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title: "1 Make Argument Quotes By David Bianculli"
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> [I wrote my own first book about the defense of television as an art form in 1992. It was harder to make the argument then. Now it seems absolutely a given. You can argue about when the Platinum Age Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/i-wrote-my-own-first-book-about-the-defense-of-television-as-an-art/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

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## More by David Bianculli

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/i-keep-writing-books-about-why-tv-is-good-there-s-nothing-more-fun-to/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> [Mark Dawidziak is as comfy and entertaining a tour guide through the world of Mark Twain as Twain himself was a tour guide through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/mark-dawidziak-is-as-comfy-and-entertaining-a-tour-guide-through-the/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/i-m-such-an-old-fart-that-i-started-buying-books-on-film-and-tv-and/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/downton-abbey-is-the-most-popular-drama-in-the-history-of-public/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> [I wrote my own first book about the defense of television as an art form in 1992. It was harder to make the argument…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/i-wrote-my-own-first-book-about-the-defense-of-television-as-an-art/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/even-though-i-m-a-writer-and-i-love-books-and-writing-books-is-my/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> [The idea that you waited for that particular issue to come out, but then you planned your TV viewing for the coming season, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/the-idea-that-you-waited-for-that-particular-issue-to-come-out-but/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/when-nick-at-nite-is-showing-george-lopez-it-s-not-doing-what-i-m/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> [I got into television criticism because I thought it would be easier than film criticism. Film, you had to know 100 years of history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/i-got-into-television-criticism-because-i-thought-it-would-be-easier/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/i-m-trying-to-accept-the-idea-that-there-s-a-different-definition-of/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> ["Transparent" is a drama slash comedy series that could, in theory, make the Emmy nominations next year in either of those categories - it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/transparent-is-a-drama-slash-comedy-series-that-could-in-theory-make/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

> [I would not even attempt to do a history of world television. I did a half dozen years where I was a juror at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bianculli/i-would-not-even-attempt-to-do-a-history-of-world-television-i-did-a/)

[David Bianculli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bianculli/)

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