Verne Gay
Television Critic/Writerverne.gay@newsday.comEducation: Colgate University
Verne Gay has covered television for Newsday since 1989, and before that, for Variety. Over his 34 years at Newsday, he's covered all aspects of the television industry, with an emphasis on news and entertainment. He became Newsday's TV critic in 2010.
Verne Gay's Work
- Tom Llamas replacing Lester Holt as NBC News anchorVerne GayMarch 5, 2025 3:16 pm
- Remembering Alison Steele, WNEW-FM's iconic 'Nightbird'Verne GayMarch 1, 2025 5:00 am
- Lester Holt stepping down as 'NBC Nightly News' anchorVerne GayFebruary 24, 2025 12:11 pm
- 5 things we learned from watching 'The Baldwins'Verne GayFebruary 21, 2025 9:58 am
- LI native Clifton Davis stars in 'Beyond the Gates,' TV's newest soapVerne GayFebruary 20, 2025 5:00 am
- 'Zero Day': De Niro's first TV series is deadly dullVerne GayFebruary 20, 2025 3:00 am
- Gary Stevens, last surviving WMCA 'Good Guy,' dies at 84Verne GayFebruary 19, 2025 5:11 pm
- Donnie Wahlberg's 'Blue Bloods' character heads for new Boston-set seriesVerne GayFebruary 18, 2025 4:14 pm
- 'SNL50': Overstuffed night of a thousand starsVerne GayFebruary 17, 2025 11:17 am
- No kidding, 'SNL' loves (to mock) LIVerne GayFebruary 13, 2025 5:00 am
- 'The White Lotus': Season 3 hugely enjoyable, but someone is missingVerne GayFebruary 12, 2025 12:43 pm
- The best and worst Super Bowl LIX commercialsVerne GayFebruary 9, 2025 9:51 pm
- Super Bowl LIX ads heavy on humor, celebs, nostalgiaVerne GayFebruary 5, 2025 4:09 pm
- What's behind TV news' 'unprecedented upheaval'Verne GayFebruary 3, 2025 5:00 am
- Remember these five forgotten Black TV shows?Verne GayFebruary 1, 2025 5:00 am
- 'The Jeffersons' at 50: Why we still love George, Weezy, Florence and the rest of the gangVerne GayJanuary 31, 2025 5:00 am
- LI woman showcased in new Apple TV+ documentary about Vietnam WarVerne GayJanuary 29, 2025 3:52 pm
- 'Blue Bloods' producer Kevin Wade has 2 LI events for his novel, 'Johnny Careless'Daniel BubbeoJanuary 28, 2025 11:39 am
- 'CBS Evening News' debuts revamped newscast with LI nativeVerne GayJanuary 27, 2025 8:01 pm
- 'Great Migrations': Deeply told, deeply felt storyVerne GayJanuary 26, 2025 5:00 am
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