBC'S 'SMASH' By TVWW Guest Contributor
 
 
Theatrical lighting designer Benjamin Ehrenreich takes a look at NBC's "Smash"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
15
A LOOK AT HBO'S 'GIRLS,' BY AND WITH THOSE WHO GET THE DEMO By TVWW Guest Contributor
 
 
As part of our coverage of HBO's "Girls," we dispatched Alison Mastrangelo, to interview with Jenni Konner, one of the show's producers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Mar
22
HIS KINGDOM FOR A HORSE: A FORMER STUDENT OF DAVID MILCH'S TAKES THE LONG VIEW OF MILCH'S 'LUCK,' AND LIFE By TVWW Guest Contributor
 
 
When HBO announced last week that it was cancelling the horseracing drama Luck because a third horse had been injured on the set and had to be euthanized, I had mixed emotions -- [TV WORTH WATCHING proudly presents a guest column by Ben Yagoda...]
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Feb
15
GUEST BLOG #77: CINDY RONZONI ON THE COOLEST FEBRUARY SWEEP OF ALL -- CURLING! By TVWW Guest Contributor
 
 
Bianculli here: I'm keeping this column up for another day to promote both curling -- there are more games today (Wednesday), starting at noon ET on USA Network -- and our newest contributor. She's Cindy Ronzoni, who has decades of experience as a high-profile TV publicist and analyst - and, more to the point for today's column, also has actual, and enviable, experience at my favorite Olympic sport: curling...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 

Books by TVWW

 
DANGEROUSLY FUNNY:
The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
by David Bianculli

CBS' controversial '60s comedy team wasn't canceled, they were fired. The untold story is revealed in this acclaimed account based on 15 years of research and interviews.
DICTIONARY of TELELITERACY:Television's 500 Biggest Hits, Misses and Events
by David Bianculli

The best, the worst, the weirdest. They're all here, 500 landmarks, in a lively alphabetical trip through TV history in all its importance and inanity.
TELELITERACY:
Taking Television Seriously
by David Bianculli

Television is much more than the boob tube. Bianculli's classic argument explains why TV is a crucial medium whose wide-ranging impact deserves serious attention and respect from everyone.
TRUTH AND RUMORS:The Reality Behind TV's Most Famous Myths
by Bill Brioux

TV's most persistent rumors get thumbs up or thumbs down in this breezy and authoritative roundup, covering everything from Walter Cronkite to Joanie Loves Chachi.

 
CHRISTMAS on TELEVISION
by Diane Werts

From A Charlie Brown Christmas to The X-Files, revisit hundreds of seasonal favorites - sitcom and drama episodes, music specials, TV movies, cartoons, even commercials and - brace yourselves - The Star Wars Holiday Special.