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"Seinfeld" saves "Curb Your Enthusiasm" "Seinfeld" saves "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

The season finale of Larry David's uneven HBO comedy proves how funny it can be with a little help from friends
  • "Sons of Anarchy": Badass or just bad?

    FX's biker drama makes heroes out of swaggering, hard-living thugs, but don't ride into the sunset with this bunch
  • Oprah, don't leave us!

    The talk show goddess's exit sparks abandonment issues as women everywhere ask, "How will we go on?"
  • "Terror in Mumbai": Spreading fear

    An HBO documentary shows how a horrifying spectacle was achieved with a few poorly trained men and some AK-47s
  • The honey-baked hams of "Chef Academy"

    Bravo takes one eccentric French chef, mixes in a room full of colorful show-offs and brings it to a rolling boil
  • Medical drama smackdown: "Mercy" vs. McDreamy!

    Which do we crave more, NBC's gritty hospital melodrama or the fantastical emotional Mad Libs of "Grey's Anatomy"?
  • "The Prisoner": It's a trap!

    AMC's remake of the 1960s British cult show trips on its own nonlinear, symbolic hem and falls into a deep abyss
  • "Mad Men" finale: What's worth a fight?

    Don Draper and the denizens of Sterling Cooper take drastic measures in the face of a brave new world
  • Is Dr. Drew's sexual healing bad for you?

    VH1's "Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew" crosses the line from awareness-raising to raw voyeurism
  • 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
  • Recessionary rubbernecking, VH1-style

    No house, no job, no wife! "Broke and Famous: Willie Aames" gives the struggling former star a financial beatdown
  • Aliens invade, disguised as Larry David!

    Which intergalactic attack is more harrowing: ABC's "V" or HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm"?
  • In defense of the aging frat boy

    Offensive? Obnoxious? Sure, but "The League" and "Men of a Certain Age" prove these dudes are entertaining, too
  • "Friday Night Lights" embraces the agony of defeat

    Coach Taylor and his scrappy new team of losers are still cause for celebration during the show's fourth season
  • Arrogance rules the small screen!

    From the Voltaggio brothers of "Top Chef" to Don Draper of "Mad Men," grandiosity and swagger make good TV
  • 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
  • So your marriage is like an inflamed bunion

    Whose isn't? On "The Good Wife" and "Dexter," rotten betrothals make for great drama
  • Make "Nip/Tuck" a comedy!

    Drop the soap! These abusive but self-doubting lotharios are only getting funnier with age
  • The evil savior of "The Hills"

    Plus, "Dollhouse" and "Project Runway" replace the devil you know
  • Vengeance equals payola

    Suze Orman, "Survivor" villain Russell and "Californication's" Hank Moody prove sweet revenge can make you rich
  • "Brick City": Like "The Wire," but true

    The Sundance series finds beauty in the intrepid public servants of Newark, N.J.
  • Fear of a gay planet

    On TV this fall, token gay replaces token black and Ellen DeGeneres fills Paula Abdul's tiny, wobbly shoes
  • Tears for fears

    Why does CW's "Vampire Diaries" leave us cold, while WE's "Adoption Diaries" has us crying our little eyes out?
  • 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"
  • Crazy people are the best

    From "Flipping Out" to "Saving Grace," wackiness is in this summer
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