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Medical drama smackdown: "Mercy" vs. McDreamy!

Which do we crave more, NBC's gritty hospital melodrama or the fantastical emotional Mad Libs of "Grey's Anatomy"?

By Heather Havrilesky Nov 14, 2009

Aliens invade, disguised as Larry David!

Which intergalactic attack is more harrowing: ABC's "V" or HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm"?

By Heather Havrilesky October 31, 2009
High-fiving 40-year-olds? Get out of "Cougar Town"!

Why has Courteney Cox's painfully manic midlife-crisis sitcom been embraced by fans and critics?

By Heather Havrilesky October 14, 2009
"The Middle" just middling

Patricia Heaton's Midwestern matriarch is sometimes funny, but ultimately too manic and silly to embrace

By Heather Havrilesky September 30, 2009
Best new TV: "Modern Family"

Look, Mom! A dysfunctional family sitcom that's actually funny!

By Heather Havrilesky September 23, 2009

Best new fall TV: "Flash Forward"

ABC's new serial drama slips the world a roofie and keeps it company

By Heather Havrilesky September 18, 2009
Fear of a gay planet

On TV this fall, token gay replaces token black and Ellen DeGeneres fills Paula Abdul's tiny, wobbly shoes

By Heather Havrilesky September 13, 2009
Who wants to be a billionaire?

Smug rich people condescend to hapless entrepreneurs on Mark Burnett's new reality show, "Shark Tank"

By Heather Havrilesky August 2, 2009
What if you set "Grey's Anatomy" in outer space?

ABC's drama "Defying Gravity" sends McDreamy astronauts on a collision course with a meteor made of stinky cheese

By Heather Havrilesky July 30, 2009
Embrace the reality TV underdogs!

TV experiments with the unbearable importance of looks, from "More To Love" to "Dating in the Dark"

By Heather Havrilesky July 26, 2009
When summer TV goes bad

An ill wind blows in the macho stupidity of "Dark Blue" and the insipid nothingness of "Great American Road Trip"

By Heather Havrilesky July 19, 2009
Obama takes healthcare fight to primetime

The president goes on TV to marshal public support for his plan, and the GOP's not happy about it

By Gabriel Winant June 25, 2009
TV apocalypse now!

The bad science and special effects of "Impact" are hurtling toward your TV this summer. Be afraid, be very afraid!

By Heather Havrilesky June 18, 2009
I Like to Watch

"Dollhouse" lives, "Earl" dies, and Leno joins the living dead! The networks announce their puzzling fall lineups.

By Heather Havrilesky May 24, 2009
Finale wrap-up: "Lost"

One of the series' deepest mysteries is revealed and intriguing new loopholes open up in the thrilling season finale.

By Laura Miller May 14, 2009
Finale wrap-up: "Life on Mars"

In its last episode, the charming (and canceled) cop show finally unlocks the secrets of our hero's past. But they're not what you might expect.

By Stephanie Zacharek April 2, 2009
I Like to Watch

Watching the detectives: Some new sleuths make waves, from "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" to "The Unusuals." Plus: With "Life on Mars" canceled, will Sam get back to where he once belonged?

By Heather Havrilesky March 29, 2009
I Like to Watch

When push comes to love: "Cupid" demonstrates the pitfalls of romance (and romantic comedies), "30 Rock" skewers love, and "Millionaire Matchmaker" presents a modern Cupid with a grudge to bear.

By Heather Havrilesky March 22, 2009
I Like to Watch

The unrelenting darkness of "Breaking Bad" makes the homicide detective show "Castle" look like a fairy tale by comparison.

By Heather Havrilesky March 8, 2009
Boxee Tells Mac Users to Get LOST

By Weldon Dodd January 23, 2009
Palin doesn't know what Bush Doctrine is

For all her preparation, Sarah Palin got caught napping on perhaps the key facet of the Bush administration's foreign policy.

By Alex Koppelman September 11, 2008
Palin and Gibson go head to head

Early excerpts of Sarah Palin's interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson have been released, and it appears Gibson wasn't the patsy some predicted he'd be.

By Alex Koppelman September 11, 2008
I Like to Watch

Why "The Bachelorette" hears wedding bells while "The Bachelor" vows to honor and obey his libido alone. Plus: Why "Shear Genius" is anything but.

By Heather Havrilesky July 6, 2008
I Like to Watch

TV's dance marathon rages on, from the inspired kids of "So You Think You Can Dance" and "America's Best Dance Crew" to the inspired jackasses of "Dance Machine"!

By Heather Havrilesky June 29, 2008
Critics' Picks

What you need to see, read, do this week: A lavish gay TV wedding, a moving movie memoir, the sound of schoolyard heartbreak.

May 10, 2008