Tom Shales

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Tom Shales (born November 3, 1944) is an American critic of television programming and operations. Born in Elgin, Illinois, he has written for the Washington Post newspaper for several decades. He is generally credited for popularizing the idea of treating TV as seriously as theater or film from a critic's point of view.^{[citation needed]}

Shales graduated from American University in 1973. His books include Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live (2002, co-authored with James Andrew Miller), On the Air! and Legends: Remembering America's Greatest Stars.

Shales won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1988 for work with the Washington Post.