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So your marriage is like an inflamed bunion

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

Whose isn't? On "The Good Wife" and "Dexter," rotten betrothals make for great drama

High-fiving 40-year-olds? Get out of "Cougar Town"!

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

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

I Like to Watch

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

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

CBS Tries to Out-Hulu Hulu with TV.com

By Liz Gannes — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

CBS considered Limbaugh, Coulter to investigate Rathergate

By Alex Koppelman — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

Discovery in Dan Rather's lawsuit against his old network reveals that CBS thought about appointing some very conservative figures to its panel.

Desperation becomes her

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

"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?

Another Palin-Couric debacle

By Alex Koppelman — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

Katie Couric interviews Sarah Palin yet again, and once again ends up with evasion and one truly puzzling answer.

I Like to Watch

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

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."

I Like to Watch

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

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"!

So long, Billy Packer

By King Kaufman — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

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?

Mixed martial arts on CBS: Truth gets KO'd

By King Kaufman — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

For all the hand-wringing about the Tiffany Network dirtying its hands on a blood sport, it was the Eye that acted sleazy.

I Like to Watch

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

Trying new things has its costs, whether you're trading partners on CBS's "Swingtown" or trading lives on FX's "30 Days."

Finale wrap-up: "Survivor: Micronesia"

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

"Survivor's" best season ever ends like a John Hughes movie, with selfish popular girls, angry outbursts and a great big love confession!

Misbegotten "Moon"

By Allen Barra — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" may have been the best TV western ever made. Can his new CBS miniseries "Comanche Moon" shine as bright?

TV Daily

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

Salon's guide to what to watch on Thursday: CBS's new musical dramedy "Viva Laughlin" must be seen to be believed.

I Like to Watch

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

How suggestible are you? CBS's "Kid Nation," NBC's "Bionic Woman" and ABC's "Private Practice" aim to play you like a fiddle.

Kids gone wild

By Linda Perlstein — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

CBS's new reality show "Kid Nation" lets kids run rampant -- with nary an adult in sight. Is that really so bad?

TV Daily

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

Salon's guide to what to watch on Thursday: "Survivor: China" promises new challenges inspired by "the most mysterious place on Earth."

TV Daily

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

Salon's guide to what to watch on Wednesday: The controversial reality show "Kid Nation" premieres on CBS.

I Like to Watch

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

CBS puts kids to work, "Burn Notice's" out-of-work spy works his charms, and Tim Gunn makes making it work look like no work at all!

I Like to Watch

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

What does the former D&D geek on "The Pick-Up Artist" know about wooing hot women? Plus: On "Big Brother 8," America grows to hate "America's Player"!

I Like to Watch

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

Showtime's "Californication," Bravo's "Flipping Out" and CBS' "Big Brother 8" demonstrate why hedonism and self-indulgence are no shortcut to happiness.

I Like to Watch

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

Why should you care about pirates or polygamists? Because TV's subcultural anthropologists want you to care!

I Like to Watch

By Heather Havrilesky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

"Veronica Mars" dies, "Jericho" falls and "Friday Night Lights" shines on. Plus: This fall, geeks, soaps and superpowers dominate the small screen.

Finale wrap-up: "The King of Queens"

By Sarah Karnasiewicz — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT

The long-running sitcom ends its reign with a flurry of bickering, boxers and babies -- and, yes, a few misty eyes.