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The year in television 1997 By Joyce Millman
Ellen comes out, Mike Tyson flips out, Fox bottoms out
(12/24/97)

Binge and larf By Joyce Millman
The skeletons in "Veronica's Closet"
(12/11/97)

Lives 'R' us By Joyce Millman
A&E's "Biography" is the People magazine of famous lives
(11/19/97)

Ally McBeal By Joyce Millman
Woman of the '90s or retro airhead?
(10/20/97)

Racist -- or realistic? By Joyce Millman
Steven Bochco's hard-hitting "Brooklyn South" is still one step ahead of the headlines. But is he fanning the flames of American prejudice?
(09/22/97)

Soul Man By Joyce Millman
David Caruso is back -- are we ok with this?
(09/12/97)

A TV critic's mea culpa By Joyce Millman
"King of the Hill" and "NewsRadio" look a lot better the second time around.
(08/11/97)

Oz By Joyce Millman
HBO's new prison drama is a raw look at life off the street
(07/11/97)

The X-chromosome files By Joyce Millman
"La Femme Nikita" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" will kick your ass
(07/04/97)

Jungle love By Stephanie Zacharek
Tarzan still swings
Plus: Me Tarzan, you bride By Andrew Rice
The perfect wedding vows
(06/06/97)

One tough mother By Joyce Millman
Five ways "Roseanne" kicked network TV's butt into the next century
(05/19/97)

The last show standing By Joyce Millman
"Homicide" survives the TV season from hell
(05/09/97)

Vanity, thy name is Stephen King By Robin Dougherty
The scaremeister's six-hour miniseries remake of "The Shining" is enough to give anybody cabin fever
(04/25/97)

Getting medieval By Joyce Millman
A&E's lusty "Ivanhoe" takes us back to days of old when knights were bold
(4/18/97)

Dead air By Joyce Millman
ABC tries to enliven its Saturday lineup with Keystone Koroners and the life story of a gun
(04/11/97)

"Rebecca" without the ghosts By Joyce Millman
Alfred Hitchcock's classic film captured the psychosexual hysteria of Daphne du Maurier's Gothic novel. By contrast, the pallid new Masterpiece Theatre version has been through way too much therapy
(04/11/97)

Food fairyland By Joyce Millman
The Food Network serves up a Roman banquet for guilt-ridden gluttons
(03/26/97)

MTV's women: They're 'toons! By Joyce Millman
"Daria" vs. "Jenny McCarthy": Sarcastic teen 'toon is more lifelike than banal big-chested babe
(03/10/97)

Tomorrow's sitcom classics By Joyce Millman
Who will rule in rerun?
(03/05/97)

"EZ Streets" By Joyce Millman
Why did CBS betray the best cop show of the year?
(03/03/97)

Disasteroid! By Joyce Millman
Death wish specials
(02/14/97)

"AbFab" returns By Joyce Millman
The wicked female stars of "Absolutely Fabulous" and the dazzling Tracey Ullman are carrying on the sceptered isle's great yucks tradition Ñ while the blokes try to recover their funnybones
(1/20/97)

Beavis knows best By Joyce Millman
"King of the Hill" is the last thing you'd expect from Butt-head creator Mike Judge: a huggy family sitcom
(1/10/97)

Television's top ten By Joyce Millman
Who triumphed and who tanked in 1996
(12/23/96)

"Roseanne" implodes By Joyce Millman
No sitcom celebrity has ever been given this much leeway by a network to self-destruct
(12/9/96)

Comedy isn't cuddly By Joyce Millman
HBO's "Larry Sanders" and "Mr. Show" know the first rule of satire is: take no prisoners
(11/11/96)

Pee-wee's big comeback By Joyce Millman
The video re-issue of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" gives a Saturday morning classic its due
(10/28/96)

Stupid is as stupid does By Joyce Millman
With "3rd Rock from the Sun," gross imbecility has returned to the sitcom universe — and not a moment too soon
(10/21/96)

Waiting for the end of the world By Joyce Millman
Paranoia isn't the only motivation behind TV's new slew of apocalyptic nightmares -- like "Dark Skies" and "Millennium." There's a weird kind of faith at work, too
Text-only version
(10/14/96)

