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A new ABC Family drama about teen sex would be groundbreaking if it didn't lean so much on stereotypes

This Con's for You

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

Casting About

News From the Front

The overs and the unders

Adorable idiots and selfish jerks

In with old, in with the new

I could offer the usual list of Halloween fare. Instead, I offer a list of good scary and bad scary things on the small screen.

Just before I threw out her TV (or at least thought about it), I looked back at television in 2004

In an unusual union between an indie-rooted movie network and another cable network specializing in sensational courtroom dramas comes a sustained, multifaceted discussion on one of the most pressing issues of our time: free speech

For 'Veronica Mars' and 'Kevin Hill,' the journey's the thing

The conventions offer TV-worthy news, if the networks would just look for it; and, teach English to foreigners! … so they can take your job

If we're very, very lucky, a solid TV series comes from all of this pain

Native American actors playing Native Americans? On a major network? With no white guy in sight? This might be a good time to talk about diversity on the small screen in 2004.

The worst anti-drug bill yet burbles up in Congress.

The good, the bad, and the God on TV.

Disney shows its commitment to journalism with the Koppel-Letterman flap; the Bushites are Bozos.

Life ain't the only thing that's like a box of chocolates -- talk shows are, too!

How to escape turkey afterburn and family overkill

Belinda Acosta talks about how glad she is to see Dave back on the air (we are, too), why Dan's patriotic meltdown pissed her off (irresponsible journalism), what Politically Incorrect-ism Bill said (but later retracted), and where are civil liberties are headed (the toilet).

Belinda Acosta argues why your trash TV is no better than her trash TV.

The Michael Richards Show fizzles, Billy Crystal can't host the Oscars, and other odds and ends from our harried television columnist.

Critics say programs like Providence and Normal, Ohio play on the adult desire to recapture a happier time. But it's shows like The West Wing and Gideon's Crossing that really fill us with nostalgia.

Dennis Miller on MNF? Who cares? In other news: The Spurs and Heat are the NBA's big winners in the free-agent sweepstakes, and the Cowboys -- despite what you may be reading elsewhere -- will continue to slide.

The mid-summer drought in traditional sports is on (the Olympics don't count). Also, Monday Night Football will try not to suck so bad; Mike Tyson's a bore, and Sampras and Agassi may be getting too old.

After federal agents stormed the Gonzalez house last Saturday, it was all Elián, all the time on cable television : but doesn't it feel more like a movie of the week than breaking news? Also, upcoming May television events, and networks announce series renewals.

Looking for something to watch this Easter? Try a little history lesson with George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire. Also, Antiques Roadshow comes to Austin; Great Writers, Great Cities premieres on PBS; no one takes the flap for Who Wants to Marry a Multi-millionaire.