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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/23/curb_your_enthusiasm_seinfeld_reunion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/23/curb_your_enthusiasm_seinfeld_reunion/index.html?source=rss The season finale of Larry David's uneven HBO comedy proves how funny it can be with a little help from friends By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/21/sons_of_anarchy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/21/sons_of_anarchy/index.html?source=rss FX's biker drama makes heroes out of swaggering, hard-living thugs, but don't ride into the sunset with this bunch By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/20/oprah_winfrey_exit_2011/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/20/oprah_winfrey_exit_2011/index.html?source=rss The talk show goddess's exit sparks abandonment issues as women everywhere ask, "How will we go on?" By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/11/20/project_runway_finale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/11/20/project_runway_finale/index.html?source=rss The winner of Season 6 is announced, and no one cares. Did Lifetime murder Bravo's favorite pet? By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/18/terror_in_mumbai/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/18/terror_in_mumbai/index.html?source=rss An HBO documentary shows how a horrifying spectacle was achieved with a few poorly trained men and some AK-47s By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/16/chef_academy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/16/chef_academy/index.html?source=rss Bravo takes one eccentric French chef, mixes in a room full of colorful show-offs and brings it to a rolling boil By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/14/mercy_grey_s_anatomy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/14/mercy_grey_s_anatomy/index.html?source=rss Which do we crave more, NBC's gritty hospital melodrama or the fantastical emotional Mad Libs of "Grey's Anatomy"? By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/10/the_prisoner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/10/the_prisoner/index.html?source=rss AMC's remake of the 1960s British cult show trips on its own nonlinear, symbolic hem and falls into a deep abyss By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/09/mad_men_finale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/09/mad_men_finale/index.html?source=rss Don Draper and the denizens of Sterling Cooper take drastic measures in the face of a brave new world By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/07/sex_rehab_with_dr_drew/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/07/sex_rehab_with_dr_drew/index.html?source=rss VH1's "Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew" crosses the line from awareness-raising to raw voyeurism By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/04/parks_and_recreation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/04/parks_and_recreation/index.html?source=rss NBC's comedy matures from middling civic mockumentary into a smart, hilarious parody of small-town life in America By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/03/broke_and_famous_willie_aames/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/11/03/broke_and_famous_willie_aames/index.html?source=rss No house, no job, no wife! "Broke and Famous: Willie Aames" gives the struggling former star a financial beatdown By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/31/aliens_v_curb_your_enthusiasm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/31/aliens_v_curb_your_enthusiasm/index.html?source=rss Which intergalactic attack is more harrowing: ABC's "V" or HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm"? By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/28/aging_frat_boy_the_league_men_of_a_certain_age/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/28/aging_frat_boy_the_league_men_of_a_certain_age/index.html?source=rss Offensive? Obnoxious? Sure, but "The League" and "Men of a Certain Age" prove these dudes are entertaining, too By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/27/friday_night_lights/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/27/friday_night_lights/index.html?source=rss Coach Taylor and his scrappy new team of losers are still cause for celebration during the show's fourth season By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/24/top_chef_voltaggio_brothers_mad_men/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/24/top_chef_voltaggio_brothers_mad_men/index.html?source=rss From the Voltaggio brothers of "Top Chef" to Don Draper of "Mad Men," grandiosity and swagger make good TV By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/21/best_new_tv_mid_fall_checkup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/21/best_new_tv_mid_fall_checkup/index.html?source=rss "Modern Family" springs forward, "FlashForward" falls back, plus "Bored to Death" and "The Good Wife" outperform By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/18/the_good_wife_dexter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/18/the_good_wife_dexter/index.html?source=rss Whose isn't? On "The Good Wife" and "Dexter," rotten betrothals make for great drama By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/10/16/30_rock_premiere/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/10/16/30_rock_premiere/index.html?source=rss The question raised by the season premiere isn't whether the show is still good. It's how could it get any better? By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/10/15/boy_in_the_balloon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/10/15/boy_in_the_balloon/index.html?source=rss A heart-stopping media spectacle ends as 6-year-old Falcon Heene is found safe. But what were we watching, and why? By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/10/14/cougar_town/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/10/14/cougar_town/index.html?source=rss Why has Courteney Cox's painfully manic midlife-crisis sitcom been embraced by fans and critics? By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/11/nip_tuck/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/11/nip_tuck/index.html?source=rss Drop the soap! These abusive but self-doubting lotharios are only getting funnier with age By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/10/07/man_shops_globe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/10/07/man_shops_globe/index.html?source=rss "Man Shops Globe" reveals what's fascinating and horrible about upscale catalog culture By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/07/meshell_ndegeocello/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/07/meshell_ndegeocello/index.html?source=rss Meshell Ndegeocello's unpredictable eighth album curses the darkness, then dives right in By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/04/the_hills_dollhouse_project_runway/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/10/04/the_hills_dollhouse_project_runway/index.html?source=rss Plus, "Dollhouse" and "Project Runway" replace the devil you know