Family affair By Joyce Millman
The makers of "thirtysomething" capture the complexity of love and the weight of family expectations in "Relativity"
(9/23/96)

Leftovers again? By Joyce Millman
Familiar ingredients do not a fresh TV season make
Plus: a guide to the week's fall premieres
(9/16/96)

"Spin City" By Joyce Millman
The downsizing of Michael J. Fox
(9/16/96)

Shame and glory By Gary Kamiya
PBS's epic new series "The West" pulls no punches when it comes to depicting the ruthless settling of the American frontier
(9/9/96)

"La Comédie Française" Reviewed by Gary Kamiya
Is there a narrator in the house?
(8/26/96)

"Virtues" is no reward By Joyce Millman
From the man who knows how to raise your kids better than you do, a new series based on William Bennett's "The Book of Virtues"
(8/26/96)

Yes, "Xena" does rule By Joyce Millman
A dog-day expedition into the lush world of TV's trashiest delights
(7/29/96)

X-istential crisis By Lisa Crovo
At Portland's "X-Files" convention, the merchandise is out there
Plus: an interview with "Cancer Man" William B. Davis
(7/29/96)

Afternoon delight By Joyce Millman
Rosie O'Donnell makes daytime TV fun again
(7/15/96)

Dudes vs. nature By Joyce Millman
Extreme sports pretend to be the punk of athletics, but they're really for non-jocks on power trips
(6/3/96)

TV's blue period By Joyce Millman
Heart attacks, strokes, homicides and marital strife. . . tragedy was the big viewer turn-on as the season expired
(5/20/96)

Twister chasers By Joyce Millman
On The Weather Channel, weather is fierce, weather is strong, weather is severe -- weather has an attitude
(5/6/96)

The Johnson also rises By Joyce Millman
He's not just an actor, he's a way of life. Don Johnson is back, again, in "Nash Bridges"
(4/29/96)

Monster in a box By Joyce Millman
Stephen J. Cannell's "Profit" takes evil to delicious new heights. But he should have let "Wiseguy" rest in peace
(4/22/96)

A Pregnant Pause By James Marcus
How a couple survived seven months of bed rest -- with the aid of "All My Children"
(4/6/96)

X-rated By Joyce Millman
The love between X-Files agents Mulder and Scully need not speak its name. But it's still nice to imagine
(3/23/96)

The skater's schmaltz By Joyce Millman
Figure skating, along with its attendant soap operas, has become TV's ultimate guilty pleasure
(3/23/96)

Oscar's makeover By Joyce Millman
Ten modest proposals for juicing up the Academy Awards' annual snooze-fest
(3/9/96)

Dana Carvey bites the hand that feeds him By Joyce Millman
Will the comedian's corporation-tweaking, politician-bashing new show go over on the Disney-owned ABC?
(3/9/96)

Supergirls and Little Women By Joyce Millman
From chemically-empowered Alex Mack to "Sailor Moon's" intrepid heroines, teenage girls are recharging kids TV (2/10/96)

Jane's addiction By Joyce Millman
In PBS's latest "Prime Suspect" mystery, Detective Superintendent Tennison's workaholism catches up to her
(1/27/96)

The making of a half-minute masterpiece By Joyce Millman
The title designers for "The X-Files" and other hit shows reveal the mysteries of their art
(1/27/96)

Mercy killing By Joyce Millman
Is it time for "Murder One" to be put out of its misery?
(1/13/96)

Back on the laugh track By Joyce Millman
Fueled by immaturity and singles-bar Darwinism, "Seinfeld" is out of a mini-slump and as laff-riotous as ever
(12/30/95)

Getting high with a little help from "Friends" By Joyce Millman
How TV became the rock 'n' roll of the '90s
(12/2/95)

"Homicide": Life on the set

Talking Trash By Camille Paglia
In defense of TV talk shows
(11/20/95)

"Nowhere Man" By Joyce Millman
A weird pop-culture bubble floating up from the depths of our collective paranoia
(11/20/95)