# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-shales
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:42:32.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-shales"
name: "Tom Shales"
slug: "tom-shales"
description: "Thomas William Shales was an American writer and television critic."
tagline: "American critic of television programming and operations"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/Tom_Shales.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1944-11-03"
deathDate: "2024-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.043271946672692
  historical:           7.896798666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1143576/"
    handle:    "nm1143576"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "توم شاليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Shales"
    title: "Tom Shales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "تام شیلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Shales"
    title: "Tom Shales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Shales"
    title: "Tom Shales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Shales"
    title: "Tom Shales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Shales"
    title: "Tom Shales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4817908"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2680715"
    title: "Tom Shales"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump