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Time to program your DVRs! From new shows like "Dollhouse" and "The United States of Tara" to countless returning favorites, an embarrassment of mid-season riches is upon us!
By Heather Havrilesky Jan 11, 2009

  • Bauer power

    Insurgents! Hand grenades! Torture! Fox's two-hour special "24: Redemption" offers a quick fix of Jack to hold us until the show's January premiere.
    By Heather Havrilesky November 21, 2008

  • Black presidents we have known

    What does it look like to have an African-American in the White House? Pop culture has offered versions awful and great, from Sammy Davis Jr. to Chris Rock.
    By Louis Bayard November 3, 2008

  • Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

    Why the worldview of "Heroes" clashes with the vice president's "1 percent doctrine" on terrorism.
    By Juan Cole May 30, 2007

  • Finale wrap-up: "24"

    Jack saves a teenager, but doesn't save the world, and then everyone says sorry.
    By Heather Havrilesky May 22, 2007

  • The longest day ever

    Jack bags the bad guys and the bombs early, leaving a few extra hours to sacrifice national security for his lady love. Quick, somebody turn back the clock!
    By Heather Havrilesky April 17, 2007

  • "24: Aqua Teen Hunger Force"

    This may take a while for Jack Bauer to explain later.
    By David Puner March 9, 2007

  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    Olympic champ Rulon Gardner survives plane crash. The Jack Bauer of the Greco-Roman set. Plus: Ohio State beats Wisconsin.
    February 26, 2007

  • I Like to Watch

    The dreams of aspiring Broadway stars and white rappers are crushed while a nation looks on, delighted! Plus: "24" gives shark jumping a good name!
    By Heather Havrilesky February 11, 2007

  • Anti-escalation resolutions? "24" is the real problem

    Are the troops taking their cues from TV?
    By Tim Grieve February 9, 2007

  • I Like to Watch

    All work and no play make Jack Bauer a mean boy. Plus: Cliff takes on the Heat Miser (and pays for it) on "Top Chef"!
    By Heather Havrilesky January 21, 2007

  • Jack Bauer: "Right-wing propagandist"?

    Maybe if enough cable news segments suggest as much.
    By David Puner January 18, 2007

  • The following parody takes place between ...

    Conan's twist on "24"
    By David Puner January 16, 2007

  • I Like to Watch

    The lusty ladies of "The L Word" take an early lead in our first On-the-Nose Dialogue Contest. Plus: Who's more dangerous, Jack Bauer or Jack Osbourne?
    By Heather Havrilesky January 14, 2007

  • We hate to watch

    The six TV shows we nominate for cancellation.
    By Salon staff August 22, 2006

  • Is that your finale answer?

    Table Talkers weigh in on the shocking and the so-so of the season enders.
    May 26, 2006

  • Finale wrap-up: "24"

    Vengeful Jack takes matters into his own hands in the thrilling fifth season finale of "24."
    By Heather Havrilesky May 23, 2006

  • I Like to Watch

    While "The Sopranos" repeats itself, "24" explores utterly fantastical themes of corruption and deceit in the Oval Office!
    By Heather Havrilesky April 30, 2006

  • Why is Kiefer Sutherland so great?

    The whoring sea donkeys of a local Fox affiliate.
    By K.L. April 4, 2006

  • I Like to Watch

    Best Week of TV Ever! "Project Runway" finale, "Battlestar Galactica" finale and "The Sopranos" premiere, all in the same week? Somebody pinch me.
    By Heather Havrilesky March 12, 2006

  • I Like to Watch

    Hey, ladies! Learn about potential suitors by studying these profiles of male archetypes Flavor Flav, Jeff Probst, Vic Mackey and Jack Bauer!
    By Heather Havrilesky February 5, 2006

  • Bring on the crazy

    Our favorite new character in "24."
    By K.L. January 17, 2006

  • President evil

    The surprisingly strong fourth season of "24" ends with an anticlimactic "Pfffft!" -- but at least we got the panicked, unethical president we so richly deserve.
    By Heather Havrilesky May 24, 2005

  • How real is "24"?

    Could terrorists blow us up with the "nuclear football"? Do jihadi cells party in clubs and recruit infidels? Could Jack Bauer legally kidnap and torture you? What the paranoid hit show gets wrong -- and what it gets right.
    By Spencer Ackerman May 16, 2005

  • Bring the fear

    "24" returns with another bad boss, another evil mastermind and another reason for Jack to play the renegade. But it clings a little too close for comfort to today's nightmares.
    By Heather Havrilesky January 11, 2005
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