David Bianculli

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new public television sitcom “The Steven Banks Show," starring the comedian of the same name. Bianculli says it's a little like "Seinfeld," but with more music.

Television critic David Bianculli reviews Aaron Spelling's newest Fox network show, "Models, Inc.," about a woman who runs a modeling agency. Spelling is the executive producer of the successful shows "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Melrose Place."

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new "CBS Reports" documentary "When America Trembled -- Murrow/McCarthy."

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the latest of MTV's "Unplugged" concert series, featuring Tony Bennett.

Critic David Bianculli on the veteran British television writer, Dennis Potter, the author of "The Singing Detective" and "Pennies From Heaven"; Potter is gravely ill, and yet he continues to compose a new mini-series. At New York's Museum of Television & Radio, they are running his most recent miniseries, "Lipstick on Your Collar".

Television critic David Bianculli has a review of ABC's mini-series, "Stephen King's The Stand," which begins Sunday.

TV critic David Bianculli previews the third installment of "Prime Suspect." It will air on PBS tonight. Helen Mirren stars as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison. "Prime Suspect" is part of PBS's anthology series "Mystery."

At the recent Public Radio Conference in San Antonio, Texas, three Fresh Air arts reviewers swapped stories at a critics forum. Rock critic, Ken Tucker; commentator and book critic, Maureen Corrigan; and TV critic, David Bianculli, offered their thoughts on issues such as media hype and how to deal with it. They shared anecdotes about angry subjects of negative reviews who seek revenge against the reviewer. That panel discussion will be aired today.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the Academy Awards presentation, which aired last night on ABC.

TV critic David Bianculli previews a telemovie sequel called "The Birds II: Land's End." Its predecessor is "The Birds," made by Hitchcock 31 years ago. The TV follow-up will be aired this Saturday night on the Showtime cable network.