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When did "Parks and Recreation" get so funny? When did "Parks and Recreation" get so funny?

NBC's comedy matures from middling civic mockumentary into a smart, hilarious parody of small-town life in America
By Heather Havrilesky Nov 4, 2009

  • Arrogance rules the small screen!

    From the Voltaggio brothers of "Top Chef" to Don Draper of "Mad Men," grandiosity and swagger make good TV
    By Heather Havrilesky October 24, 2009

  • The best and worst of the new TV season

    "Modern Family" springs forward, "FlashForward" falls back, plus "Bored to Death" and "The Good Wife" outperform
    By Heather Havrilesky October 21, 2009

  • So your marriage is like an inflamed bunion

    Whose isn't? On "The Good Wife" and "Dexter," rotten betrothals make for great drama
    By Heather Havrilesky October 18, 2009

  • Make "Nip/Tuck" a comedy!

    Drop the soap! These abusive but self-doubting lotharios are only getting funnier with age
    By Heather Havrilesky October 11, 2009

  • The evil savior of "The Hills"

    Plus, "Dollhouse" and "Project Runway" replace the devil you know
    By Heather Havrilesky October 4, 2009

  • Vengeance equals payola

    Suze Orman, "Survivor" villain Russell and "Californication's" Hank Moody prove sweet revenge can make you rich
    By Heather Havrilesky September 27, 2009

  • "Brick City": Like "The Wire," but true

    The Sundance series finds beauty in the intrepid public servants of Newark, N.J.
    By Heather Havrilesky September 20, 2009

  • Fear of a gay planet

    On TV this fall, token gay replaces token black and Ellen DeGeneres fills Paula Abdul's tiny, wobbly shoes
    By Heather Havrilesky September 13, 2009

  • Tears for fears

    Why does CW's "Vampire Diaries" leave us cold, while WE's "Adoption Diaries" has us crying our little eyes out?
    By Heather Havrilesky September 6, 2009

  • 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"
    By Heather Havrilesky August 30, 2009

  • Crazy people are the best

    From "Flipping Out" to "Saving Grace," wackiness is in this summer
    By Heather Havrilesky August 16, 2009

  • 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?
    By Heather Havrilesky August 9, 2009

  • Who wants to be a billionaire?

    Smug rich people condescend to hapless entrepreneurs on Mark Burnett's new reality show, "Shark Tank"
    By Heather Havrilesky August 2, 2009

  • Embrace the reality TV underdogs!

    TV experiments with the unbearable importance of looks, from "More To Love" to "Dating in the Dark"
    By Heather Havrilesky July 26, 2009

  • 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"
    By Heather Havrilesky July 19, 2009

  • Science fiction with a smile

    Mysteries and magic unfold on the renamed Syfy network, from the funny "Warehouse 13" to the charming "Eureka"
    By Heather Havrilesky July 5, 2009

  • The studs of summer TV

    Fallen heroes forge new lives, from the well-endowed has-been of "Hung" to the angsty star of "The Philanthropist"
    By Heather Havrilesky June 28, 2009

  • There's no place like home!

    "Real Estate Intervention" brings tough love to homeowners while "The Lazy Environmentalist" makes going green easy
    By Heather Havrilesky June 21, 2009

  • I Like to Watch

    The polite vampires of HBO's "True Blood" rise from the dead for a second season of blood lust and moral ambiguity.
    By Heather Havrilesky June 14, 2009

  • I Like to Watch

    In Showtime's "Nurse Jackie," Edie Falco transforms the heroic hospital drama into a dark dramedy.
    By Heather Havrilesky June 7, 2009
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