Twenty ways the '90s changed television
From "Twin Peaks" to "The X-Files" to "The Simpsons" (O.J. included), TV broke ground and rules in the last decade of the century.
(12/22/99)

TV 1999
From "The Sopranos" to "Greed," a look back at the highs and lows of the year in television.
(12/13/99)

Breaking up is hard to do
"Buffy" hits a creative funk, but its spinoff "Angel" is in the groove.
(12/06/99)

For the love of the game show
ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" hits the jackpot; Fox's "Greed" is not good.
(11/16/99)

... but I play one on TV By Joyce Millman
President Martin Sheen takes the Oval Office on "The West Wing"; Dr. Alan Alda operates again on "ER."
(11/01/99)

Busted!
Melodramatic and ill-conceived, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is so bad, it's a crime.
(10/18/99)

Harsh realms
Fox's "Harsh Realm" sends a soldier into virtual hell, while CBS's "Now and Again" builds the new bionic man.
(10/08/99)

City of Angel
Buffy's guilt-ridden vampire squeeze lives by night in L.A. Also: "My So-Called Life" meets "The X-Files" in WB's new teen drama "Roswell"
(10/04/99)

D-I-V-O-R-C-E TV
Three new dramas look on the bright side of life in Splitsville
(09/27/99)

In with the out crowd
NBC's affectionate "Freaks and Geeks" lets high school nobodys have their day.
(09/24/99)

Kelleyvision
The creator of "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice" owns prime time. How many cat fights, dwarf lawyers and middlebrow sermons can we take?
(09/20/99)

An uncivil "Action"
Fox's raunchy, risky movie industry sitcom opens big -- and it just might have legs.
(09/13/99)

The color of money
Of course there are blacks on TV. You just have to pay to see them.
(08/23/99)

Porn-lite and bland biography
MTV can't get enough sex, while VH1 keeps strip-mining rock history.
(08/10/99)

Pushing the envelopes
The list of Emmy nominees comes out this week. Will TV's best be on it?
(07/19/99)

The secret world of Pokémon
With a TV show, video game and trading cards, the pocket monsters have come for your children.
(07/06/99)

How Sarah got her groove back
In HBO's voyeuristic treat "Sex and the City," Sarah Jessica Parker finally gets a role fit for a comedy goddess.
(06/14/99)

Finale thoughts
The best and worst of TV's season-ending episodes.
(06/01/99)

Size matters
In her engaging memoir "Wake Up, I'm Fat!" Camryn Manheim of "The Practice" reveals how she learned to throw her weight around.
(05/17/99)

Happy Mother's Day, and screw you
Raise a glass to Livia Soprano, the meanest mother on TV.
(05/03/99)

"The Awful Truth" Truth and consequences
Michael Moore shows the snarky boys how it's done in "The Awful Truth."
(04/19/99)

"Futurama"
That 31st century show: Matt Groening's spectacular "Futurama" satirizes where we're headed -- and where we are
(03/26/99)

"It's like, you know ..."
L.A. without guilt: ABC's new sitcom "It's like, you know ..." is a West Coast remake of "Seinfeld" -- not that there's anything wrong with that
(03/22/99)

The Xerox Files
Two new "X-Files" clones prove the original is still the best
(03/08/99)

"Dilbert" and "Sports Night"
Working stiffs: Why are "Dilbert" and "Sports Night" like a day at the office? Because watching them is a grind
(02/22/99)

Doc Hollywood By Joyce Millman
On "ER," George Clooney was more than just a pretty face in the crowd
(02/08/99)

Get an afterlife By Joyce Millman
Chris Elliott's long-lost cult sitcom is born again on home video
(02/05/99)

Movin' on down
Eddie Murphy's "The PJs" puts TV's underrepresented blacks back in the ghetto (01/25/99)

Married... with hitmen
HBO's wily new series "The Sopranos" depicts the midlife anxieties of a devoted husband, father and Family man. (01/11/99)

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