The anti-fan's TV survival guide to the most epic day in football
By Heather Havrilesky Feb 6, 2010
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In an age of executive excess, this series is a poignant exercise in make-believe for the underpaid working classes
By Heather Havrilesky
February 3, 2010
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Should Focus on the Family's anti-choice message interrupt the biggest night in sports?
By Tracy Clark-Flory
January 26, 2010
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"I'm Conan O'Brien, the new host of 'Last Call with Carson Daly.'" Plus: Leno and Letterman join the pile-on
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
January 12, 2010
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The most intimidating tribemate since Richard Hatch rules through manipulation and paranoia. But will he win?
By Heather Havrilesky
December 12, 2009
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Simon Baker and Tim Roth are charismatic and coy as TV mind readers, but the cheese is still spread a little thick
By Heather Havrilesky
November 28, 2009
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Whose isn't? On "The Good Wife" and "Dexter," rotten betrothals make for great drama
By Heather Havrilesky
October 18, 2009
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Why has Courteney Cox's painfully manic midlife-crisis sitcom been embraced by fans and critics?
By Heather Havrilesky
October 14, 2009
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"Dollhouse" lives, "Earl" dies, and Leno joins the living dead! The networks announce their puzzling fall lineups.
By Heather Havrilesky
May 24, 2009
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By Liz Gannes
January 11, 2009
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Discovery in Dan Rather's lawsuit against his old network reveals that CBS thought about appointing some very conservative figures to its panel.
By Alex Koppelman
November 7, 2008
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"The Ex List" is like "Sex and the City" without the trustworthy friends, the cool clothes and the laughs. Is this a dramedy, or a cautionary tale?
By Heather Havrilesky
October 2, 2008
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Katie Couric interviews Sarah Palin yet again, and once again ends up with evasion and one truly puzzling answer.
By Alex Koppelman
October 1, 2008
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This fall's TV season comes in like a BBQ Pork Ravioli Bite and goes out like a bad case of indigestion, from Fox's "Fringe" to CBS's "The Mentalist."
By Heather Havrilesky
September 7, 2008
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Hot-tempered vampires are running amok, from Alan Ball's new HBO drama "True Blood" to CBS's "Big Brother 10" to Bravo's "Flipping Out"!
By Heather Havrilesky
August 10, 2008
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After three decades calling the Final Four, he's out at CBS. Has anyone in sports TV lasted so long while being loved so little?
By King Kaufman
July 15, 2008
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For all the hand-wringing about the Tiffany Network dirtying its hands on a blood sport, it was the Eye that acted sleazy.
By King Kaufman
June 2, 2008
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Trying new things has its costs, whether you're trading partners on CBS's "Swingtown" or trading lives on FX's "30 Days."
By Heather Havrilesky
May 25, 2008
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"Survivor's" best season ever ends like a
John Hughes movie, with selfish popular girls, angry outbursts and a
great big love confession!
By Heather Havrilesky
May 12, 2008
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Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" may have been the best TV western ever made. Can his new CBS miniseries "Comanche Moon" shine as bright?
By Allen Barra
January 11, 2008
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Salon's guide to what to watch on Thursday: CBS's new musical dramedy "Viva Laughlin" must be seen to be believed.
October 18, 2007
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How suggestible are you? CBS's "Kid Nation," NBC's "Bionic Woman" and ABC's "Private Practice" aim to play you like a fiddle.
By Heather Havrilesky
September 23, 2007
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CBS's new reality show "Kid Nation" lets kids run rampant -- with nary an adult in sight. Is that really so bad?
By Linda Perlstein
September 21, 2007
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Salon's guide to what to watch on Thursday: "Survivor: China" promises new challenges inspired by "the most mysterious place on Earth."
September 20, 2007
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Salon's guide to what to watch on Wednesday: The controversial reality show "Kid Nation" premieres on CBS.
September 19, 2007