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We're, like, totally lawyers -- as if! We're, like, totally lawyers -- as if!
David E. Kelley's ditsy new "girls club" is a great step backward for the legal profession, women in the workplace, San Francisco and decent TV.
By Carina Chocano Oct 17, 2002
Holy Batbabes! Holy Batbabes!
In the WB's bizarrely entertaining "Birds of Prey," Batman has skipped town -- but his illegitimate daughter and a reshaped Batgirl are kickin' butt in New Gotham.
By Carina Chocano Oct 14, 2002
Giddyup, spaceman Giddyup, spaceman
Buffy's creator gallops into outer space with "Firefly," taking the connection between sci-fi and westerns a little too literally.
By Carina Chocano Oct 3, 2002
Family, work and literary vampirism Family, work and literary vampirism
This week's new TV sitcoms offer two dismal duds -- and a sly, bittersweet comedy about a dissipated writer who hits on his own daughter.
By Carina Chocano Sep 30, 2002
Same old mish-"M*A*S*H"! Stat! Same old mish-"M*A*S*H"! Stat!
On "MDs" and "Presidio Med," rogue, renegade and maverick doctors search for a cure for HMOs.
By Carina Chocano Sep 26, 2002
Play it again, scam Play it again, scam
Crimes shown backward, heroes sent back to high school, and yet another trip to the '60s. This week's lame new TV shows prove a trip down Memory Lane can be a snooze.
By Carina Chocano Sep 23, 2002
Fall's tube of plenty
Saintly small-town doctors, Lynchian mysteries and repeating your teen years, twice: The new prime-time season lurches out of the gate this week.
By Carina Chocano Sep 17, 2002
Sympathy for the misanthrope Sympathy for the misanthrope
It would be easy to feel sorry for "Curb Your Enthusiasm's" Larry David -- if only he wasn't so damn unlikable.
By Carina Chocano Sep 17, 2002
"Everything comes to an end" "Everything comes to an end"
Money, drugs, psychiatry and rampant individualism threaten both of Tony's families as "The Sopranos" sounds an even darker, bleaker tone.
By Carina Chocano Sep 16, 2002
How to make an "American Idol"
Fox's sadomasochistic battle of the power ballads mercifully ends tonight, but it's been a jaded recording executive's ultimate summer fantasy.
By Carina Chocano Sep 4, 2002
Arab-Americans, one year later Arab-Americans, one year later
A new PBS documentary delicately explores the lives of "100 percent American, 100 percent Arab" citizens, who find themselves permanent outsiders in a season of war.
By Carina Chocano Sep 4, 2002
The filth and the fury The filth and the fury
Conservative watchdogs at the Parents Television Council now have scientific proof: Sabrina is better for your kids than Buffy! And "Doc," starring Billy Ray Cyrus, is the best show on TV.
By Carina Chocano Aug 29, 2002
When "Friends" meet the Lord When "Friends" meet the Lord
All is not as it seems in "Contest Searchlight," Comedy Central's mockumentary series about the making of a bogus sitcom starring Peter Gallagher as Jesus. In chaps. In New York City.
By Carina Chocano Aug 28, 2002
Greetings from Desperation, N.J. Greetings from Desperation, N.J.
Armed with devastating performances from Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis and Gena Rowlands, director Mira Nair trains her sociologist's eye on the Garden State in HBO's "Hysterical Blindness."
By Carina Chocano Aug 24, 2002
Stranger in a strange land Stranger in a strange land
Anna Nicole Smith is a parody of a blond bombshell in a parody of a TV show. Bloated, lonely and pathetic? Yes. The end of civilization? No.
By Carina Chocano Aug 8, 2002
Heavy meta Heavy meta
When the networks start gleefully indulging in self-referential, self-mocking camp, as in NBC's terrifying "The Rerun Show," is it about time? Or is it just time for an attitude adjustment?
By Carina Chocano Aug 1, 2002
Meat market plunges to five-year low Meat market plunges to five-year low
Shaken confidence, lower interest rates, slow recovery: A new season of "Sex and the City" explores the darker side of serial monogamy and finds it's a bear.
By Carina Chocano Jul 25, 2002
CNN's breakout comedy hit CNN's breakout comedy hit
Connie Chung's new talk show, a parade of pedophilia and murder fueled by inane kindergarten-teacher musings, is so flat-out weird it just might acquire a cult following.
By Carina Chocano Jul 18, 2002
Watching the defective Watching the defective
Tony Shalhoub plays a brilliant San Francisco detective (with a morbid fear of dairy products) in USA's agreeable old-school puzzler "Monk."
By Carina Chocano Jul 11, 2002
Cruel summer Cruel summer
Amateur Whitney Houston covers! "Baywatch" babes turned low-rent spokesmodels! Obscene crank calls! If you found the prime-time season too taxing, summer TV is for you.
By Carina Chocano Jun 27, 2002
Who wants to marry a regular person? Who wants to marry a regular person?
In Michael Apted's sad, hopeful and deeply moving new documentary series on marriage in America," "I do" isn't a happy ending -- but rather an uncertain beginning.
By Carina Chocano Jun 15, 2002
They care a lot They care a lot
The cops, firefighters and paramedics of ABC's reality series "Boston 24/7" are so inspiring, dedicated and hardworking it's ... weirdly depressing. Still, just try to switch it off.
By Carina Chocano Jun 6, 2002
Thy tight buns are like a red, red rose Thy tight buns are like a red, red rose
Vicariously thrilling, coldly pragmatic and wildly popular, TV's new dating shows are the 21st century equivalent of medieval courtly love -- in a hot tub.
By Carina Chocano May 9, 2002
Bye-bye, dancing baby Bye-bye, dancing baby
Sure, she was scary-skinny and her skirts were too short. But don't blame the unfiltered neuroses of "Ally McBeal" for the crisis contemporary women (and men) face.
By Carina Chocano May 2, 2002
Every damn sports show at the same time Every damn sports show at the same time
It's news! It's chat! It's recipes and jewelry tips and bimbonics and fat-cheerleader jokes! Welcome to the frat-house hangout zone of "The Best Damn Sports Show, Period."
By Carina Chocano Apr 25, 2002
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