Television criticism
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Television criticism is the act of writing or speaking about television programming with a view to evaluating its worth, meaning and other aspects.
Such criticism can be found in daily newspapers, on culture discussion shows (on TV and radio) and in specialist books and periodicals.
and this is often accompanied by criticism even just to the extent of recommending a particular programme or programmes from that day's selection of viewing.
Television will often provide a forum for criticising itself. In the UK Newsnight Review hosts a weekly discussion on the arts with a television series often featuring. Also in the UK is Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
which takes an incisive though humorous look at current television.
Do to its nature of episodic review, it was hard for TV criticism to really take off before the internet age. Now TV critics have the luxury of covering a weekly television show nearly instantaneously via a website.
Such criticism can be found in daily newspapers, on culture discussion shows (on TV and radio) and in specialist books and periodicals.
Where television criticism appears
Since television is so accessible to so many people most newspapers carry TV listingsTV listings
TV listings in the United Kingdom are the lists of programmes that will appear on television over the next few days and weeks.-History:In March 1991, the monopoly on listings magazines ended and the market was opened up...
and this is often accompanied by criticism even just to the extent of recommending a particular programme or programmes from that day's selection of viewing.
Television will often provide a forum for criticising itself. In the UK Newsnight Review hosts a weekly discussion on the arts with a television series often featuring. Also in the UK is Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe is a British television review programme broadcast on BBC Four by Charlie Brooker. The programme contains reviews of current shows, as well as stories and commentary on how television is produced.-Format:...
which takes an incisive though humorous look at current television.
Do to its nature of episodic review, it was hard for TV criticism to really take off before the internet age. Now TV critics have the luxury of covering a weekly television show nearly instantaneously via a website.
External links
- Our critics' advice - The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, 8 July 2008.- In this article Nancy Banks-SmithNancy Banks-SmithNancy Banks-Smith is a British television critic; she began writing for The Guardian in 1969. In 1970 she was recommended for the Order of the British Empire, which she declined.*1951- 1955: Northern Daily Telegraph, reporter...
gives advice to young, aspiring, would-be TV critics.
- In this article Nancy Banks-Smith