TV Week - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/tv_week/?source=rss&aim=tv_week en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT Best new TV: "Community" By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/09/01/community/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/09/01/community/index.html?source=rss A mean-spirited comedy about a "loser" college features dropouts, middle-aged divorcees and Chevy Chase. Hurray! And the Buffy goes to ... By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/06/buffy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/06/buffy/index.html?source=rss Our fifth annual award to the most underappreciated show in all of TV land. Reality shows we'd like to see By Sarah Hepola Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/05/reality_wishes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/05/reality_wishes/index.html?source=rss Attention, reality-TV programmers: "I'm From Sky Mall" and "Hangover CSI" -- you're gonna love them! A comedy tonight? Good luck! By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/05/comedy_chart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/05/comedy_chart/index.html?source=rss Learn more about the fall TV season's new comedies, using this handy clip 'n' save chart! Television's foreign affair By Thomas Rogers Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/04/foreign_tv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/04/foreign_tv/index.html?source=rss Shows based on international hits are flooding the fall lineup. Has the U.S. TV industry run out of fresh ideas? TV rehab By Salon staff Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/03/fix_these_shows/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/03/fix_these_shows/index.html?source=rss There are shows we love even when they don't love themselves. For them, Salon staffers stage an intervention. Vampires that don't suck By Joy Press Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2008/09/03/ball/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2008/09/03/ball/index.html?source=rss Alan Ball explains that the undead in his new HBO series don't just embody our deepest sexual yearnings -- they represent both gays and the Bush administration. Above the law By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/02/outlaws/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/02/outlaws/index.html?source=rss On TV this fall, motorcycle outlaws, vampires and superpowered misfits roar past good and evil, reflecting the wishful thinking of a nation in decline. Of magic, madness and motorcycles By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/02/drama_chart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/09/02/drama_chart/index.html?source=rss Learn more about the fall TV season's new dramas, using this handy clip 'n' save chart! The best TV show of all time By Rebecca Traister and Laura Miller Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/15/best_show/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/15/best_show/index.html?source=rss "The Sopranos" vs."The Wire": Two Salon critics duke it out over which series is the greatest ever. Credit check By Caitlin Shamberg Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2007/09/15/tvcredits/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2007/09/15/tvcredits/index.html?source=rss TV's best opening credit sequences celebrate the essential spirit of the shows they introduce. Check out some of our all-time favorites. And the Buffy goes to ... By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/14/buffy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/14/buffy/index.html?source=rss Our fourth annual award to the most underappreciated show in all of TV land. They're (formerly) grrrrreat! By King Kaufman Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/13/cavemen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/13/cavemen/index.html?source=rss At the home for retired advertising icons, not everyone's happy to see the Geico Cavemen hit the big time. Women are the new men on TV By Rebecca Traister Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/12/gender_tv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/12/gender_tv/index.html?source=rss Broads are the cops and lawyers and masters of the business universe on the new shows. So what happened to the men? Conversations: Tim Gunn By Sarah Karnasiewicz Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2007/09/11/gunn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2007/09/11/gunn/index.html?source=rss The "Project Runway" guru talks about his new show, "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style," and his passionate crusade to make fashion work for the masses. An interview and podcast. Red State Update: Fall TV favorites Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/09/11/redstateupdate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/09/11/redstateupdate/index.html?source=rss Jackie and Dunlap discuss Don Johnson, Animal Planet and their favorite shows of all time. TV's triumphant overclass By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2007/09/10/overclass/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2007/09/10/overclass/index.html?source=rss Television continues to grow positively filthy with the filthy rich. And where is the middle class? Demeaning itself for money on reality and game shows, of course Soap on a rope! By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/10/drama_chart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/10/drama_chart/index.html?source=rss A handy clip 'n' save guide to the season's new dramas. I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2006/08/27/sitcoms/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2006/08/27/sitcoms/index.html?source=rss Will any of the new comedies make you laugh? Maybe not, but if you miss Alec Baldwin's star turn on NBC's "30 Rock," you'll be sorry. Your Emmy picks -- and ours By Salon's A&E staff Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/26/ballot_results/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/26/ballot_results/index.html?source=rss The results of Salon's TV Week Reader Poll are in. And the winners are... "The Closer" -- nail it shut By Scott Lamb Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/22/the_closer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/22/the_closer/index.html?source=rss She solves the crime -- but we end up doing the time. Dethroned By Amy Reiter Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/22/larry_king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/22/larry_king/index.html?source=rss Larry King's Lite-Brite needs to be turned off for good. The Buffy By Salon's A&E staff Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/09/17/the_buffy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/09/17/the_buffy/index.html?source=rss Salon's second annual award for the most underappreciated television show in all the land.