Department Index
Television 2008:
What you're watching.
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- Weight Watching Two shows about formerly fat people.
Dec. 17, 2008 - David Gregory's Meet the Press I have a few points to make.
Dec. 15, 2008 - Meet the Ikki Twins Identical, bisexual, and ready to snuggle.
Dec. 10, 2008 - Coulda Been Faulkner The foremost burnout of the Paris Review generation.
Dec. 9, 2008 - Woke Up This Morning, Got Myself a Scud Saddam Hussein as Tony Soprano.
Dec. 5, 2008 - Elvis Costello's Talk Show The rocker chats with such luminaries as Bill Clinton and Elton John.
Dec. 2, 2008 - The New Yorker Wallace Shawn props up our culture on Gossip Girl.
Nov. 28, 2008 - Most Viewed The stars of YouTube gather for a terrifying live show.
Nov. 25, 2008 - 18 Million People Watch NCIS Should you?
Nov. 20, 2008 - In Search of Lost Crime The quotidian beauty of Law & Order.
Nov. 18, 2008 - Trivial Pursuits Game shows reach a deeper level of weirdness.
Nov. 12, 2008 - Yes, We Can Be Serious The networks play it cool. Except for that crazy hologram.
Nov. 5, 2008 - Watching the Election Fox is going a little crazy; the twilight of Joe the Plumber.
Nov. 4, 2008 - The Return of 30 Rock Tina Fey's sitcom becomes much more user-friendly.
Oct. 30, 2008 - The Real Housewives of Atlanta A perfect show for our financial moment.
Oct. 28, 2008 - The Mentalist Does this hit show signal the end of the CSI era?
Oct. 23, 2008 - The Winner Gets To Be Junior Editor Competing for a job at Elle on the new Stylista.
Oct. 21, 2008 - Live From Wasilla … Sarah Palin did just enough on Saturday Night Live.
Oct. 19, 2008 - McCain on Letterman America loves a good reconciliation.
Oct. 17, 2008 - Paris Hilton's My New BFF Warhol would be proud.
Oct. 15, 2008 - Turkey Shoot Throwing darts at a bunch of new shows with a bunch of friends.
Oct. 10, 2008 - The End of Star Wars With a new television series, the space opera reaches its logical conclusion.
Oct. 3, 2008 - Subprime Time Watching the financial networks during the meltdown.
Oct. 1, 2008 - Chavs and Slackers Little Britain USA and The Life & Times of Tim.
Sept. 26, 2008 - Knight Rider 2.0 A show so bad it makes one long for David Hasselhoff.
Sept. 24, 2008 - We'll Always Have Carson A stroll through the Top 10 videos in honor of Total Request Live's cancellation.
Sept. 19, 2008 - Seth MacFarlane Why is he funny again?
Sept. 12, 2008 - Smart Woman The new MSNBC host Rachel Maddow helps the network escape early puberty.
Sept. 9, 2008 - Hot Vampires Alan Ball's new series True Blood.
Sept. 5, 2008 - The Sarah Palin Show She's pretty great on television.
Sept. 3, 2008 - Watching Hurricane Gustav on Television The anchors hunt for drama as New Orleans faces another potential disaster.
Sept. 1, 2008 - Gossip Girl So trendy it's authentic.
Aug. 31, 2008 - Bright Lights, Big Screens Notes on the Democratic Convention.
Aug. 27, 2008 - Gangsta Pap The often astonishing From G's to Gents.
Aug. 5, 2008 - The Magnificent Anderson Pam: Girl on the Loose reviewed.
Aug. 1, 2008 - The Lifetime Original Movie 2.0 A new generation of delightful schmaltz.
July 31, 2008 - Brideshead Revisited Revisited How to watch Evelyn Waugh.
July 25, 2008 - Nice Office Mad Men returns for a second season.
July 24, 2008 - Band of Lunkheads The aggro Marines of Generation Kill.
July 11, 2008 - Movie Love Elvis Mitchell's swinging interview show, Under the Influence.
July 7, 2008 - Summer TV Celebrity Circus, Celebrity Family Feud, Wipeout, Monkids—the mind reels …
July 2, 2008 - The Apprentice My day at reality-TV school.
June 27, 2008 - Camp Rock The Jonas Brothers begin their journey toward world domination.
