Downton Abbey is the most popular drama in the history of public television. When the whole of the TV universe is fragmenting, that isn't just impressive. It's almost impossible. But here we are. — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
I keep writing books about why TV is good. There's nothing more fun to me than steering people toward something that I really loved… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
Mark Dawidziak is as comfy and entertaining a tour guide through the world of Mark Twain as Twain himself was a tour guide through… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
I'm such an old fart that I started buying books on film and TV and radio and music when, for television, the entire shelf… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
Downton Abbey is the most popular drama in the history of public television. When the whole of the TV universe is fragmenting, that isn't… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
I wrote my own first book about the defense of television as an art form in 1992. It was harder to make the argument… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
Even though I'm a writer and I love books and writing books is my favorite thing to do, when you teach, and you can… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
The idea that you waited for that particular issue to come out, but then you planned your TV viewing for the coming season, it… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
When Nick At Nite is showing George Lopez, it's not doing what I'm thinking. But yes, I even write in the book about how… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
I got into television criticism because I thought it would be easier than film criticism. Film, you had to know 100 years of history,… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
I'm trying to accept the idea that there's a different definition of what matters now. The rating for James Corden at 12:30 at night… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
"Transparent" is a drama slash comedy series that could, in theory, make the Emmy nominations next year in either of those categories - it's… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
I would not even attempt to do a history of world television. I did a half dozen years where I was a juror at… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
