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2012:
NBC's "1600 Penn": Dec. 17, 2012

TV's "Time To Go" List: Dec. 3, 2012
The Fall TV Season Report Card: Nov. 26, 2012
Ken Burns' "The Dust Bowl": Nov. 12, 2012
"Malibu Country": Nov. 5, 2012
"Arrow": Oct. 22, 2012
"Hunted": Oct. 15, 2012
Mindy Kaling and Her "Mindy Project": Oct. 8, 2012
"666 Park Avenue": Oct. 1, 2012
The People Behind "Elementary": Sept. 24, 2012
The Return o;f Matthew Perry: Sept. 17, 2012
Kenneth Branagh on Kurt Wallander: Sept. 10, 2012
Previewing the New TV Season: Sept. 10, 2012
Two Online TV Shows: Aug. 6, 2012
"Chasing UFO's": June 25, 2012
HBO's "The Newsroom": June 18, 2012
The People of "Dallas," Old & New: June 11, 2012
A&E's "Longmire": May 28, 2012
"Hemingway & Gellhorn": May 21, 2012
"Cracking the Koala Code": May 14, 2012
The TV Season Report Card: May 7, 2012
"The L.A. Complex": April 16, 2012
"Don't Trust the B--- in Apt. 23": April 9, 2012
TV and the Titanic Centennial: April 2, 2012
"Leave It To Niecy": March 26, 2012
"Missing": March 12, 2012
Here Comes "GCB"!: Feb. 27, 2012
Fran Dreschcr in Reality Mode: Feb. 27, 2012
Cesar Millan, Dog Whisperer: Feb. 13, 2012
ABC's "The River": Feb. 6, 2012
Two New Sitcoms: Jan. 9, 2012
"Kangaroo Mob": Jan. 9, 2012
The Return of "Downton Abbey": Jan. 2, 2012

2011:
Eleven Points About This TV Season: Dec. 5, 2011

TV Holiday Gifts: Nov. 21, 2011
Rating the New TV Season So Far: Nov. 14, 2011
PBS' "Jungle Eagle": Nov. 7, 2011
PBS' "War of 1812": Oct. 10, 2011
Scott Porter of "Hart of Dixie": Oct. 3, 2011
Two More Dark TV Thrillers ("Homeland"; "Bedlam"): Sept. 26, 2011
"Rocket City Rednecks": Sept. 19, 2011
Presenting the Fall TV Season: Sept. 12, 2011
Joining A Hit Show: Sept. 5, 2011
"NCIS" Steams Into Season 9: Aug. 29, 2011
The Extreme Weather Mystery: Aug. 22, 2011
"Alphas": July 4, 2011
"Falling Skies": June 20, 2011
Mysteries For Your Summer: June 6, 2011
The Networks' Plans For Fall: May 23, 2011
"Bears of the Last Frontier": May 9, 2011
A Feast of New Cable Shows: April 25, 2011

Starz' "Camelot": March 28, 2011
AMC's "The Killing": March 28, 2011
"Body of Proof," March 21, 2011
"Mildred Pierce": March 21, 2011
"Breakout Kings": March 14, 2011
Beware! Beast Hunter on the Job!: March 7, 2011
Here Comes "Mr. Sunshine": Feb. 7, 2011
Joan & Melissa: Jan. 24, 2011
Still 'Hot in Cleveland': Jan. 17, 2011


2010:
Some Notes on the TV Scene: Nov. 22, 2010

"Lost Ships of Rome": Nov. 15, 2010
Inside "The Amazing Race": Nov. 8, 2010
"Great Migrations": Oct. 25, 2010
"Circus": Oct. 25, 2010
"A Murder of Crows": Oct. 18, 2010
"Hardcover Mysteries": Oct. 11, 2010
"Luther": Oct. 11, 2010
Tim Kang: Oct. 4, 2010
Todd Margaret: Sept. 27, 2010
The All-New "Hawaii Five-O": Sept. 20, 2010
"Raising Hope": Sept. 20, 2010
"Undercovers": Sept. 20, 2010
"Boardwalk Empire": Sept. 13, 2010
The Second Coming of 'Nikita': Sept. 6, 2010
HBO's "Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County": July 19, 2010
'E.T.' Going on 30: July 12, 2010
The TV Season's Biggest Winners: June 28, 2010
Random Thoughts About TV: May 24, 2010
ABC'S 'Romantically Challenged"Z" April 19, 2010
ABC Snares A Prize: March 29, 2010

The CW's "Fly Girls": March 22, 2010
HBO's "The Pacific": March 8, 2010
"Parenthood": Feb. 22, 2010
A Fresh Look At the TV Season: Feb. 8, 2010

2009:
How Watching TV Has Changed In A Decade: Dec. 7, 2009

Head-Shrinkers R Us: Nov. 9, 2009
What's Going On in TV Land: Oct. 19, 2009
Best of the Best For Fall: Sept.7, 2009
Let the Talk Wars Begin!: Aug. 17, 2009
"Blue August": Aug. 10, 2009
Coming Soon To Cable TV: Aug. 10, 2009
Walter Cronkite Sidebar: July 20, 2009
Nobody Asked Me, But...: July 20, 2009
Three Doses of Geunine Reality: June 15, 2009
Nobody Asked Me, But...: June 8, 2009
On the Bubble: May 11, 2009
"Southland": April 6, 2009
The Return of "Cupid": March 23, 2009
"Better Off Ted": March 9, 2009
"Ashes To Ashes": March 2, 2009
What Shows Do People Really Watch?: Feb. 16, 2009

