http://dir.salon.com/topics/tv_diary/?source=rss&aim=tv_diary en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST By Heather Havrilesky Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/03/05/celebrity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/03/05/celebrity/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/03/03/six_feet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/03/03/six_feet/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/27/sterling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/27/sterling/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/25/greek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/25/greek/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/22/maher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/22/maher/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/20/bachelorette/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/20/bachelorette/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/13/are_you_hot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/13/are_you_hot/index.html?source=rss 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 Carina Chocano Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/04/kingpin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/04/kingpin/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/30/kimmel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/30/kimmel/index.html?source=rss Helpless, alone, rejected by female guests except Tammy Faye Bakker, Jimmy Kimmel drifts toward the ninth circle of talk-show hell. By Carina Chocano Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/27/super_ads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/27/super_ads/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/23/alias/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/23/alias/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/22/rivers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/22/rivers/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/15/joe_mill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/15/joe_mill/index.html?source=rss In "Joe Millionaire," with its lumpen-wacky TV vision of the rich, pop culture finally faces inequality in "classless" America. By Carina Chocano Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/11/bachette/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/11/bachette/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/06/loud/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/06/loud/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/12/richter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/12/richter/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/10/sopranos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/10/sopranos/index.html?source=rss No major characters got whacked in the season finale of "The Sopranos." The destruction was way bigger than that. By Carina Chocano Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/04/attell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/04/attell/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/02/dr_phil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/02/dr_phil/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/11/27/osbournes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/11/27/osbournes/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/11/16/moth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/11/16/moth/index.html?source=rss Manhattan's hit nightclub storytelling series comes to TV, minus the cocktails but with its intimate front-porch spirit intact. By Carina Chocano Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/29/24/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/29/24/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/24/other_network/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/24/other_network/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/22/bonnie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/22/bonnie/index.html?source=rss Bonnie Hunt discovers an unconventional path to good comedy on her extremely funny new sitcom "Life With Bonnie." By Carina Chocano Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/19/royals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/19/royals/index.html?source=rss 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!