June 20, 2008 - Michelle Obama on The View Decoding her outfit, her aspect, her mouth full of granola.
June 18, 2008 - Ho Is Me Secret Diary of a Call Girl reviewed.
June 17, 2008 - Organic Television The Planet Green network embarrasses the Earth.
June 12, 2008 - The Hot Tub of Doom Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired reviewed.
June 9, 2008 - Sex in the Cul-de-Sac The swingers of CBS's Swingtown.
June 5, 2008 - Meet My Talking Dog Wilfred and other gems from the IFC.
May 30, 2008 - Don't Mess With the Lohan E!'s Living Lohan stars Lindsay's kid sister. Leave her alone!
May 23, 2008 - Who Demanded a Recount? HBO's pointless film about the 2000 election.
May 23, 2008 - When We Return … Will the Arrested Development guy's new show be good?
May 12, 2008 - Farmer Wants a Wife Gets Carrie Bradshaw wannabes instead.
May 7, 2008 - Funny Woman Why Amy Poehler delights.
April 28, 2008 - Dead Air Why CBS should shutter its news division.
April 23, 2008 - Friday Night Lights Why aren't you watching the best show on television?
April 22, 2008 - The Tracy Flick of Journalism A wonderful new villain adorns MTV's The Paper.
April 16, 2008 - The View in the Flesh Attending a live event with Whoopi, Sherri, Elizabeth, Joy, and Barbara.
April 11, 2008 - The Satire Recession How political satire got so flabby.
April 8, 2008 - Ben Silverman's Critique of Slate And other illuminating moments at the NBC Infront.
April 3, 2008 - Dance Marathon The dazzling moves of Step It Up and Dance, America's Best Dance Crew, and Your Mama Don't Dance.
April 2, 2008 - Conan Appears on Leno It was awkward.
March 28, 2008 - Road Kill Was HBO right to cancel a new show before it aired?
March 26, 2008 - A Unified Theory of The Hills Pretending to be yourself isn't easy.
March 25, 2008 - If This Jacuzzi Could Talk The X Effect takes the dating show to new lows.
March 19, 2008 - Founding-Father TV In John Adams, Benjamin Franklin steals the show.
March 14, 2008 - Cooking in a Gangsta's Paradise A new Web show with Coolio and a new season of Top Chef.
March 12, 2008 - AP Drama Two new reality shows about high school.
March 7, 2008 - The Deep Thoughts of Keith Olbermann And other election coverage highlights.
March 5, 2008 - Oprah's Big Give The talk-show host casts her lavender wand over reality TV.
Feb. 29, 2008 - We Need Girlfriends Watching the anti-Entourage.
Feb. 21, 2008 - Karl Rove, News Analyst He offers clarity, concision, humility, good humor, good posture …
Feb. 15, 2008 - All-American Apocalypse Jericho is a show that nationalists, fundamentalists, and libertarians can enjoy together.
Feb. 12, 2008 - Cashmere Mafia vs. Lipstick Jungle Which show is the worthy successor to Sex and the City?
Feb. 7, 2008 - Hillary's Town Hall The candidate interrupts the soft pablum of the Hallmark Channel.
Feb. 5, 2008 - The March of the Pingu When will America embrace the most popular penguin in the world?
Feb. 1, 2008 - Harvard Women Don't Like Stripper Poles And other dating advice from The Millionaire Matchmaker, Matched in Manhattan, and Jane Austen.
Feb. 1, 2008 - Crazy Talk Why the new HBO drama In Treatment will make your head hurt.
Jan. 28, 2008 - No Country for Old Meth Dealers Imagine the Coen brothers directing an episode of Weeds, and you have Breaking Bad.
Jan. 25, 2008 - Game Shows 2.0 Contemplating The Moment of Truth, The Power of Ten, and Battle of the Bods.
Jan. 24, 2008 - Do You Like Shows About Gladiators? The triumphant return of a television relic.
Jan. 15, 2008 - The Fizzled Golden Globes Britney Spears, freeloading hacks, and a painful whooshing sound.
Jan. 14, 2008 - Strike Two Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart return.
Jan. 8, 2008 - The Candidates, Off Guard Where to find the best campaign coverage on TV.
Jan. 7, 2008 - Leno and Conan Unplugged How did they do without their writers?
Jan. 3, 2008
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