Thinking Outside the Idiot Box

Too many critics are content to simply report and review what's on the small screen. Why can't more of them see the bigger picture?

I’m sitting in John Allemang’s office on October 20, 2000, his last day as The Globe and Mail‘s television critic. It’s a spacious office containing a TV and VCR for Allemang to watch tapes of the programs he reviews. The tapes, sent by the networks for Allemang to study, are piled hip-deep in two of […]