David Bushman

Curator, Television

December 29, 2008

Honor Among Geeks

by David Bushman

Freak or geek? Intern Hillary Robbie considers herself a little of each, which makes her doubly qualified to submit this post on Judd Apatow...

December 17, 2008

TV Shows That Went Bump in the (Late) Night

by David Bushman

Network late-night programming is all about talk and news shows these days, but once upon a time that wasn't the case.

December 3, 2008

Barnabas Collins, True Blood-Sucker

by David Bushman

Edward Cullen of "Twilight" may be the vampire of the moment, but if you ask me, no blood-sucking Nosferatu will ever hold a candle to the great Barnabas Collins...

November 13, 2008

May You Build a Ladder to the Stars

by David Bushman

Youth is wasted on the young? I don't think so.

October 29, 2008

Political Comedy on the Web

by David Bushman

With the 2008 presidential election coming down to the wire, this seemed like a good time to scour the web for hilarious political-comedy videos, and we found plenty of them!

October 24, 2008

Keep Coolly Cool, Boy

by David Bushman

If you ask me, there should be a law prohibiting anyone who's portrayed James Bond anywhere - even if it was just a backyard play - from appearing as a guest on "The Ropers."

October 6, 2008

"Dragnet" v. "Naked City": A Great Debate

by David Bushman

Man, that Joe Friday was harsh.

September 26, 2008

Presidential Politics, the Western Way!

by David Bushman

All this talk of "gaming" during the presidential election has me thinking of HBO's "The Wire," in which everything was a game.

September 22, 2008

TV Shows We Loved, But No One Else Did

by David Bushman

How could "Mad About You" run for seven SEASONS and "EZ Streets" last for just nine EPISODES?

September 10, 2008

Presidential Politics: Accentuating the Negative

by David Bushman

So now Barack Obama is under attack for not going on the attack.

About the Curator

David Bushman

Curator, Television

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, Crime Dramas, Apocalyptic Sci-Fi

Contact

David Bushman
dbushman@paleycenter.org

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