optioned the book to adapt it into a movie. Of Shales, the Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 wrote: "Forget the middle ground, Shales either loves it or hates it – and his reviews of TV shows and personalities are often unabashed paroxysms of that love or hate....Like the medium he covers, Shales turns out fast-paced and amusing fare that often lacks depth". Honors Shales received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1988 for his work at The Washington Post. Selected works References External links Archive of Tom Shales' blog 1944 births 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American University alumni American male journalists American television critics Journalists from Illinois Living people People from Elgin, Illinois Pulitzer Prize for Criticism winners The Washington Post journalists Voice of America people