Curriculum Vitae 2020 David Bianculli [email protected]

TV CRITIC National Public Radio’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 1987- present. Founder, editor and columnist, TVWorthWatching.com, 2007-present. TV Worth Watching, YouTube videos, 2019-present. TV Guide, 2017-2018. Multichannel News, 2011. Broadcasting & Cable, 2008-2009. New York Daily News, 1993-2007. New York Post, 1987-93. Philadelphia Inquirer, 1983-87. Akron Beacon Journal, 1980-83. Ft. Lauderdale News/Sun-Sentinel, 1977-80. Gainesville Sun, 1975-77.

-- Articles, columns and commentary published in: The New York Times, CNN.com, TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Film Comment, The New York Times Book Review, London Independent, Variety, Boston Phoenix, Taxi, The Week, Family Life, Washington Journalism Review, Electronic Media, Channels of Communication, Television Business International, Parents’ Choice, Television Quarterly, Fame, Cinefantastique, Multichannel News, and hundreds of daily newspapers via syndication.

AUTHOR The Platinum Age of Television: From ‘I Love Lucy’ to ‘The Walking Dead,’ How TV became Terrific. NY: Doubleday, 2016. Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.’ NY: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2009. Dictionary of Teleliteracy: Television’s 500 Biggest Hits, Misses, and Events. NY: Continuum Publishing Co., 1996. Syracuse University Press, paperback, 1997. Teleliteracy: Taking Television Seriously. NY: Continuum Publishing Co., 1992. Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, paperback, 1994. Graduate thesis: A Comparative Study of College Level CRT/VDT Computer Editing Teaching Methods. University of Florida, 1977.

-- Contributed articles or chapters to: “Nichols” and “That Was the Week That Was,” Television Finales: From ‘Howdy Doody’ to ‘Girls.’ Co-edited, with Douglas L. Howard. Syracuse University Press, 2018. “Dossier: Dennis Potter in America,” in peer-reviewed Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies (8, 1), Spring 2013. Foreword to The Essential Sopranos Reader. David Lavery, Douglas L. Howard, and Paul Levinson, eds. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2011. “Fresh Air Interview with Joss Whedon,” in Joss Whedon: Conversations. David Lavery and Cynthia Burkhead, eds. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2011. “Twin Peaks,” in The Essential Cult TV Reader. David Lavery, ed. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2010. “Quality TV: A U.S. TV Critic’s Perspective,” in Reading Quality TV: American Television and Beyond. Janet McCabe and Kim Akass, eds. London: I.B. Tauris & Co., 2007. “The CSI Phenomenon,” in Reading CSI: Crime Television Under the Microscope. Michael Allen, ed. London: I.B. Tauris & Co., 2007. “A Day in the Life of a TV Critic,” in Career Perspectives in Electronic Media. Peter B. Orlik, ed. Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. “The Myth, the Man, the Legend,” in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Children, Television, and Fred Rogers. Mark Collins and Margaret Mary Kimmel, eds. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996. “The Theory of Evolution, According to Vonnegut (A Review of Galapagos),” in The Critical Response to Kurt Vonnegut. Leonard Mustazza, ed. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.

-- Edited: Television Finales: From ‘Howdy Doody’ to ‘Girls,’ co-editor, with Douglas L. Howard. Syracuse University Press, 2018. TV Worth Watching website, founder and editor, 2007-present. Series editor, The Praeger Television Collection. 2003-2013. Television Critics Association newsletter editor. 1979-80.

-- Wrote liner notes for: Home-video releases of The Carol Burnett Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Singing Detective, The Great American Dream Machine, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, Law & Order, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Dream On and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Appeared on DVD Extras for: Home-video releases of The Sopranos: The Complete Series, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and Farscape: The Complete Series.

INTERVIEWER For my newspaper work, magazine articles, book research, website and as radio host, have interviewed hundreds, if not thousands, of people, including Kurt Vonnegut, Woody Allen, George Lucas, Paul McCartney, Ken Burns, Mel Brooks, Bill Moyers, David Attenborough, William Shatner, David Simon, Bob Hope, Sid Caesar, Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart, Steven Bochco, David Lynch, Lucille Ball, Jane Fonda, Dennis Potter, and George Clooney. For my latest book alone, The Platinum Age of Television, interviewees also included Norman Lear, Aaron Sorkin, Garry Shandling, Judd Apatow, Matthew Weiner, Louis C.K., Vince Gilligan, David Chase, Steven Bochco, and Matt Groening.

