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Rescue Me (FX)
“If, as a woman, you've ever wondered how men act when they're together, how they talk to each other, how they deal with rage and confusion and lust, there's no better guide than this show…”
Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune
Rescue Me (FX)
“It has a drunker logic to it: laughing when things are at their worst, crying unexpectedly, broadly mocking itself, lashing, brawling, blacking out.”
Virginia Heffernan, New York Times
Rescue Me (FX)
“…‘Rescue Me’ works because it is unflinchingly honest.”
Jacqueline Cutler, Zap2It
Last Comic Standing (NBC)
“…talent scouts hit comedy clubs to seek out thousands of unknown stand-ups...and Skippy from 'Family Ties' (ah, so that's what happened to him).”
Paul Katz, Entertainment Weekly
Last Comic Standing (NBC)
“OK, a lot of it's not so fresh or even remotely funny.”
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
Frontline: The Age of AIDS (PBS)
“…this is an epic account of social upheaval, politics and prejudice in the wake of a killer virus that mystified scientists and continues to resist a cure.”
Matt Roush, TV Guide
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The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (HALLMARK)
"...for anyone who's ever longed to see [Casper] Van Dien pretend to be drunk while hustling legionnaires in a game of poker, this is the TV movie for you."
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly
My Fair Brady (VH1)
“Yes, Adrianne Curry sets women back decades by whinily, weepily trapping her shell-shocked boyfriend/"Surreal Life" castmate Peter Brady (apparently called Christopher Knight in 'real life'') into marriage.”
Alynda Wheat, Entertainment Weekly
My Fair Brady (VH1)
“Can these two crazy reality stars make it down the aisle?”
Kelly Woo, America Online
The 100 Funniest Movies (BRAVO)
"Expect clips galore, inside anecdotes and commentary from the comedy elite... but don't expect to agree with all of the standings..."
Dean Maurer, TV Guide
The 100 Funniest Movies (BRAVO)
"Best get used to it, my friends -- for summer is the time when every network brings out their dusty 'Best of ...' specials."
Courtney Potter, Zap2It
Secret Smile (BBC AMERICA)
"...the Brits excel at this kind of understated drama, but there's a fine line between restraint and a good nap."
Brian Lowry, Variety
Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie (SHOWTIME)
"In the comedy world Mr. Ross is known less as a political satirist than as a hurler of insults..."
Dave Itzkoff, New York Times
A Lincoln Center Special: 30 Years of Live from Lincoln Center (PBS)
"It's a high culture hoedown of cool highlights..."
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
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Combat Diary (A&E)
"Hearing about so much loss will inflame your passions — whatever you think about the war."
Alynda Wheat, Entertainment Weekly
Combat Diary (A&E)
"...right in its details about combat in Iraq and, more challengingly, pitch perfect in its nuance in what makes the Marine Corps, active-duty or reserve, unique as a military service."
Tony Perry, LA Times
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
"The little reality show that could... returns for a second season. Don't lie -- you watched it last summer too."
Courtney Potter, Zap2it
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
"It's the talent search mash-up of 'Footloose' and 'American Idol' again."
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
Three Days in September (SHOWTIME)
"Halderman's film is...a triumphant piece of journalism, documenting a vicious moment in our recent history without exploiting it, letting the images speak for themselves"
Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune
Three Days in September (SHOWTIME)
"It's cinema verite at its most jarring."
Ray Stackhouse, TV Guide
Favela Rising (CINEMAX)
"It's a disturbing movie, with lots of images of police brutality and gang slaughter, but it is imbued with the passion and confidence of its protagonists."
Alessandra Stanley, New York Times
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AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
"It took two hours and a night of a thousand Crest WhiteStrips, a hundred costume-changes and at least a dozen false notes for Fox to declare Taylor Hicks the official winner of 'American Idol' last night."
Alessandra Stanley, New York Times
AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
"I don't know what's more unsettling, that the person who won won, or that the outcome actually had audience member David Hasselhoff crying."
Matt Webb Mitovich, TV Guide
AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
"Television's ridiculously massive hit wrapped its fifth season, and now all Hicks has to do is sell some CDs."
Verne Gay, Newsday
AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
“Oh well, all good super-hyped singing contests must come to an end.”
Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press
LOST (ABC)
“OK, so the button is important.”
Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune
LOST (ABC)
“…turns out 'Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall, take one down and pass it around' is great as a song to pass the time, but not so much as strategy for winning a ‘round-the-world sailing race.”
Daniel MacEachern, Television Without Pity
LOST (ABC)
“All we know is Charlie stumbled out of the jungle, largely unhurt, if deeply annoying.”
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
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AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
“One order of Taylor Hicks please, don't hold the cheese.”
Daniel Bubbeo, Newsday
AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
“… it's about finding the singer who will offend the smallest number of people.”
Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune
AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
“So good, it almost makes us anticipate Season 6 come January, but we're glad for the break from omnipresent host Ryan Seacrest.”
Howard Cohen, Houston Chronicle
AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
“I still think this is the Worst 'Idol' Season Ever. And, we're essentially talking about the future King and Queen of Karaoke.”
