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NBC's "The Matthew Shepard Story" and HBO's "Con Man" try to capture the tragic lives of two very different college students using tried-and-true TV formulas.
By Carina Chocano
March 14, 2002
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"Six Feet Under," Alan Ball's mordant, metaphysical and deeply humane soap opera, may just be the best show on TV.
By Carina Chocano
March 9, 2002
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HBO's "Mind of the Married Man" is about as edgy as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
By Daniel Mendelsohn
January 23, 2002
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Three actors from "Oz" talk about surviving the slammer, prison politics and the brutish force of the most overlooked show on television.
By Ian Rothkerch
January 15, 2002
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HBO's massive and bloody miniseries, "Band of Brothers," attempts the impossible and nearly succeeds.
By Gary Kamiya
September 8, 2001
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In the new series "Six Feet Under," the grim reaper could use a little more sting.
By Bill Wyman
June 26, 2001
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The fourth season of HBO's "Sex and the City" is just as funny as the last, but now the girls are questioning who they are as much as who they are sleeping with.
By Karen Croft
June 4, 2001
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A bloody "Sopranos" season ends with an emotionally bruising finale.
By Joyce Millman
May 21, 2001
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"The Sopranos" deals with female emotional and sexual desire better than any other show on TV.
By Karen Croft
April 9, 2001
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James Gandolfini, David Chase and the "Sopranos" crew return for a bold and brilliant third season opener.
By Joyce Millman
February 27, 2001
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HBO's new documentary does justice to "the greatest sporting event of the 20th century," and reveals a side of Muhammad Ali we haven't seen before.
By Allen Barra
August 11, 2000
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Six years after the conviction of three young men in the "Paradise Lost" triple homicide, a burgeoning movement insists they're innocent.
By Stephen Lemons
August 10, 2000
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The third season of HBO's "Sex and the City" is going for the groin as well as the brain.
By Anna Holmes
June 24, 2000
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"The Vagina Monologues" writer Eve Ensler on laughter, desire and reentering her own nether regions.
By Pamela Grossman
April 19, 2000
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Sharon Stone's just like a lesbian, except not a lesbian; Camryn Manheim's not one either. And Harrison Ford, while not a lesbian, is terrified of public speaking. Go figure. Plus! Renie Zellweger as Bridget Jones? V.v. annoying!
By Amy Reiter
March 6, 2000
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After a decade of playing second fiddle, Little Miss Sidekick finally gets lucky. Will we still respect her in the morning?
By Andy Dehnart
January 26, 2000
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You don't have to be Italian for "The Sopranos" to hit home.
By Joyce Millman
January 14, 2000
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Who could forget those darling fugitives from Canadian cultural protectionism?
By Dorothy Nixon
January 14, 2000
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From "Twin Peaks" to "The X-Files" to "The Simpsons" (O.J. included), TV broke ground and rules in the last decade of the century.
By Joyce Millman
December 22, 1999
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Of course there are blacks on TV. You just have to pay to see them.
By Joyce Millman
August 23, 1999
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George Carlin talks about Littleton jokes, white-yuppie cocksuckers and why he still loves his BMW.
By Geoff Edgers
June 23, 1999
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Comedian Chris Rock gets tortured by a roomful of entertainment reporters.
By Cynthia Joyce
June 18, 1999
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How long will the masses be able to afford mass media?
By James Poniewozik
June 14, 1999
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In HBO's voyeuristic treat "Sex and the City," Sarah Jessica Parker
finally gets a role fit for a comedy goddess.
By Joyce Millman
June 14, 1999
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Raise a glass to Livia Soprano, the meanest mother on TV.
By Joyce Millman
May 3, 1999