Metro Weekly

Television

  • Welcome Back

    By on December 17, 2003

    You've got to give her credit. Ellen DeGeneres just refuses to give up. Misfortune be damned, she's going to have a career in television. And...

  • Soaring Angels

    By on December 3, 2003

    The sheer scope and monumentality of HBO's Angels in America will surprise few. That the production triumphs and gives new legitimacy to television as a...

  • Skinned Alive

    By on November 12, 2003

    After just three episodes, Fox cancelled its most promising new show of the fall season. Skin, which made its debut during a very popular World...

  • One Minute Too Much

    By on October 22, 2003

    As a TV critic, you know you're in trouble when the running joke in a sitcom pilot revolves around cheese. When did cheese become funny?...

  • Star Struck

    By on October 15, 2003

    Most Americans love to hate the press. You can't pass a newsstand in this town without some headline screaming about the Nazis on Fox News...

  • All Good

    By on September 24, 2003

    Something had to come along. Something charming, funny, even addictive. We just never thought it would come from ABC. Sure enough, the network's new sitcom,...

  • Northern Exposure

    By on September 17, 2003

    The trouble, of course, with the recent burst of gay and lesbian characters on American TV is that they become the immediate targets of self-appointed...

  • Eyes on the Prize

    By on September 17, 2003

    That giant sucking sound you'll be hearing this Sunday night will be the TV industry planting a big fat French kiss on HBO. And that...

  • Dorm Strife

    By on September 3, 2003

    Say you lock a gaggle of college freshmen in a dorm room, supply them with generous amounts of alcohol and tape the madness that ensues....

  • Watch and Wear

    By on August 20, 2003

    Long before the Fab Five of Queer Eye took to the airwaves, fashionistas on TLC's What Not to Wear were transforming eyesores into knockouts. In...

  • Gay Dreaming

    By on August 6, 2003

    If you're insecure and scare easily, Hollywood isn't the town for you. That's the sobering message behind Gay Hollywood, a powerful new documentary from AMC...

  • Unconditionally Awful

    By on July 30, 2003

    Unconditional Love is one of those strange, wretched made-for-TV movies that leaves one asking that familiar Hollywood question: What on earth were they smoking? The...

  • Trickery

    By on July 23, 2003

    BOY MEETS BOY It's amazing how truly awful television can be. Just when you think it can't get any worse, Bravo brings us Boy Meets...

  • Whined and Dined

    By on July 16, 2003

    Like the food at any good restaurant, reality TV has to evolve to keep its viewers coming back for more. And who better to drive...

  • Eye Opener

    By on July 9, 2003

    In television, summer is the season for cable to shine. Because the broadcast networks usually load their schedules with reruns, viewers in search of something...