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The Big 3 networks are giving the candidates about 30 seconds of air time an evening. Hell, most ads are longer than that.
By Sean Elder
February 29, 2000
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Francine Prose issues a stern warning in the New York Times about
market-driven pablum for women -- who are as silly, powerless and
narcissistic as a gender can get.
By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
February 15, 2000
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"Homicide: The Movie" brings the canceled, classic cop show back for a final bow; "Mary and Rhoda": Do not resuscitate.
By Joyce Millman
February 7, 2000
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When the White House and the TV networks got together to put anti-drug messages in prime-time television, were they breaking the law?
By Daniel Forbes
January 14, 2000
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How the White House secretly hooked network TV on its anti-drug message: A Salon special report.
By Daniel Forbes
January 13, 2000
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Fear of Tim Russert pushed ABC News to fire William Kristol.
By Sean Elder
January 6, 2000
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From "Twin Peaks" to "The X-Files" to "The Simpsons" (O.J. included), TV broke ground and rules in the last decade of the century.
By Joyce Millman
December 22, 1999
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Is Jim possessed by Andy? Can a direct hit by a T-shirt cause $25,000 in damage? Is Hollywood evil? Will the Lady P end lines to the loo? Get all the answers here! Plus: Finally, you can buy a piece of Gilligan's Island!
By Amy Reiter
December 7, 1999
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For years, Richard Simmons has made people earn their dreams the hard way. Now he can't give them away.
By Matt Himes
December 1, 1999
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President Martin Sheen takes the Oval Office on "The West Wing"; Dr. Alan Alda operates again on "ER."
By Joyce Millman
November 1, 1999
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In defense of Elvis Costello; NBC wimps out on "Will and Grace" decision; ban all school religious holidays!
Letters to the Editor
September 28, 1999
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NBC figures out the secret to making money off the Web: Send surfers back to their television sets.
By Mark Gimein
September 17, 1999
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At the start of this decade, Connie Chung was the hottest item on network news; then several public missteps caused her popularity to fall into the chill zone.
By Jenn Shreve
July 10, 1999
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"Hardball" host Chris Matthews reportedly triggered assault by wrongly accusing Cody Shearer of being the "jogger" who harassed Kathleen Willey.
By Jake Tapper
May 20, 1999
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NBC takes struggling "Homicide" off life support.
By Joyce Millman
May 15, 1999
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Why the Wall Street Journal ran the Clinton rape story that no other reputable news organization would touch.
By Joan Walsh
February 20, 1999
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The Hollywood tourists never see: Travel writer Jeff Greenwald finds life-changing adventure on the sound stage of an NBC sitcom.
By Jeff Greenwald
November 3, 1998
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Clinton's raging hormones offend the aging Beltway Catholic press corps.
By Mollie Dickenson
August 25, 1998
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An interview with Ralph Nader who is organizing a conference in Washington, D.C., in Nov. 1997 to explore how Microsoft is extending
its near-monopolistic control of the software business into other industries, including banking, insurance, car dealerships, travel services, real estate and television.
By Jonathan Broder
October 10, 1997
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The preternaturally cheerful NBC anchor smiles and jives his way through a feel-good session at Berkeley.
By Michelle Goldberg
October 9, 1997
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American media are running less and less foreign news.
By Martha Ann Overland
July 1, 1997
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When a public access program captured Tom Brokaw's off-the-cuff remarks, NBC brought out the big guns
By Jennifer Nix
October 28, 1996
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