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The 1960s' gayest show The 1960s' gayest show

As a kid, "The Wild Wild West" taught me about sexiness and desire -- and how two men could live together and love each other.
  • Television without shame

    The deliciously naughty "Shameless" -- starring a young James McAvoy -- is one of the best comedies ever made about urban poverty.
  • The thinking man's action hero

    Using paper clips, chewing gum, chocolate and down-home ingenuity, MacGyver always saved the day. Let's bring him back -- and give him a girl!
  • Good night and good TV

    "The Newsroom" does for the talking heads what "The Office" does for cubicle dwellers -- and may be the funniest TV show ever made about the news business.
  • City kids

    Brazilian TV series "City of Men" explores the hardships of growing up among guns and gangsters in Rio's slums.
  • Legal appeal

    Long before there was "Law and Order," a TV criminal defense attorney named Perry Mason brought high courtroom drama to the masses.
  • Meet Britain's Stephen Colbert

    Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge is the greatest TV chat show host of all time -- if only in his own mind.
  • Mod about you

    What we remember most about the '60s TV classic "The Mod Squad" is those groovy clothes. What we've forgotten is how sweet it was.
  • "Ab Fab" ... in church!

    "Clatterford," a British comedy from the "Absolutely Fabulous" team, brings you a new crew of hilarious nut cases to love.
  • The lost "Profit"

    The precursor to Tony Soprano and Dexter was a corporate shark with serious daddy issues -- and a yen for cardboard boxes.
  • Sex, '70s style

    Swingers, short skirts, blowup dolls and big hearts: "Love American Style" taught a generation of kids about sex. So how does it look now that we're all grown up?
  • Stop the presses!

    The suspenseful BBC miniseries "State of Play," about a band of ruthless newspaper reporters, is as rigorously demanding as "The Wire."
  • Narnia in neon

    Sid and Marty Krofft introduced a generation of children to freaky Day-Glo fantasy worlds with singing monsters and talking inanimate objects. Whoa, flashback!
  • The cure for lame TV

    A return to "St. Elsewhere" evokes a time before Dr. House and McDreamy and the "ER" gang. It's a world worth going back to ... stat.
  • Remember freshman year?

    Judd Apatow's short-lived series "Undeclared" brings back the bad beer, sex-crazed roommates and geeky uncertainty of your college years. But don't chug it.
  • Bad theater, good TV

    Not sure what to watch during the writers' strike? The giddy backstage sendup "Slings and Arrows" shoots for the sublime.

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