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
DESPERATION (ABC)
“...is desperately hoping to attract anyone at all away from the penultimate episode of ‘American Idol.’”
Matt Roush, TV Guide
Matt Roush, TV Guide
DESPERATION (ABC)
“It's King done right.”
Virginia Heffernan, NY Times
DESPERATION (ABC)
“...the real surprise is that, for all the times King has taken us down this creepy path, he can still evoke chills and thrills over and over again.”
Barry Garron, The Hollywood Reporter
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ALIAS (ABC)
“Sydney’s multiple costume changes also worked well as a metaphor for the series itself, which over its five-season run has reinvented itself perhaps more than any other modern TV drama.”
Andy Dehnart, MSNBC
ALIAS (ABC)
“The twists lately have felt like efforts to patch up some holes -- not the results of thoroughly mapped-out storytelling.”
Joshua Levs, CNN
ALIAS (ABC)
“The show got too bogged down in the Rambaldi mumbo-jumbo later in its life…”
Rick Porter, Zap2It
24 (FOX)
“It takes guts to go out in a blaze of...defeat.”
Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly
24 (FOX)
“It's no disappearing into the sunset, a man on the run, but it's certainly got me jonesing for January.”
Chana Shwadlenak, TV Guide
THE APPRENTICE (NBC)
“Trump decides they're both just being bitches -- and fires them both so they'll shut up.”
Jacob Clifton, Television Without Pity
KEITH BARRY: EXTRAORDINARY (CBS)
“…there's something just distasteful about it.”
Gina Bellafante, NY Times
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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
“…last night's season finale of 'Desperate Housewives' reminded me of a reunion special for a reality show.”
Annie Barrett, Entertainment Weekly
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
“Bree taking up with another psychopath? Sounds like more fun is in the works for next year.”
David Bauder, LA Times
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
“What was with Teri Hatcher in that ‘80s wig when it was supposed to be 1994?”
Dave Anderson, TV Guide
10.5 APOCALYPSE (NBC)
“While 'DH' wastes its finale on back story, NBC whips out this stellar sequel to one of the greatest bad TV movies of all time.”
Sandy Deane, AOL Television
BIG LOVE (HBO)
“It's okay to knock her up -- yes, Margene's pregnant again -- but having her responsible for five other kids is apparently unimaginable.”
Sobell, Television Without Pity
BAGHDAD ER (HBO)
“’Baghdad ER’ is an unusually commendable film not because it tries to argue that war is madness — a generic idea — but because its perspective forces the viewer to focus on the clinical facts of physical injury…”
Ginia Bellafante, New York Times
BAGHDAD ER (HBO)
“‘Baghdad ER’ has no political point of view.”
Tony Perry, LA Times
THE SOPRANOS (HBO)
“…doomed major characters, like Richie Aprile and Adriana, often get whacked during the penultimate episode of a 'Sopranos' season.”
Gary Susman, Entertainment Weekly
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WILL AND GRACE (NBC)
"… the series finale to 'Will & Grace' did have its moments and came back to the original concept of friendship among a close group of people."
Richard Keller, TV Squad
WILL AND GRACE (NBC)
"'Will & Grace' has so overextended its stay on NBC that even its creators make fun of it."
Alessandra Stanley, New York Times
CSI (CBS)
"Holy schnike! The nookie is confirmed!"
David Steede, TV Guide
THE OC (FOX)
"So, is she dead or what?"
Lacy Hall, TV Squad
THE OC (FOX)
"But you know what they say -- if a car appears in the first act, it will be in a tragic accident in the third."
Sara Morrison, TV Without Pity
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AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
"It was just like watching QVC."
Lisa de Moraes, Washington Post
AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
"… it's refreshing that a pharmacy clerk with a bad haircut can walk into an open audition and, using the purity of his voice alone, earn his ticket to Hollywood.”
Michael Slezak , Entertainment Weekly
AMERICAN IDOL (FOX)
"Katharine's parents … cheering into the camera before Elliott even got to have his ‘bad day’ video didn't do Kat any favors."
Ken McGilray, TV Guide
AMAZING RACE (CBS)
"In the ‘Amazing Race’ season finale, BJ and Tyler beat the not-frat boys with peace, love, and understanding -- or something like that."
Josh Wolk, Entertainment Weekly
AMAZING RACE (CBS)
"Finally, brains beat out dumb luck."
Sabrina Rojas Weiss, TV Guide
AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (UPN)
"If Tyra's so obsessed with proper speech, why can't she figure out that the correct phrase should be ‘one step closer toward becoming America's Next Top Model’ not ‘towards’?"
Sabrina Rojas Weiss, TV Guide
AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (UPN)
"In the end, Jade is finally sent home, and that howling wind you heard outside of your window was millions of people simultaneously breathing a sigh of relief. "
Tracie Potochnik, TV Without Pity
AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (UPN)
"Danielle became America's next next next next next next top model."
Andy Dehnart, Reality Blurred
INVASION (ABC)
"The only dissatisfaction comes from knowing that's all there is."
Matt Roush, TV Guide
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