Sitcoms

Family Ties and Moonlighting both ended recently. TV critic David Bianculli says their final episodes highlight the programs' strengths and weaknesses.

Television critic David Bianculli looks at the CBS Monday night comedy lineup, particularly "The Famous Teddy Z," starring Jon Cryer as an unlikely talent agent.

Television critic David Bianculli reviews two new CBS sitcoms: "Normal Life," starring Frank Zappa's kids, Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa, and "Sydney," starring Valerie Bertinelli of "One Day at a Time" fame. Bianculli says one is pretty good, and the other needs some polishing.

Television critic David Bianculli previews three new shows, coming up this week on each network. They are: "Bagdad Café," "Equal Justice," and "Carol & Co." (with Carol Burnett).

Critic David Bianculli says that networks are releasing more new programs than ever before. He reviews four upcoming sitcoms; only one -- The Fresh Prince of Bel Air -- really works.

Television critic David Bianculli reviews The Flash, a live action show based on the D.C. comic strip, and Evening Shade, about a high school football coach played by Burt Reynolds. Bianculli also expresses his disappointment that Twin Peaks got snubbed at the latest Emmy Awards.

Actress Blair Brown of the Lifetime cable sitcom, "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd." She plays a single, divorced woman living in New York. The show is in its last season; Molly, who is white, is forty and pregnant with the child of her late boyfriend, who is black.

Television critic David Bianculli reviews three of the network's specials that feature some of the best moments from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "All in the Family," and "The Ed Sullivan Show."

Television critic David BianculliI tells us about two new series premiering on ABC this week: "My Life and Times," by the creator of "Beauty and the Beast," and "Dinosaurs," a comedy that was the last project of Jim Henson.

Television David Bianculli reviews two new television shows -- Norman Lear's sitcom "Sunday Dinner," and David Attenborough's nature documentary series "Trials of Life."

TV critic David Bianculli previews the final "Cosby" show that airs on Thursday night.

TV critic David Bianculli previews Julie, a new summer sitcom starring Julie Andrews, directed by her husband Blake Edwards.

TV critic David Bianculli previews the latest collaboration between David Lynch and Mark Frost, "On the Air." It premieres on ABC this Saturday night.

T-V critic David Bianculli reviews "Home Fires," the new show from the creators of "St. Elsewhere." Three different episodes are airing tonight, Thursday and Saturday on NBC, a stunt the network is using to get viewers to sample a new show.

TV critic David Bianculli says that most of the over thirty shows premiering this season aren't worth watching; the ones that are don't fit neatly into the molds networks have been pushing this year..

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the season opener of "Murphy Brown," and he previews the premiere of "Mad About You," which he says is the best of all the new fall shows.

Actor Rocky Carrol, who plays Joey Emerson on the popular sitcom, talks about the show's recent change to a live broadcast format. He says it works because Carroll and his costars have ample experience in theater.

TV critic David Bianculli review the original pilot of "Gilligan's Island," which will be broadcast for the first time. He says it might be worse than the original.

Reiser was a stand-up comedian for years and was in the sit-com "My Two Dads." He's the creator and co-star of a new show, "Mad About You," a Seinfeldesque comedy on NBC, about a married couple. Helen Hunt plays Reiser's wife.

This week, Nick at Nite and TBS present telecasts of three-decade old TV flops that aired only once. One of them later became "The Dick van Dyke Show." Critic David Bianculli has a review.