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Opinions on ‘Lost,’ ‘Grey's Anatomy,’ ‘Desperate Housewives’ and more

'24'

  • Halfway through the day, '24' is dragging (March 2007)
  • Jack Bauer is our terrorist-fighting Superman (Jan 2007)
  • Can Fox keep '24' fresh? (May 2006)
  • PRO: '24' has finally hit its stride(April 2006)
  • CON: Is '24' running out of time? (April 2006)

    'Alias'

  • Like Sydney, show kept reinventing itself (May 2006)

    'Arrested Development'

  • A rest for 'Development': One fan's lament (April 2006)

    'Carnivale'

  • 'Carnivale': Let there be plot (Jan. 2005)

    'CSI'

  • 'CSI' chart: Weekly updates from episodes
  • Controversial women of 'CSI'
  • As season five ends, no sharks in sight (May 2005)

    'Deadwood'

  • 'Deadwood' meets 'NYPD Blue' (March 2005)
  • Is there life in the old west? (March 2004)

    'Deal or No Deal'

  • What's the deal with 'Deal or No Deal'? (March 2006)

    'Desperate Housewives'

  • Chart: Weekly updates from Wisteria Lane
  • Quiz: How well do you know the 'Housewives'? (Jan. 2007)
  • Mixed third season heads for hiatus (Dec. 2006)
  • 'Housewives' gets back to sudsy business (Oct. 2006)
  • What's in store for 'Housewives'? (Sept. 2006)
  • Lynette heads for 'Desperate' finale (May 2006)
  • 'Housewives' finale looks to the past (May 2006)
  • Betty and Bree go to war(Feb. 2006)
  • Hiatus a headache for 'Lost,' 'Housewives' fans (March 2005)

    'Entourage'

  • The day Johnny 'Drama' came to my office (May 2007)
  • Ari as Satan's front man (Aug. 2006)

    'Friday Night Lights'

  • Interview: Chandler thrilled to run plays for another season (May 2007)

    Game shows

  • 'Price' was always 'Right' with Barker (May 2007)
  • Are you dumber than a 'Fifth Grader'? (March 2007)

    'Gilmore Girls'

  • Will relationships pull out of slump? (May 2006)
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    'Grey's Anatomy'

  • 'Grey's Anatomy' spinoff is a bad idea
  • The guys' guide to 'Grey's Anatomy'
  • Chart: Weekly 'Grey's' updates
  • 'Anatomy' exam: Take our quiz about the show
  • Can 'Grey's' rise to challenge of Thursdays? (Sept. 2006)
  • The doctors are in on 'Grey's' (April 2006)

    'Heroes'

  • Super Hiro: Japanese nerd is real star of 'Heroes' (Jan. 2007)
  • Save the cheerleader, save 'Heroes' (Nov. 2006)

    'House'

  • 'House' breaks down walls (Oct. 2006)
  • 'House' needs to get out of hospital (May 2006)
  • 'House' is the anti-'E.R.' (April 2005)

    'Lost'

  • 'Lost' finale provides plenty to talk about (May 2007)
  • Weekly updates on 'Lost' episodes
  • Why 'Lost' has lost me (Oct. 2006)
  • Why are 'Lost' bad guys so dumb? (Nov. 2006)
  • Dark forces claim Mr. Eko (Nov. 2006)
  • Wait until February? Fans unsure (Nov. 2006)
  • 10 moments that kept us 'Lost' (June 2006)
  • Best and worst moments of 'Lost' (May 2006)
  • 'Lost' thinks outside the hatch (May 2006)
  • Quiz: How well do you know Hurley? (May 2006)
  • Who's who on 'Lost'? (Jan. 2006)
  • The mysterious numbers of 'Lost' (March 2005)
  • Hiatus a headache for 'Lost,' 'Housewives' fans (March 2005)
  • Readers keep finding 'Lost' theories (Feb. 2005)
  • Roadmap to 'Lost' (Jan. 2005)

    'Malcolm in the Middle'

  • 'Malcolm in the Middle,' but Francis in the end (May 2006)

    'NYPD Blue'

  • Closing the case after 12 years (Feb. 2005)

    "Prison Break"

  • 'Prison Break' finds freedom outside walls (Nov. 2006)
  • Odds of inmates being recaptured (Aug. 2006)
  • No shackles on first-season finale (May 2006)
  • On 'Prison Break' there's no escape (Nov. 2006)

    'Six Feet Under'

  • Fishers finally at peace (Aug. 2005)
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    'Sopranos'

  • Readers disappointed by season finale (June 2006)
  • Quiet 'Sopranos' offers no clues (June 2006)
  • Fragmented 'Sopranos' stumbles to finale (June 2006)
  • Top 10 songs of 'The Sopranos' (March 2006)
  • Tony in a coma(March 2006)
  • Death of a Mafia bride-to-be (May 2004)
  • Why isn't Christofuh sleeping with the fishes? (March 2004)

    'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'

  • Show doesn't take comedy seriously

    'Two and a Half Men'

  • Brothers set to inherit 'Raymond's' crown

    'Veronica Mars'

  • Now or never for 'Veronica Mars' (Oct. 2006)

    'The View'

  • Show won't be the same without Rosie(May 2007)

    'West Wing'

  • Time to pull curtains closed on 'West Wing' (May 2006)
  • Dealing with loss of John Spencer (April 2006)
  • Is live debate just a gimmick? (Nov 2005)

    TV features, issues in the news

  • Ten best dramatic episodes of the season (May 2007)
  • 5Top: Shows that only deserved one season (May 2007)
  • 5Top: Best TV detectives (April 2007)
  • 5Top: TV's greatest womanizers
  • Aqua Teens shut down Boston (Jan. 2007)
  • O’Reilly vs. Colbert: More fizzle than sizzle (Jan. 2007)
  • Meredith, Jack, others make New Year's resolutions (Dec. 2006)
  • Tuning out: Shows that left us in 2006 (Dec. 2006)
  • Worst TV offices (Dec. 2006)
  • 5 Top TV game shows (Dec. 2006)
  • Kramer's unfunny pratfall (Nov. 2006)
  • Which new shows are flunking out? (Nov. 2006)
  • Crocodile Hunter brought wildlife in close ((Sept. 2006)
  • TV's best surrogate parents
  • TV's best story arcs
  • Remembering Ed Bradley (Nov. 2006)
  • 500 channels of Guilty Pleasures (Aug. 2006)
  • Confessions of a Nielsen viewer (March 2006)
  • How TV deals with horror (March 2004)
  • Sit, Ubu, sit! TV vanity cards

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