David Bianculli

Television critic David Bianculli takes us on a tour of the world of infomercials.

TV critic David Bianculli looks at how the different television networks are reacting to their ratings in the 1991-1992 rating results which just came out.

TV critic David Bianculli looks at May Sweeps programs, and notices that the networks are relying on violence to get high ratings.

TV critic David Bianculli talks about Nick at Nite, the Nickelodeon Cable Network's broadcasts of old TV shows.

TV critic David Bianculli takes a look at the proliferation of coverage of the Democratic National Convention and the election more broadly.

TV critic David Bianculli considers network TV's new trend of premiering new shows up to a month earlier than they used to. That, combined with the constant schedule changes, is contributing to a changing television landscape.

TV critic David Bianculli considers the strange trends in this year's election, among which involves all three major candidates making an unprecedented number of television appearances. He thinks this is overall a good thing, and will become the new normal in future elections.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the television news coverage of the WACO standoff and disaster, which sometimes featured harrowing interviews with the relatives of Branch Davidians while the cult's compound burned.

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 talks about the power of TV programs' opening theme songs. The president of ABC Entertainment wants to do away with them.