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I'm a TV viewer -- get me out of here!: Watching faux-celebrities marinate in the Australian rain forest for 15 painful hours proves that even in the alternate universe of reality TV, less is more.; By Heather Havrilesky Mar 5, 2003
Digging their way out: Back from the dead, the characters on "Six Feet Under" are finally learning how to live, and the effect is more devastating than ever.; By Heather Havrilesky Mar 3, 2003
Sterling silver: Midseason political drama "Mister Sterling" places second in Friday night ratings. Is that enough to get a good show reelected this fall?; By Heather Havrilesky Feb 27, 2003
Big fat Greek deal: Will a tiny little indie film survive on the small screen, armed with a big fat TV budget? Not without its teeth and claws, it won't.; By Heather Havrilesky Feb 25, 2003
Way beyond incorrect: With boldly obnoxious late-night shows from Bill Maher and English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Ali G), HBO is poised to conquer the inebriated landscape of Friday night.; By Heather Havrilesky Feb 22, 2003
Last man standing: Roses are red, Charlie is blue. Trista, the majorly stacked all-American dream girl of "The Bachelorette," chooses the shy fireman-poet over the charismatic Californian.; By Heather Havrilesky Feb 20, 2003
Some like it hot: Searching for "America's sexiest people" on ABC's new reality pageant -- and then ripping them a new one -- sounds like fun at first. Then the horror sets in.; By Heather Havrilesky Feb 13, 2003
What's Spanish for "fuhgeddaboudit"?: NBC's drug-lord miniseries "Kingpin" isn't really a crude Latino rip-off of "The Sopranos," say its creators, it's ... Shakespearean! Plus: "Dragnet" -- it's about a cop.; By Carina Chocano Feb 4, 2003
Dark late-night of the soul: Helpless, alone, rejected by female guests except Tammy Faye Bakker, Jimmy Kimmel drifts toward the ninth circle of talk-show hell.; By Carina Chocano Jan 30, 2003
Brewskis, butt jokes and reefer madness: This year's Super Bowl ads reflect a depressed nation: We need jobs, our animals don't talk anymore and we're terrified of big butts and bad drugs. How 'bout a beer?; By Carina Chocano Jan 27, 2003
Spy vs. spy (vs. Mom and Dad): ABC's "Alias" features a butt-kicking espionage babe, awesome costumes and settings and possibly the most convoluted family drama in TV history. So why isn't it huge yet?; By Carina Chocano Jan 23, 2003
TV's queen bitch: Joan Rivers is unbelievably vile and crude -- she and daughter Melissa must get their own reality show! Plus: Kelly Osbourne gives a clinic on dealing with Dad.; By Carina Chocano Jan 22, 2003
Scenes from the class struggle on Fox: In "Joe Millionaire," with its lumpen-wacky TV vision of the rich, pop culture finally faces inequality in "classless" America.; By Carina Chocano Jan 15, 2003
Reality TV's clone wars: Yeah, "The Bachelorette" and the rest of the next-gen reality shows are the mutant offspring of deformed parents. Sometimes that's better.; By Carina Chocano Jan 11, 2003
Ordinary people: With "Lance Loud! A Death in an American Family," PBS closes the circle on the legendary 1973 series that mesmerized the nation and prefigured reality TV.; By Carina Chocano Jan 6, 2003
Bureaucracy made hilarious: Fox's absurd-yet-true office comedy "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" makes other sitcoms look as if they're die-stamped by robots. (Which they are.); By Carina Chocano Dec 12, 2002
Divorce Italian style: No major characters got whacked in the season finale of "The Sopranos." The destruction was way bigger than that.; By Carina Chocano Dec 10, 2002
Lightening up the graveyard shift: On Comedy Central's "Insomniac," join stand-up comic Dave Attell on his boozy journey through a late-night world of drunks, strippers, cops, sewage workers and just plain folks.; By Carina Chocano Dec 4, 2002
Oprah's hulking stepchild: No-nonsense "Dr. Phil" has struck a national nerve with his bootstrap psychology. But can he escape the shadow of his famous patron?; By Carina Chocano Dec 2, 2002
Stardom hasn't spoiled "The Osbournes": America's fave TV family is back -- and ready to prove they can survive George W. Bush, Greta Van Susteren and whatever other horrors fate may bring them.; By Carina Chocano Nov 27, 2002
Meet "The Moth": Manhattan's hit nightclub storytelling series comes to TV, minus the cocktails but with its intimate front-porch spirit intact.; By Carina Chocano Nov 16, 2002
This story takes place on the day of the "24" season premiere. Bong!: Sen. Palmer is now the president, Jack has facial hair, and North Koreans are planning to nuke L.A. Hey, and where's Nina? Tick, tick, tick.; By Carina Chocano Oct 29, 2002
An alternate TV universe: The Hollywood renegades at the Other Network are bringing legendary failed TV pilots to a comedy club near you. And they're better than what got on the air.; By Carina Chocano Oct 24, 2002
Real parents, dumb kids, David Duchovny doing weather: Bonnie Hunt discovers an unconventional path to good comedy on her extremely funny new sitcom "Life With Bonnie."; By Carina Chocano Oct 22, 2002
How to catch a wild young king: Hot for Prince Harry or Prince Felipe? Better learn to race cars and sail yachts, advises "Young, Sexy & Royal." And whatever you do -- don't curtsy!; By Carina Chocano Oct 19, 2002

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