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• It's a Wonderful Life Frank Capra's sentimental classic remains astonishingly apt.
  Larry Doyle Dec. 17, 1996
  
• Bloodless In Cold Blood, the miniseries.
  Larry Doyle Nov. 19, 1996
  
• The System Works! PBS defends democracy.
  David Greenberg Oct. 29, 1996
  
• Crime That Pays CBS' EZ Streets.
  David Edelstein Oct. 21, 1996
  
• Lenoism A Theory of Jay.
  Alex Ross Oct. 8, 1996
  
• Sympathy for the Devil The Hollywood pieties of Nothing Sacred.
  David Edelstein Oct. 1, 1996
  
• Equal Opportunism UPN's new black sitcoms.
  Debra Dickerson Aug. 27, 1996
  
• Dream Cuisine The therapeutic value of food.
  David Edelstein July 30, 1996
  
• Musical Monotony What PBS could do to make classical music watchable.
  David Schiff July 17, 1996
  
• Maddening Method Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo's weird celebrity series.
  David Edelstein July 10, 1996
  
• A Bad End Things have changed since J.R. was shot.
  Sarah Kerr June 25, 1996