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Finale wrap-up: "The Real Housewives of New York City"

Clash of the self-promotional titans! The "Real Housewives of NYC" end the season going head-to-head in a product-publicity death match.

By Heather Havrilesky May 6, 2009
Frak this prequel

"Battlestar Galactica" spinoff "Caprica" has family drama, holographs and a man named Adama. But is there enough action in this pilot to satisfy the show's fans?

By Thomas Rogers April 21, 2009
The crumbling beauty of "Grey Gardens"

The 1975 cult documentary inspires this new HBO film, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange as batty aristocrats living in eccentric squalor.

By Joy Press April 16, 2009
The end of "ER"

Call the time of death: After 15 years, "ER" brings back its old stars and turns off the paddles for the last time.

By Joan Walsh April 3, 2009
Finale wrap-up: "Life on Mars"

In its last episode, the charming (and canceled) cop show finally unlocks the secrets of our hero's past. But they're not what you might expect.

By Stephanie Zacharek April 2, 2009
Finale wrap-up: "Big Love"

America's favorite polygamist drama ends its third season with a cosmic revelation, startling violence and an ultra-creepy kiss.

By Laura Miller March 23, 2009
Finale wrap-up: "Top Chef"

Cheftastrophe! The fifth season boils down to overcooked soufflés, under-salted fish and lots of big, salty tears.

By Heather Havrilesky February 26, 2009
When the big banks tanked

"Frontline" offers a play-by-play of how Bernanke and Paulson tried to prevent a catastrophe during last year's unprecedented financial implosion.

By Heather Havrilesky February 17, 2009
Darkness becomes him

A head-spinning new "Oliver Twist" reflects both the bleakness and the levity of Dickens' novel.

By Heather Havrilesky February 14, 2009
Trapped in the Dollhouse

Shined to a high gloss for Fox, Joss Whedon's long-awaited new drama still boasts enough flair and smarts to overcome its damning time slot.

By Heather Havrilesky February 12, 2009
A "Daily Show" weirdo goes solo

Comedy Central's new "Important Things With Demetri Martin" offers a rare combination of funny strange and funny ha ha.

By Heather Havrilesky February 10, 2009
Ted Haggard in exile

An HBO documentary about the former pastor underscores the horrors of the evangelical Christian closet, just as new allegations about him emerge.

By Heather Havrilesky January 29, 2009
My mom's multiple personalities drive me crazy!

In "United States of Tara," Toni Collette turns in a brilliant performance as a woman with dissociative identity disorder.

By Heather Havrilesky January 22, 2009
Move over, Dr. House

Tim Roth plays an ill-tempered genius in Fox's charming crime procedural, "Lie to Me."

By Heather Havrilesky January 21, 2009
Polygamy gets ugly

In its third season, "Big Love" abandons its sugarcoated take on plural marriage for a far darker picture.

By Heather Havrilesky January 14, 2009
What's your damage?

FX's scheming-lawyer drama "Damages" is back for a fast-paced, twisted sophomore season that might just be better than the first.

By Heather Havrilesky January 7, 2009
Still flailing in Katrina's wake

PBS's Frontline documentary "The Old Man and the Storm" tells a tale of adversity triumphing over one ordinary man.

By Heather Havrilesky January 6, 2009
Shades of "Grey Gardens"

An upcoming PBS doc traces the bickering Beale women of Albert and David Maysles' 1975 cult hit from their squalid Hamptons mansion to the bright lights of Broadway.

By Heather Havrilesky December 23, 2008
Finale wrap-up: "Dexter"

On Showtime's third season finale of "Dexter," the world's most popular serial killer loses the best man, but keeps the bride.

By Heather Havrilesky December 15, 2008
"Your father was a monster"

In the PBS documentary "Inheritance," the daughter of Nazi murderer Amon Goeth struggles to accept an unbearable legacy.

By Heather Havrilesky December 10, 2008
Who wants to visit Saddam's house?

The Iraqi president does his best Darth Vader imitation in HBO's miniseries "House of Saddam."

By Heather Havrilesky December 5, 2008
Elvis lives!

Elvis Costello chats up everyone from Lou Reed to Bill Clinton on his eclectic Sundance talk show, "Spectacle."

By Heather Havrilesky December 3, 2008
Damned for all time

In its last episode, "The Shield" drops the curtain on its groundbreaking dirty-cop tragedy.

By Heather Havrilesky November 26, 2008
Finale wrap-up: "True Blood"

The first season of HBO's "True Blood" ends with fried vampires, Bible thumpers and -- of course! -- even more unsolved mysteries.

By Heather Havrilesky November 24, 2008
Bauer power

Insurgents! Hand grenades! Torture! Fox's two-hour special "24: Redemption" offers a quick fix of Jack to hold us until the show's January premiere.

By Heather Havrilesky November 21, 2008