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  • Fox: Just "a standard election"

    Fox News' talking heads comb desperately through the night's rubble and ashes in search of a blackened emblem of symbolic victory.
    By Andrew O'Hehir November 8, 2006

  • Big shows on campus

    Can TV favorites like "The O.C." and "Veronica Mars" survive when their lead characters trade high school angst for college woes?
    By Stephanie Zacharek November 1, 2006

  • Method anchor

    Star newsman Anderson Cooper is defined less by his experience than by an old-fashioned Hollywood marketing campaign.
    By Neal Gabler August 23, 2006

  • So many dramas, too little DVR space

    Criminal masterminds! Superhero freaks! Matthew Perry! A clip-and-save guide to the new TV season's new dramas.
    By Heather Havrilesky August 21, 2006

  • N.O. better blues

    Watching Spike Lee's four-hour epic on Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans Arena with my neighbors, I felt awed, exhausted and heartbroken -- and more convinced than ever that somebody should go to jail for what happened here.
    By Cynthia Joyce August 20, 2006

  • "Showzen" people

    MTV2's "Wonder Showzen" aims to do for childhood innocence what "Chappelle's Show" did for racial sensitivity. Just don't call it "'Sesame Street' on acid."
    By Matt Haber March 22, 2006

  • Manimal magnetism

    Like our president, four TV shows are trying to scare us with tales of human hybrids. But what, exactly, are we so afraid of?
    By Laura Miller February 10, 2006

  • Will you miss "The West Wing"?

    Salon staffers explain why they stopped watching -- or why they're still hanging in there.
    January 24, 2006

  • The dark secret of Stars Hollow

    The reason "Gilmore Girls" is so appealing isn't the sunshine and lollipops veneer -- it's the irresistible fantasy just beneath the surface.
    By Cara Wall September 27, 2005

  • Your Emmy ballot

    Vote for TV's best -- and worst -- on our modified ballot, where the nominees vie against those who deserved to win, and those who really don't.
    By Salon's A&E Staff September 12, 2005

  • Great bad ideas

    Morgan Spurlock searches for a deeper truth -- by turning a mom into a binge drinker and moving a fundamentalist into a gay enclave -- on his new TV show "30 Days."
    By Heather Havrilesky June 15, 2005

  • Jewell in the rough

    How did sweet Cousin Geri from "The Facts of Life" end up cleaning up after the ruffians of "Deadwood"?
    By Matt Haber May 9, 2005

  • "Alias" grace

    Sure, butt-kicking women have come to dominate pop culture. But nobody knocks you down flat like Sydney Bristow.
    By Charles Taylor January 12, 2005

  • Prime-time politics

    Ever wonder about the hidden political propaganda behind "Gilmore Girls," "The Apprentice" and "COPS"? Worry no more!
    By Brian Montopoli November 1, 2004

  • Can he be serious?

    John McEnroe makes plenty of unforced errors on his new talk show, but his candor also sets him apart from the overtrained brown-nosers he's competing against.
    By Heather Havrilesky July 10, 2004

  • Terrible news

    Ted Knight, Chevy Chase and now Will Ferrell have all spoofed TV news. But it's their real-life counterparts who are really funny.
    By Charles Taylor July 8, 2004

  • Death in the family

    In the "Sopranos" season finale, Tony preserves the peace in his kingdom the only way he knows how.
    By Heather Havrilesky June 7, 2004

  • Like sands through the hourglass

    Even if you don't spend your afternoons watching "Days of Our Lives," you probably know about the Salem Serial Killer, thanks to those ultra-campy ads.
    By Rebecca Traister May 21, 2004

  • American idle

    I had nothing better to do than watch the taping of Simon Cowell's amateur-hour schlockfest. Here's my shocking story.
    By Lee Soult May 13, 2004

  • Nups and nips

    "Carmen & Dave," "My Big Fat" and "Newlyweds" lead the way as reality TV finds fertile new ground to exploit: Weddings.
    By Baz Dreisinger March 3, 2004

  • Let us now praise Charlotte York Goldenblatt

    Forget Carrie, Samantha and Miranda. Kristin Davis' deceptively sweet "Sex and the City" character has turned out to be the most intriguing -- and sexiest -- one of all.
    By Stephanie Zacharek February 19, 2004

  • Meet the Donald

    Like ripped sweat shirts and leg warmers, Donald Trump has never really left us. On "The Apprentice," fawning hopefuls happily enslave themselves to this icon of cheesy excess.
    By Heather Havrilesky January 14, 2004

  • Other people's stuff

    With the new PBS series "Second Hand Stories" and the rise of Found magazine, garage-sale and Dumpster-diver culture finds its art form.
    By Su Ciampa October 15, 2003

  • Smells like teen spirituality

    Why have the networks brought us four -- count 'em! -- new shows about rebellious young heroines in touch with the supernatural world? God only knows.
    By Heather Havrilesky October 13, 2003

  • I Like to Watch

    This week's tweaked TV featured metrosexuals, matchmakers, and Jen and Brad decorating tips. Plus: The devastating finale of the mind-melting "Paradise Hotel"!
    By Heather Havrilesky October 2, 2003

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