David Bianculli
| David Bianculli | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Education | B.S. in Journalism, M.A. in Journalism and Communication, University of Florida |
| Occupation | TV critic, non-fiction author, professor of TV and film history |
| Years active | 1975- |
| Website | tvworthwatching |
David Bianculli is an American TV critic, columnist, radio personality, non-fiction author and university professor. Bianculli has served as the television critic for NPR’s radio show Fresh Air since the Philadelphia-based show went national in 1987, and regularly fills in for the show’s long-time host, Terry Gross. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the website TVWorthWatching.com, and an associate professor of TV and film history at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey.
Bianculli showed an early interest in television, even making notes about TV shows in his childhood diary. A graduate of Nova High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Bianculli received a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida in 1975 and an M.A. in Journalism and Communication from the University of Florida in 1977. In 1995, Bianculli was named an Alumnus of Distinction by UF’s College of Journalism and Communications.
While attending the University of Florida in Gainesville, Bianculli convinced an editor at the Gainesville Sun to let him "write a review of a brand-new TV show aimed at college kids, since I was a college kid and Gainesville was a college town." That show was Saturday Night Live. Bianculli continued writing television reviews for the Sun, at $5 per review, while completing his master's degree.
Bianculli worked as a TV critic for the Ft. Lauderdale News/Sun Sentinel from 1977 to 1980, which was followed by stints at the Akron Beacon Journal (1980-1983) and Philadelphia Inquirer (1983-1987). In 1987, he was named TV critic for the New York Post, then jumped to the rival New York Daily News, where he remained from 1993 to 2007. Bianculli also briefly served as TV critic for the TV trade magazine Broadcasting & Cable.
On Nov. 5, 2007, the day his farewell column ran in the New York Daily News, Bianculli launched his web magazine, TVWorthWatching.com.
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