The ‘Dollhouse’ Murder – November 9, 2008

No More ‘Heroes’ (or ‘Fringe’) – October 26, 2008

Must-Miss TV – October 19, 2008

‘Heroes’ & Villains – October 12, 2008

Diminishing Returns – October 5, 2008

The Results Are In… – September 28, 2008

More Car Chases – September 21, 2008

Changing of the Guard – September 14, 2008

A Smattering of Fall Premieres – September 7, 2008

Labor Day Special – August 31, 2008

‘Stargate Atlantis’ and Other Disasters – August 24, 2008

Attention, Readers: Watch ‘The Middleman’ – August 17, 2008

Minor Nitpicks – August 10, 2008

‘Mad Men’ and ‘Eureka’ Return – August 3, 2008

We Now Return to Our Regularly Scheduled Column… – July 27, 2008

Emmy Nominations – July 20, 2008

‘Monk’ and ‘Psych’ Return (Special Edition) – July 13, 2008

‘Burn Notice’ Returns (Special Edition) – July 6, 2008

Lardner’s Ring – June 29, 2008

Get Carter – June 22, 2008

Miniseries Mania! – June 15, 2008

And Then There Was One… – June 8, 2008

More ‘Lost’ Than Ever – June 1, 2008

The Season Ends… – May 25, 2008

With a Whimper – May 18, 2008

Gossip Girl, 90210 – May 11, 2008

Spring Cleaning – May 4, 2008

Back from the Strike – April 27, 2008

Weak Week – April 20, 2008

The Beginning of the End (of the Season) – April 13, 2008

The Sun Sets on ‘Jericho’ – April 6, 2008

CS-Why? (Special Edition) – March 30, 2008

Canterbury’s Loss – March 23, 2008

‘The Wire’ Unravels – March 16, 2008

Finales and Returns – March 9, 2008

Omar Coming – March 2, 2008

A Good Week of Television – February 24, 2008

‘Jericho’: Nuts – February 17, 2008

The Strike Is…Something – February 10, 2008

The Return of ‘Lost’ and ‘Holy Shit!’ Television – February 3, 2008

Breaking AWESOME – January 27, 2008

Strike Fever! – January 20, 2008

‘The Wire’ Returns – January 13, 2008

The Rise—well…Fall of ‘Journeyman’ (Special Edition) – December 23, 2007

Kia Maniacs! – December 16, 2007

57 Channels (and Nothing On) – December 9, 2007

The Closer / Saving Grace (Special Edition) – December 3, 2007

Finale Fever – December 2, 2007

Striking Gold – November 18, 2007

Un-ION! Un-ION! (Special Edition) – November 11, 2007

Dropping Like Flies – November 4, 2007

The CW: Free to Be… A Real Network! (Special Edition) – October 28, 2007

Sink or Swim – October 21, 2007

Why Haven’t They Canceled Anything? – October 14, 2007

Some Actual Good New Shows! – October 7, 2007

A New Day Dawns? – September 30, 2007

Fall Pilots I Won’t Watch Spectacu-Jamboree (Special Edition) – September 23, 2007

D. B. Bates

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