TEACHER Television History & Appreciation, TV History & Appreciation 1960s and 1970s, Evolution of Quality TV, Film History & Appreciation I, Research & Criticism, and Applied Media Aesthetics. Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 2017- , Full professor. 2009-2017, Associate professor. Guest professor, Serial Eyes, Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin, teaching two-day intense postgraduate course on the history and evolution of American Television Drama, Sept. 2019, Oct. 2018, 2017, Oct. 2013. Teaching two- day intense postgraduate course on the history and evolution of American Television Drama, and another two-day course on the history and evolution of American Television Comedy. Dec. 2015 and Dec. 2014. Guest seminar instructor, “Writing for Broadcast,” “Interviewing Techniques” and “Writing Artistic Criticism,” Rutgers-New Brunswick Writers’ Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. Guest professor, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England. Lecture on American television. Nov. 2014. Guest professor, TV scriptwriting. Department of Anglophone Literature and Cultures, Faculty of Arts of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. July 2014. Television History & Appreciation I & II, Film History I. Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 2008-09. Visiting professor. Television History & Appreciation. Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 1998- 2008. Adjunct professor. Taking Television Seriously. Council of the Humanities, Princeton University, 1997. Six-week course presented to interested interdisciplinary faculty. Visiting fellow. College English, Broward Correctional Institute Women’s Prison, 1978, Adjunct professor. -- Curriculum Committee Chairman, Department of Radio/TV/Film, Rowan University. 2014-2015.

CURATOR Guest curator, Apexart Gallery, New York City. Bianculli’s Personal Theory of TV Evolution. Multimedia presentation of TV history – its and mine – involving more than 100 curated video pieces, scripts, memorabilia and other artifacts. Nov. 6-Dec. 20, 2014. Curator and lecturer, New Jersey history of TV and film. New Jersey Historical Commission celebration, New Jersey’s 350th anniversary, Trenton, NJ. Chaired a panel identifying seminal works of TV and film produced in or focusing on New Jersey. June 2014.

LECTURER

Interviewer, TV and onstage events, author R.L. Stine, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Jan. 2020. Keynote presenter, with The Smothers Brothers, Comedy and censorship, Chautauqua Institution, July 2019. Panelist, “Ernie Kovacs at 100: Reflections on His Legacy,” National Comedy Center, Jamestown, NY, July 2019. Broadcast by SiriusXM. Interviewer, on-stage live event, “An Evening with Stephen Sondheim,” Rutgers University Writers’ Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2018. Interviewer, author Chris Bohjalian, Rutgers University Writers’ Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2018. Invited author presentations, Broward Literary Feast, Four-day Broward Public Library Foundation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 2018. Guest lecturer, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, April 2018. Guest lecturer, Harvard Club, New York, NY, Feb. 2018. Guest speaker, “Fred Rogers Mister Rogers Neighborhood 50th Anniversary Salute,” Fred Rogers Center, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, Feb. 2018. Interviewer, author Daniel Handler, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Jan. 2018. Invited speaker, York film society, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA, Sept. 2017. Peer-review paper presentation, “Mark Twain on Television,” for Elmira 2017: The Eighth International Conference on the State of Mark Twain Studies, Elmira College, Elmira, NY, Aug. 2017. Invited panelist, TV of Tomorrow Show Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2017. Interviewer, singer-songwriter Janis Ian, Rutgers University Writers’ Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2017. Guest speaker, “JewTube: Jewish Portrayals in the Media.” Temple Beth Sholom, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017. New York College English Association Conference and Teaching of Writing Festival, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY, Oct. 2016. Invited presenter, Broadcast Education Association convention. “Rowan University Presents a Conversation with… Frank Spotnitz, creator of The Man in the High Castle.” Las Vegas, NV, April 2016. Invited presenter, Broadcast Education Association convention. “Rowan University Presents a Conversation with… David Simon, creator of The Wire.” Las Vegas, NV, April 2015. Moderator, interview with author and actress Candice Bergen. Free Library of Philadelphia, Author event, Philadelphia, PA, April 2015. Moderator, interview with author and TV producer Norman Lear. Free Library of Philadelphia, Author event, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2014. Moderator, “The Wonder Years Reunion with Fred Savage, Danica McKellar and Josh Saviano,” 92nd Street Y, New York, NY. Oct. 2014. Guest speaker, “JewTube: Jewish Portrayals in the Media.” Temple Beth Sholom, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014. Moderator, “Backstage at the Original Saturday Night Live,” with panelists Laraine Newman, Marilyn Suzanne Miller and Rosie Shuster. Festival of Arts, Books, and Culture, Katz Jewish Community Center, Cherry Hill, NJ, Nov. 2013. Invited presenter, Broadcast Education Association convention. “Rowan University Presents a Conversation with… Graham Yost, the creator/producer of Justified.” Las Vegas, NV, April 2013. Keynote speaker, American Public Television (APT) convention. Ft. Myers, FL, Nov. 2012. Invited panelist, “Ernie Kovacs: Video Art for the Intimate Vacuum,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Oct. 2012. Invited panelist, “Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams,” Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY, April 2012. Fellow panelists included Harold Prince, Robert Klein and Jeff Greenfield. Invited presenter, Broadcast Education Association convention. “Rowan University Presents a Conversation with… Vince Gilligan, the creator/producer of Breaking Bad and The X-Files.” Las Vegas, NV, April 2012. Presenter/interviewer, with guest Ken Burns. Rowan University, Feb. 2012, Oct. 2009. Guest speaker, Writer’s House luncheon lecture. University of Pennsylvania, Mar. 2011. Main Event speaker and book signing, Akron-Summit Public Library, Akron, OH, May 2010. Keynote speaker, Higher Education Resources and Opportunities for Exceptional Scholars, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May 2010. Invited presenter, Broadcast Education Association convention, Las Vegas, NV, April 2010. Guest lecturer, Introduction to Journalism course, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, April 2010. Lecture and book signing, Ocean County Library, Toms River, NJ, Feb. 2010. Lecture and book signing, Barnes & Noble, Marlton, NJ, Feb. 2010. Moderator, History Makers panel, “History and Hollywood,” History Channel Networks, New York, NY, Jan. 2010. Lecture and book signing, Rutgers University Alexander Library, New Brunswick, NJ, Jan. 2010. Lecture and book signing, Barnes & Noble Broadway, New York, NY, Jan. 2010. Lecture and book signing, Borders Books & Music, Marlton, NJ, Jan 2010. Lecture and book signing, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 2009. Lecture and seminar leader, Baltimore Sun Fellowship, Writers Guild of America East, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2009. Chair and lecturer, The Sopranos: A Wake, Fordham University, New York, 2008. Panelist and lecturer, TV Fiction Exchange, Manchester Metropolitan University, England, 2006. Host/speaker, Festival of Media Arts Awards Ceremony. Broadcast Education Association/NAB, Las Vegas, 2006. Speaker, workshop leader, Sacramento State Summer Writers’ Conference, California State University, Sacramento. 2006, 2005. Keynote speaker, Small Screen, Big Picture TV conference, Australia, 2005. Keynote speaker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer academic summit, Nashville, 2005. Panelist, BANFF Television Festival, Banff, Canada, 2004. Presenter, Summit 2000 Conference. University of Toronto, Canada, 2000. Speaker, workshop leader, Getting Paid to Watch TV, National Writers’ Workshop, Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL. 1997. Featured speaker, National Media Literacy Conference. National Telemedia Council, held at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 1995. Featured speaker, Academy for Educational Development. Center for Communications, New York, 1993. Guest lecturer, Psychology Department course TV and Children, Rutgers State University, Camden, 1991.

