Television critics must be the most biased creatures on two legs, and so I freely admit to mine: "Lost," "The Sopranos," "The Wire," and ""The Office," "24," and - on occassion only - "The Simpsons" and "South Park"
are among the very best television has to offer. I also happen to be someone who strongly believes that the three major news divisions of ABC, CBS and NBC are anything but dinosaurs but - quite the opposite - vital, important and endlessly interesting components of the television landscape.
I'm also biased against a bunch of shows, but no reason to get into that now. You'll know what those are soon enough.
Here's, briefly, who I am: I've been with Newsday since 1989, and have written about virtually every show, personality, development, controversy, and network over those years. Most of this has been sheer joy. Some of it has been sheer torture. And all of it, for better or worse, adds up to one thing: I know a lot more about the wonderful business of television entertainment than even I care to admit.
What my colleagues and I hope to accomplish with the tvzone is to share a little of this knowledge, without overburdeing you, or turning your eyes into dazed cubes. TV is fun, so in that spirit, expect plenty of opinion
- my speciality - and perhaps occassional nonsense too. (Sorry, TV does that to you after a while.) And I'm fully expecting that you will alert me, or at least gently prod me, when that happens.
Comments (2)
The lack of coverage of SUPERNATURAL in Newsday is completely discriminatory. You push CSI, GREY'S ANATOMY, THE OFFICE--anything and everything competing against it, but never SUPERNATURAL!
I never even saw an announcement of the season 2 SUPERNATURAL DVD in Newsday, yet you mention every other asinine program.
There are a lot of fans of this brilliant, underrrated, and well-acted show--or do you only cover what's top 10 in the ratings, Verne Gay?
I am one disgrunted Newsday subscriber who is seriously thinking of unsubscribing because the way you've ignored this fabulous show.
Robin Vogel
I AM A BIG FAN OF COLD CASE ON CBS.LAST NIGHTS EPISODE I LOVED THE MUSIC,ESPECIALLY ONE SONG.THE SONG THEY PLAYED AT THE END I HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHO SINGS IT.I WOULD LIKE THE NAME OF SONG AND WHO SINGS IT.