Early life
After Medved adapted Class of '65 for television, he continued his screenwriting work, writing for feature film projects and TV miniseries, and he joined the Writers Guild of America. He also collaborated with his brother, Harry Medved, on four satirical books about movies: The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (1979), The Golden Turkey Awards (1980) and The Hollywood Hall of Shame (1984) and "Son of Golden Turkey Awards" (1986).
Medved continued to review movies, through a weekly review on CNN (1980-1983) and a show he hosted on British network Channel 4 called The Worst of Hollywood. His commentary centered on what he considered to be bad movies, particularly in "The Golden Turkey Awards". The film selected by the Medved Brothers as The Worst Film of All Time, Plan 9 from Outer Space, has since become a cult classic.
In 1984, Medved joined Sneak Previews, the weekly movie review show originated by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, co-hosting the program for twelve years with Jeffrey Lyons.
In 1993, Medved became chief film critic for the New York Post, a position he held for five years, during which he reviewed more than 700 movies for the newspaper.
More recently, Medved has played a prominent role in some movie-related controversies. Medved became an outspoken defender of Mel Gibson's movie, The Passion of the Christ (2004) which was criticized as anti-Semitic by many prominent Jewish groups. After Mel Gibson's DUI arrest in July 2006, Medved wrote that he felt "betrayed" by Gibson's anti-Semitic outburst and urged Gibson to seek "reconciliation" with the Jewish community.

Movie reviews
While focusing on the theme of Hollywood vs. America, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh interviewed Medved and then asked Medved to guest-host his talk show. Medved went on to serve as a regular guest-host for Limbaugh on close to thirty occasions. In 1996, Medved was offered his own local show on a major Seattle station. In his 2005 autobiographical book Right Turns: From Liberal Activist to Conservative Champion in 35 Unconventional Lessons, Medved says he welcomed the chance to escape "the movie ghetto" and to speak to a wider audience about politics and morality, which were a focus of his written commentary and books. Medved's show was aired in Seattle and syndicated through Salem Radio Network.
His three hour daily show is now broadcast on 200 stations coast to coast and reaches more than 2.5 million listeners
Medved describes the show as "Your Daily Dose of Debate" often focused on listeners who call in to debate issues with the host. Guests have included those who describe themselves as politically liberal, including Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, John Shelby Spong, Oliver Stone, Warren Beatty, Ralph Nader, Senator Barbara Boxer, Al Gore, Madeleine Albright, Ben Cohen, George Galloway, and Al Franken. Guests who describe themselves as politically conservative include Robert Spencer and Condoleezza Rice.
Medved describes himself as "your cultural crusader on politics and pop culture" and common themes on his show include current events, politics, American history and the entertainment industry. He reviews four or more new movies or DVD releases per week. The program also includes a monthly "Conspiracy Day" where callers from across the country expose what they consider the "hidden forces" behind "perplexing and painful present events."
Medved writes a regular column for USA Today and is a member of that newspaper's Board of Contributors. He also writes occasional op-ed pieces for The Wall Street Journal and blogs daily at conservative website Townhall.com.

Talk radio and political commentary
Medved has been married for 22 years to clinical psychologist Dr. Diane Medved, bestselling author of The Case Against Divorce and four other books, and they have three children.
Medved co-founded Pacific Jewish Center, a synagogue in Venice, California, with his friend and teacher, Rabbi Daniel Lapin. For fifteen years, Medved served as president of PJC, which states that its mission is outreach to unaffiliated and disconnected Jews. In his book Right Turns: Unconventional Lessons from a Controversial Life, he states that his commitment to religion led to his conservative political outlook.

Books

A caller to Medved's show once noted the uncanny similarities between the host and the character Ned Flanders from the television show The Simpsons—similarities such as their glasses, moustaches, sweaters, voices, and family-oriented religious lifestyles (except that Flanders is a born again Christian, while Medved is an observant Jew). Since then, Medved has sometimes jokingly claimed to be the inspiration for the character.
Medved is a Slavic word for 'bear'. It has the same meaning in Czech, Russian, Slovak, and Serbian. It means, literally, "honey-eater".