Category: Television

  • Tom Shales, Pulitzer-winning TV critic of fine-tuned wit, dies at 79

    Tom Shales, a Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post who brought incisive and barbed wit to coverage of the small screen and chronicled the medium as an increasingly powerful cultural force, for better and worse, died Jan. 13 at a hospital in Fairfax County, Va. He was 79. The cause was complications from…

  • Delayed Emmys to spotlight best of television in ‘Succession’ sendoff

    LOS ANGELES, Jan 13 — The Emmy Awards, normally one of Hollywood’s September red-carpet rituals, will take the stage on Monday in a strike-delayed ceremony to honour the best of television. HBO’s Succession, about the wealthy but miserable Roy family, leads all nominees with 27 nods. It is widely expected to win its third best-drama…

  • Are Transparent TVs the Next Big Thing?

    At CES 2024, both LG and Samsung debuted big screen transparent TVs. Like something out of science fiction, these are absolutely as crazy as they sound. When the TVs is off, it’s like it’s no longer there. Not invisible exactly, but if you didn’t know what it was, you’d never guess that in a fraction…

  • Top 75 Most Impactful Television Moments

     Rank  Decade  Program  Description 1 1960s News Item After Apollo 11 landed on the moon, astronaut Neil Armstrong proclaims “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. 2 2000s News Item Live coverage of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. 3 1960s The Ed Sullivan Show The Beatles performance.…

  • Dear Annie: Advice for making out the dialogue on TV

    Dear Annie: I agree with “What Did You Say” that mood music in TV shows often makes it hard to hear the dialogue. I would add that background noises meant to create “realism” also frequently drown out what the actors are saying. Isn’t the dialogue important enough to make it audible? Because the problem is…

  • How to Watch the 75th Emmy Awards

    TV’s top honors will finally be handed out on Monday, four months later than usual. Here’s what to know. Postponed for months because of last year’s Hollywood writers and actors strikes, the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards will finally be handed out on Monday night. The Emmys are arriving just over a week after the Golden…

  • Who is John Anderson and will the referee return for the new Gladiators?

    Gladiators, the beloved Saturday night TV staple, is returning to UK television screens. The reality TV show involves a host of superhuman contestants testing their strength and speed against the Gladiators through a series of gruelling physical challenges. During its original eight-year run (1992-2000), it attracted an audience of 14 million to watch ordinary people…

  • IPTV Unleashed: Revolutionizing Television In The Digital Age

    Introduction Every day, the television environment changes dynamically, drawing viewers in and changing the way we watch media. Although cable companies have always acted as the gatekeepers of premium entertainment, current advancements in technology are ushering in a new age. The proliferation of various streaming services heralds a paradigm change, with Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)…

  • February sees important change to Spanish television

    Spain is on the brink of a major television transformation. On February 14, 2024, Spain will undergo a significant change in Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT). This evolution will mark the end of standard quality (SD) channels, and will transition exclusively to high definition (HD) broadcasts. This move was initially planned for January 1, 2023, but…

  • Television Review: “True Detective: Night Country” — In the Bleak Midwinter

    By Peg Aloi When the identities of the guilty are finally revealed in this new season of a superb True Detective, it is terrifying and glorious. Kali Reis and Jodie Foster in True Detective: Night Country. Photo: HBO This compelling new season of True Detective was originally conceived as a stand-alone drama series, not a…