Tom Shales, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tom Shales

American critic of television programming and operations

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1944

Place of Birth: Elgin, Illinois, United States

Profession: journalist, film critic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Thomas William Shales (born November 3, 1944) is an American writer and critic of television programming and operations.
He is best known as the television critic for The Washington Post, for which Shales received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1988.
He also writes a column for the television news trade publication NewsPro, published by Crain Communications.