MEDIA Guest host, NPR’s Fresh Air, 1997- present. (TV critic, 1987-present.) TV critic, WIP radio, Philadelphia. Live weekly reports. 2008-2013. TV critic, WBAL radio, Baltimore. Live weekly reports, 2002-2007. TV critic/host, Talking about Television, WHYY-FM Philadelphia, 1991-93. TV critic, weekly reports, WIOQ-FM, Philadelphia, 1987-88.

-- Appeared in: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Fred Rogers documentary film, 2018; The 2000s, CNN documentary series, 2018; Through the Decades, 1968, Chicago TV documentary series, 2018; The Nineties, CNN documentary series, 2017; The Eighties, CNN documentary series, 2016; The Seventies, CNN documentary series, 2015; Sixties, CNN documentary series, 2014; Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story, 2013; Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie documentary (archival appearance), 2012; Biography Channel’s Biography, multiple editions, 2010, 2009; Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, 2002.

--Appearances on: CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN’s Reliable Sources and War Room with Jennifer Granholm, NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, NBC’s Today, PBS’s The Jim Lehrer NewsHour, CBS’s The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder, Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, and various national and local TV and radio shows, including the BBC and New York’s WOR.

EDUCATION M. A. in Journalism and Communication, University of Florida, 1977. B. S. in Journalism, University of Florida, 1975.

AWARDS AND JURY AND ADVISORY POSITIONS Member, Fred Rogers Center Advisory Council, 2008-present. Advisory Committee, NJ 350, evaluating 100 best TV and film works from or about New Jersey. New Jersey Historical Commission, 2013. Wall of Fame Award. The Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Rowan University. Contributions to Teaching, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012. Contributions to Advising, 2015. International Advisory Board member, RomaFictionFest, 2009. International Juror, BANFF Television Festival, Banff, Canada, 2004. International Juror, BANFF Television Festival, Banff, Canada, 2003. Nominating Committee for American Film Institute TV Awards. Los Angeles, 2001. International Critics Panel, BANFF Television Festival, Banff, Canada, 2001. Dean’s Award, Excellence in Communication. Rowan University, 2000. International Juror, BANFF Television Festival, Banff, Canada, 1999. International Juror, BANFF Television Festival, Banff, Canada, 1997. DuMont Television Center Broadcaster of the Year, Montclair State University, 1997. Alumnus of Distinction, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, 1995. Peabody Award, University of Georgia, 1993. Given to NPR’s Fresh Air, to which I have contributed since its inception. Graduated summa cum laude, 3rd in class of 75, University of Florida, 1975.