David Bushman

Curator, Television

April 12, 2013

No Penguins on the North Pole

by David Bushman

"Zombieland" rising!

March 1, 2013

Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine

by David Bushman

"This is the end, my only friend, the end." -- The Doors

January 17, 2013

Don't Cry for Me, Sam Hunter

by David Bushman

I spy value in Cinemax's "Hunted"

October 24, 2012

100 Great Episodes: Doctor Who

by David Bushman

The Doctor: I Think He Can Dance

September 13, 2012

Book 'Em!

by David Bushman

TV-themed books look at westerns and a sci-fi anthology show from the fifties.

August 9, 2012

Through the Darkness of Futures Past

by David Bushman

Remembering "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me," and David Lynch's Summer of '92

July 3, 2012

"Battleground" and "Veep": Living in a Political World

by David Bushman

Mercy walks the planks; life is in mirrors.

June 1, 2012

Where Have You Gone, Mr. Slattery? (Part Two)

by Dr. Joseph Harder

In part two, guest blogger Dr. Joseph Harder continues his look at the CBS sixties political drama "Slattery's People."

May 29, 2012

Where Have You Gone, Mr. Slattery? (Part One)

by Dr. Joseph Harder

Before "The West Wing," there was "Slattery's People"; here Dr. Joseph Harder, an adjunct professor of political science at Macomb Community College and other institutions in Michigan, fondly remembers the overlooked CBS political drama from the 1960s.

April 17, 2012

Rogues' Gallery

by David Bushman

"As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move without rogues." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

About

David Bushman

Curator, Television

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Before joining the Paley Center in 1992, David Bushman was senior television editor of Daily Variety in Los Angeles and weekly Variety in New York. He also served as director of programming at TV Land from 1997 to 1998. He has taught and lectured on TV at numerous institutions, but on only one continent. He may be the only person in the world pining for an E-Z Streets reunion.

Interests:

Noir, Fantasy Baseball, The Pogues, Soccer, Running

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David Bushman
dbushman@paleycenter.org

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