Television

Red Sluts, Blue Sluts Red Sluts, Blue Sluts

The Golden Girls and Sex and the City are available on DVD. Desperate Housewives airs Sundays at 9 pm EST on ABC.

Dec 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein

The Invisible Hand Holds the Remote The Invisible Hand Holds the Remote

What does it mean that a whopping 70 percent of Americans, according to a recent New York Times-CBS News poll, believe that mass culture is responsible for debasing our moral val...

Nov 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

Pimp My Bride Pimp My Bride

Reality TV gives marriage an extreme makeover.

Jun 17, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jack Halberstam

The Irresistible Rise of Berlusconi The Irresistible Rise of Berlusconi

Dressed up as a tropical dictator in a sketch by the great Italian political cartoonist Altan, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wears a double-breasted camouflage jacket, a goony...

Jun 3, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Frederika Randall

Oy Gay! Oy Gay!

Without baring flesh, exchanging fluids or even shedding blood, Will & Grace has become the craftiest, if not the most radical, show in the history of network television--t...

Oct 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Kera Bolonik

What’s On K Street? What’s On K Street?

HBO's new political program is a vivid (and disgusting) expression of our decayed democracy.

Oct 3, 2003 / Books & the Arts / William Greider

Judgment Day Judgment Day

The antigay bias that permeates the Republican Party can be clearly seen in Bush's judicial appointments. Among the unalloyed homophobes Bush has nominated for the federal benc...

Oct 2, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Doug Ireland

Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey

Oct 2, 2003 / Books & the Arts / K. Leander Williams

The ‘Public Interest’ The ‘Public Interest’

For years Pittsburghers have witnessed the low regard in which public television station WQED holds its second channel, WQEX.

Dec 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Bill O’Driscoll

Beauty Tips and Politics Beauty Tips and Politics

Hot media news: Women want hard-hitting reports on issues that affect them.

Aug 15, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Sandler

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