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Medical drama smackdown: 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"?
By Heather Havrilesky Nov 14, 2009

  • Best new TV: "Community"

    A mean-spirited comedy about a "loser" college features dropouts, middle-aged divorcees and Chevy Chase. Hurray!
    By Heather Havrilesky September 1, 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

  • Andrea Mitchell talks to Sarah Palin

    The governor met with reporters to talk about why she resigned
    July 7, 2009

  • TV apocalypse now!

    The bad science and special effects of "Impact" are hurtling toward your TV this summer. Be afraid, be very afraid!
    By Heather Havrilesky June 18, 2009

  • I Like to Watch

    Soothing summer TV, coming right up! A handy guide to some televised offerings to sedate you as the mercury rises.
    By Heather Havrilesky May 31, 2009

  • I Like to Watch

    "Dollhouse" lives, "Earl" dies, and Leno joins the living dead! The networks announce their puzzling fall lineups.
    By Heather Havrilesky May 24, 2009

  • I Like to Watch

    When push comes to love: "Cupid" demonstrates the pitfalls of romance (and romantic comedies), "30 Rock" skewers love, and "Millionaire Matchmaker" presents a modern Cupid with a grudge to bear.
    By Heather Havrilesky March 22, 2009

  • I Like to Watch

    The royal treatment: NBC's "Kings" is a rare and beautiful thing -- cinematic, poetic, ambitious television on prime time network TV.
    By Heather Havrilesky March 15, 2009

  • Paging Kenneth!

    "30 Rock" star Jack McBrayer opens up about how he's like his character, how it feels to watch Tina Fey become Sarah Palin, and who he's sleeping with.
    By Sarah Hepola November 6, 2008

  • What happened to the real Olympics?

    By only showing snippets of classic events like the decathlon, high jump and pole vaulting, NBC is missing what makes the Olympics special.
    By Gary Kamiya August 23, 2008

  • Hench items

    The U.S. track and field debacle and NBC's shabby treatment of the games' glamour event. Plus: Keri Walsh. And: Teddy Atlas.
    By King Kaufman August 22, 2008

  • Babe Ruth and the Nippon Ham Fighters

    NBC's baseball announcers make stuff up about both. And insult West Virginia for good measure.
    By King Kaufman August 20, 2008

  • Mom favored for Sap-o-Meter gold

    Slate has a scientific method for measuring the mawkishness of NBC's coverage.
    By King Kaufman August 19, 2008

  • Memo to NBC gymnastics commentators: Shut up!

    Their overheated, U.S.-obsessed reaction to Monday night's uneven-bars final made America look like a banana republic.
    By Gary Kamiya August 19, 2008

  • Get the names right

    NBC's lazy approach to pronunciation isn't limited to non-American athletes. The Peacock even butchers "Beijing."
    By King Kaufman August 15, 2008

  • Clear the beach!

    Volleyball in sand. Skimpy outfits. Americans good. We get it. Can we have a little basketball on TV please?
    By King Kaufman August 14, 2008

  • Sports vs. schmaltz

    The ultimate combat sport of the modern Olympics is action battling features for TV time. Schlock, in retreat for a while, has rallied.
    By King Kaufman August 11, 2008

  • You control the vertical

    With 3,600 hours of coverage planned from Beijing, you get to decide what to watch -- and what to skip.
    By Heather Havrilesky August 8, 2008

  • Russert dead from apparent heart attack

    Tim Russert, host of NBC's "Meet the Press," was 58.
    By Alex Koppelman June 13, 2008

  • NBC gets serious for the Preakness

    A sometimes-heated 30-minute discussion of the death of Eight Belles replaces the celeb fluffery that preceded the Kentucky Derby.
    By King Kaufman May 19, 2008
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