2008:
"China Beach": Dec. 1, 2008

A Ricky Gervais Letdown: Nov. 10, 2008
Exotic Expeditions--A Week of Them: Nov. 10, 2008
"Life on Mars"--U.S. Version: Oct. 6, 2008
"The Amazing Race": Sept. 15, 2008
"The Mentalist": Sept. 8, 2008
"The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle": Sept. 1, 2008
"The Locator": Aug. 25, 2008
"Gavin & Stacey": Aug. 18, 2008
Young and Naughty...Again!: Aug. 4, 2008
The Plight of BBC America: July 28, 2008
A Cornucopia From Cable: July 21, 2008
"Entertainment Tonight" Revisited: July 7, 2008
The Summer of Reality...Gone Wild!: June 23, 2008
Come Aboard PBS' "Carrier": April 21, 2008
"Return to the Amazon": March 31, 2008
HBO's "John Adams": March 10, 2008
Hello, TV 2008!: Jan. 7, 2008

2007:

The 2007 Fall TV Season: Sept. 17, 2007

TV's Upcoming Goodies: May 28, 2007
Rekindling the Fever for 'Lost': April 2, 2007
'Robin Hood': Feb. 26, 2007

2006:

The Librarian--Return to King Solomon's Mines: Dec. 4, 2006

Two New Sitcoms: Nov. 20, 2006
Has 'Lost' Lost Its Way?: Nov. 13, 2006
The Return of 'Meerkat Manor': Sept. 25, 2006
Some Special NotesAbout the Fall TV Season: Aug. 28, 2006
The New TV Shows: Aug. 28, 2006
"Vanished": Aug. 21, 2006
"Broken Trail": June 19, 2006
Helen Mirren as 'Elizabeth I': April 20, 2006
Another Cousteau, Another Odyssey: March 27, 2006
Biff! Boom! BAM! It's NBC's 'Heist': March 20, 2006
TV's Basket of Goodies: Feb. 13, 2006

2005:

Saturday Night is the Loneliest TV Night of the Week: Oct. 31, 2005

Three Fall TV Creepers: Sept. 12, 2005
"Everybody Hates Chris": Sept. 12, 2005
"My Name is Earl": Sept. 12, 2005
'SUPERNATURAL': Sept. 5, 2005
HBO's 'ROME': Aug. 22, 2005
'The Comeback': May 30, 2005
'EMPIRE FALLS': May 23, 2005
CBS' 'ELVIS' Miniseries: May 2, 2005
Two TV Reality Giants: March 14, 2005
"The Night Detective": Jan. 31, 2005

2004:

'The Life & Death of Peter Sellers': Dec. 6, 2004

'Murder in Suburbia' & 'Waking the Dead': Nov. 15, 2004
"Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars": Oct. 11, 2004
Austin Stevens, Snakemaster!: Oct. 4, 2004
'Lost': Sept. 13, 2004
Look Who's Coming Back!: Sept. 13, 2004 (with Ron Miller)
'Jack & Bobby'--The Real Deal: Sept. 6, 2004
Alone at Last: 'Joey': Sept. 6, 2004
'Messiah': July 26, 2004
"The Amazing Race 5": June 28, 2004
Look Out! New TV Season Coming: June 7, 2004
Helen Mirren and Her Jane: April 5, 2004
Welcome to 'Deadwood': March 8, 2004
The Reality of TV Today: March 1, 2004
'Trust' Isn't Catching: Feb. 16, 2004
PBS Remembers the Alamo: Jan. 19, 2004

2003:

Jonathan Creek--Black Canary: Dec. 21, 2003

Television Does December: Dec. 8, 2003
The Fall TV Season...So Far: Nov. 10, 2003
Fox's ' 'Arrested Development': Oct. 20, 2003
Goodbye, 'EastEnders': Oct. 13, 2003
ABC's 'Karen Sisco': Sept. 29, 2003
NBC's 'Coupling': Sept. 22, 2003
CBS' 'Hope and Faith': Sept. 22, 2003
CBS' 'Two and A Half Men': Sept. 15, 2003
CBS' 'Joan of Arcadia': Sept. 15, 2003
CBS' 'The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire': Sept. 15, 2003
HBO's 'Carnivale': Sept. 8, 2003
Dead Gorgeous: July 7, 2003
The Talented Mr. Monk: June 30, 2003
Two Winners From England: June 16, 2003

'Keen Eddie': June 9, 2003
Upfronts and Personal: April 21, 2003
Time To Depart!: Feb. 17, 2003

My Guilty TV Pleasures: Feb. 10, 2003
Some Reasons to Still Watch Television: Jan. 13, 2003

2002:

News=Promos at 'Entertainment Tonight': June 9, 2002
Where Have You Gone, My 'Pasadena'?: Feb. 10, 2002

2001:

Will There Ever Be Another 'Moonlighting'?: Dec. 9, 2001

'Friends" & A Sexy British Cousin: Oct. 7, 2001



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