Heather Havrilesky

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Discovery's "Alaska Experiment" takes "Survivor" to hungry-bear-filled hinterlands (Tom Cruise takes Oprah there, too!), while "Battlestar Galactica" is darker than ever!
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The mundane gives way to flights of fancy as Showtime's "This American Life" returns for a second illuminating season.
Finale wrap-up: "Big Brother 9"
The finale demonstrates how just a spoonful of sugar helps the mediocrity go down in the most delightful way!
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"Oprah's Big Give" makes charity look as easy as speed dialing Jennifer Aniston, while "30 Rock's" Tina Fey breaks the angst of the single female out of a frothy Aniston-flavored rut.
Critics' Picks
Salon's culture gurus tip you off to their favorite things this week: A knockout '70s R&B singer, a ravishing anime, the best season of "Survivor" in years.
City of lost children
The PBS documentary series "Carrier" discovers conflict and camaraderie among the (shockingly young) inhabitants of the USS Nimitz.
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America the stupidful! As our nation falls to swine, two of our best comedies -- "South Park" and "Paradise Hotel 2" -- will chart our decline in laughter (through the tears)!
How I learned to stop worrying and love the recession
The market's in a slump and America's heyday is long gone. But I've found comfort in being a coupon clipper.
Finale wrap-up: "The Real Housewives of New York City"
The first season of this strangely addictive Bravo show ends with even more shock and awe.
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Bravo's fine tradition of torturing creative professionals continues with "Step It Up & Dance" while NBC's "Friday Night Lights" gets another chance to shine.
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The road to "Hell's Kitchen" is paved with chain-smoking line cooks, while "Top Chef's" top-shelf gastronomists are all foam and no flambé this season. Plus: Make me a supermodel, already!
Beyond belief
In the fourth and final season of Sci Fi's "Battlestar Galactica," Starbuck is back, but the colonists struggle to keep the faith.
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Tracey Ullman takes on America, "Lost" imitates a bad Vin Diesel movie, and Lauren Conrad of "The Hills" shows us that mute, expressionless humans can be TV stars, too!
Pretty heads will roll
Showtime's "The Tudors" transforms King Henry VIII's power grab into beautifully costumed soft porn.
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American idle: If you can't live a life of leisure, at least you can watch one on TV, from "Big Brother" to "The Real Housewives of New York City."
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"High School Confidential" and "America's Prom Queen" reveal the horrors of the teenage years while "High School Reunion" documents the hazards of middle-aged nostalgia.
Forefather knows best
Sure, there are lots of sweaty, speech-spouting men in powdered wigs, but HBO's "John Adams" presents a surprisingly gritty portrait of our nation's second president.
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Julianna Margulies swaggers as a devil-may-care lawyer on Fox's "Canterbury's Law," while Gabriel Byrne slowly unravels on HBO's "In Treatment."
"Project Runway": The rundown
Did Rami, Christian or Jillian carry the day? Join Salon staff as we discuss the "Project Runway" season finale.
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"The Suze Orman Show" and "Supernanny" uncover the perils of the American dream, while Sundance's Canadian drama "Terminal City" traces a housewife's battle with cancer.
Curious George
Preparing for his 14th HBO comedy special, George Carlin waxes philosophic on the freedom that comes from not giving a #%&@.
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The good, the bad and the Oprah! Charity reigns supreme on ABC's "Oprah's Big Give" while tabloid nastiness rules FX's "Dirt."
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Resilient reality ancestors "Survivor" and "Big Brother" adapt to new survival strategies, while a tragedy kills "Paradise Hotel 2."
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And the suckling sea donkey shall lie down with the post-apocalyptic vigilante! God brings forth a bounty of TV oddities, from "Transamerican Love Story" to "Paradise Hotel 2" to "Jericho."
Put up your Dukes!
Susan Sarandon dishes about playing feisty heiress Doris Duke on HBO, Ralph Fiennes' "matinee idol" looks and her old gay boyfriends.
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