Heather Havrilesky

⇐ newest Page 2 of 28 oldest ⇒
  • Introducing: The Leno joke tracker

    "The Jay Leno Show" may be a huge hit for NBC, but that doesn't mean it won't suck. Help us keep score!
  • Fear of a gay planet

    On TV this fall, token gay replaces token black and Ellen DeGeneres fills Paula Abdul's tiny, wobbly shoes
  • Best new TV: "Bored to Death"

    Jason Schwartzman and Zach Galifianakis are anything but boring in HBO's new comedy
  • Best new TV: "Glee"

    Between the off-color jokes and the show-choir version of "Gold Digger," this bubbly dramedy has razor-sharp teeth
  • Tears for fears

    Why does CW's "Vampire Diaries" leave us cold, while WE's "Adoption Diaries" has us crying our little eyes out?
  • Los Angeles is burning

    As national coverage of the wildfire lagged behind, my family huddled in the bedroom watching ash fall like snow
  • Best new TV: "Community"

    A mean-spirited comedy about a "loser" college features dropouts, middle-aged divorcees and Chevy Chase. Hurray!
  • Going down in flames

    L.A. burns, "Nurse Jackie" fizzles and Courteney Cox inhabits a charred shell of her old TV self in "Cougar Town"
  • Critics' Pick: The music of impending middle age

    Modest Mouse's new album captures their bitter wisdom and ragtag sound
  • Crazy people are the best

    From "Flipping Out" to "Saving Grace," wackiness is in this summer
  • Everyone's favorite weasel

    Vincent Kartheiser explains why he loves playing Pete, Don Draper's bitter foil on "Mad Men"
  • The dream life of Don Draper

    The "Mad Men" are sweating bullets, but the show's hero is cool and collected. Is denial to blame -- or to thank?
  • Slumdog comedian

    "SNL" alum Chris Kattan exports his desperation in IFC's sweet summer miniseries "Bollywood Hero"
  • Critics' Picks: Suicide boys

    "Boy Interrupted" tells the story of an emotionally unstable kid whose parents loved him -- but it wasn't enough
  • Who wants to be a billionaire?

    Smug rich people condescend to hapless entrepreneurs on Mark Burnett's new reality show, "Shark Tank"
  • 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
  • Critics' Picks: Walk down "Ambivalence Avenue"

    Bibio's eclectic new album sounds like an unholy threeway between Fleet Foxes, Beck and Funkadelic
  • Embrace the reality TV underdogs!

    TV experiments with the unbearable importance of looks, from "More To Love" to "Dating in the Dark"
  • Critics' Picks: Folk me all night

    Bowerbirds make restless lullabies about the joy of holding hands among the squirrels and the poison ivy
  • Hey, hey, Paula! Consider this a divorce

    "American Idol" should lose Abdul once and for all
  • 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"
  • Emmy loves "Mad Men," snubs "The Shield"!

    FX's twisted cop drama may be one of the top 10 TV shows of all time. So why didn't it get any nominations?
  • Are they funnier than a fifth-grader?

    An odd comedy duo brings bratty jokes and juvenile high jinx to Comedy Central with "Michael & Michael Have Issues"
  • Miami sociopath

    Nastiness is the only thing that keeps the hot dummies of Bravo's new reality show from putting us to sleep
  • Science fiction with a smile

    Mysteries and magic unfold on the renamed Syfy network, from the funny "Warehouse 13" to the charming "Eureka"
⇐ newest Page 2 of 28    oldest ⇒

From Salon's blogs