David Bianculli

David Bianculli is a guest host and TV critic on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross . A contributor to the show since its inception, he has been a TV critic since 1975. From 1993 to 2007 Bianculli was a TV critic for the New York Daily News . He has written three other books: Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , Teleliteracy: Taking Television Seriously , and Dictionary of Teleliteracy: Television's 500 Biggest Hits, Misses, and Events . An associate...See more

David Bianculli is a guest host and TV critic on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross . A contributor to the show since its inception, he has been a TV critic since 1975. From 1993 to 2007 Bianculli was a TV critic for the New York Daily News . He has written three other books: Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , Teleliteracy: Taking Television Seriously , and Dictionary of Teleliteracy: Television's 500 Biggest Hits, Misses, and Events . An associate professor of TV and film at Rowan University in New Jersey, Bianculli is also the founder and editor of the online magazine TVWorthWatching . ... See less