David Bianculli

TV critic David Bianculli offers his guidelines for identifying programs worth skipping -- even without watching a single episode.

TV critic David Bianculli offers his guidelines for identifying programs worth skipping -- even without watching a single episode.

TV critic David Bianculli has been following the networks' coverage of Oliver North's congressional testimony on the Iran-Contra affair. While each station uses the same camera feeds, they deploy commentary and supplementary information in different ways, in alternately successful and distracting ways.

Television Critic David Bianculli discusses the progress of the new shows and the history of how television's top programs fared in their first year.

Television Critic David Bianculli talks about the effect video cassette recorders have had on the way his kids watch TV.

Television Critic David Bianculli shares his favorite current TV themes, the music that helps establish a show's identity before anything happens on the screen.

Television Critic David Bianculli turns historian and tries to determine the precise moment that "Moonlighting" began it's fall.

Television critic David Bianculli discusses how the writer's strike has benefitted "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," and what the show's revival means for the concept of a weekly variety show.

Television critic David Bianculli looks back at "The Prisoner," the British mystery and adventure series about government agents, brainwashing, Number 6, and the omniscient globe that prevented escape from the island prison. The series celebrates its 20th anniversary this week.

Television critic David Bianculli gives us his take on the use of laugh tracks.