Department Index
Television 2009:
What you're watching.
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- Remote Roulette The fun new TV game that everyone is playing.
July 2, 2009 - Big Membership Has Its Privileges Hung considers the fortunes of a well-endowed guy in Detroit.
June 26, 2009 - Vanity Fair Jr. Why you might want to watch NYC Prep.
June 24, 2009 - Make It or Break It The Friday Night Lights of women's gymnastics.
June 19, 2009 - Can Alexa Chung Save MTV? The network's unbelievably charming new talk-show host.
June 17, 2009 - Mission Accomplished Colbert's high-risk, highly entertaining tour of Iraq.
June 12, 2009 - The Crazy Bunch Jon & Kate Plus 8 scares me in many ways.
June 10, 2009 - Prickliness Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie.
June 5, 2009 - Scenes From the Next CW What will be corrupting your daughters this fall.
May 22, 2009 - The Baddest CBS and LL Cool J strut their stuff at yesterday's upfront.
May 21, 2009 - Imagine Lost Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Handicapping the new shows introduced by ABC.
May 20, 2009 - I Have Seen the Legs of Eliza Dushku Checking in with the TV industry at the Fox upfronts.
May 19, 2009 - Kobe Being Kobe Spike Lee's mild documentary about a game in the life of the basketball star.
May 15, 2009 - Not a Cop Out Southland is pretty good, and thus temporarily halts the sad decline of NBC.
May 14, 2009 - Things Rank and Gross in Nature The real housewives of the Garden State.
May 12, 2009 - Save It Irritating new budget-conscious lifestyle shows.
May 8, 2009 - Four Old Women Share an Apartment Why The Golden Girls was sitcom genius.
April 30, 2009 - Glenn Beck The hot new mob leader of 2009.
April 23, 2009 - Among the Cougars What does a cub wear to a cougar party?
April 22, 2009 - Decaying Preppies Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange in Grey Gardens.
April 17, 2009 - No Extra Charge The dubious art of infomercials.
April 13, 2009 - Not Funny In the land of one-joke sitcoms, Parks and Recreation is king.
April 10, 2009 - Everyone's a Critic And everyone reviews movies on the Rotten Tomatoes Show.
April 6, 2009 - Andy Richter Comes in From the Rain Why he's the best late-night-show sidekick of all time.
March 31, 2009 - Just Look Away HBO's adaptation of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
March 26, 2009 - Late Night With Barack Obama The president as sitcom dad.
March 20, 2009 - Better Off Ted What you'd get if you turned Mad Men into a bad, unfunny sitcom.
March 17, 2009 - The City A boring heroine you can't help rooting for.
March 16, 2009 - Cramer vs. Stewart The Daily Show showdown was mesmerizing but not quite satisfying.
March 13, 2009 - Fallon Upward The new Late Night With Jimmy Fallon is a mutant multimedia experience.
March 3, 2009 - Twist and Shout The Weather Channel brings us Tornado Week.
Feb. 26, 2009 - Eurosports Why I love Top Gear.
Feb. 16, 2009 - She's Got Legs Eliza Dushku in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse.
Feb. 13, 2009 - Futon Follies The CollegeHumor Show brings college humor to MTV.
Feb. 10, 2009 - Must-Geek TV Is the world ready for an Asperger's sitcom?
Feb. 6, 2009 - 43 Observations on the Super Bowl The cute puppies, Al Michaels, Obama's fireside chat, and other moments you might have missed.
Feb. 2, 2009 - Sad Money The best personal finance show.
Jan. 30, 2009 - CNN Goes to the Ball After the event, it was time for the pseudo-event.
Jan. 18, 2009 - The United States of Tara Toni Collette has multiple personalities, all of them written by Diablo Cody.
Jan. 15, 2009 - Badass Award Patrick Swayze as a lone wolf FBI agent in The Beast.
Jan. 14, 2009 - The Original Twilight A pop Wuthering Heights on PBS.
Jan. 9, 2009 - A Spoonful of Sugar Sanjay Gupta is a sweet choice for surgeon general.
Jan. 7, 2009 - Homeland Security USA A show about the brave agents defending America from Swiss belly dancers.
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