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Methadone for "Buffy" addicts: Martyred vampire Spike is back (sort of!) on the new season of "Angel," which has recaptured at least some of the Buffyverse's magic.; By Laura Miller Nov 5, 2003
I'm a TV viewer -- get me out of here!: Watching faux-celebrities marinate in the Australian rain forest for 15 painful hours proves that even in the alternate universe of reality TV, less is more.; By Heather Havrilesky Mar 5, 2003
Holy Batbabes!: In the WB's bizarrely entertaining "Birds of Prey," Batman has skipped town -- but his illegitimate daughter and a reshaped Batgirl are kickin' butt in New Gotham.; By Carina Chocano Oct 14, 2002
Don't call it a comeback: How TV networks turned around their lily-white lineups -- and why that still isn't enough.; By Andy Dehnart May 23, 2001
The parent trap: Who says there aren't any adults on the WB? "Gilmore Girls" and "7th Heaven" give the Frog's viewers two sides of tadpole-raising.; By Joyce Millman Nov 14, 2000
Subway love: Gone is the stench of urine. Into its void rushes a whiff of pheromones.; By Jori Finkel Feb 14, 2000
Please, sir, may I have a mother?: Despite the WB's reputation as the teen-sex network, shows like "Dawson's Creek" and "Roswell" owe their appeal more to the damaged-family yearnings of a Brontk or Dickens novel than to sheer skin.; By Sarah Vowell Feb 2, 2000
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.; By Joyce Millman Dec 22, 1999
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"; By Joyce Millman Oct 4, 1999
Finale thoughts: The best and worst of TV's season-ending episodes.; By Joyce Millman Jun 1, 1999
"Buffy" fans distribute postponed finale online: Network's decision irks the faithful, who take to their Web sites and "tape trees" to get their "Vampire Slayer" fix.; By Howard Wen May 28, 1999
TV to over-49s: You haven't dropped dead yet?: Hey, Gramps! Want more TV shows aimed at you? Then stop watching them.; By James Poniewozik May 27, 1999
The WB's Big Daddy condescension: Another "Buffy" episode postponed. Are the paranoia demons running loose?; By Charles Taylor May 26, 1999
Hand job: A TV-addicted stoner loses his hand to evil temptation in the lame thriller "Idle Hands."; By Mary Elizabeth Williams Apr 30, 1999

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