Mary McNamara, Television Critic
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TELEVISION REVIEW
In a tragic story, young athletes' sexuality and health are traded for Olympic...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
The leads are out and the quirky best friends are in: See the successes of 'Baby...
FAMILY & KIDS
Child carriers, strollers and other equipment that help the trip roll more smoothly.
TELEVISION REVIEW
Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Eileen Atkins may be the draw, but charming as...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Marketing the teen star gets harrowing when she has one foot in Disney clean and...
TELEVISION REVIEW
The BBC America series is a throwback worth following to the castle walls.
TELEVISION REVIEW
Googly-eyed 10-year-old Bessie has Amy Poehler's voice and Nick's wild...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
It used to always be the premium of the premiums. Now the cable pack's...
TELEVISION REVIEW
New comedy tries to be like 'Fresh Prince,' but this show oozes offensive...
TELEVISION REVIEW
A new reality series on TLC enables stay-at-home mothers to see how the other...
TELEVISION REVIEW
The melodramatic Lifetime tear-jerker 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' helps...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Writer Andrew Davies puts his spin on the E.M. Forster story of love and class...
TELEVISION REVIEW
A quick primer will get you up to light speed on one the best shows on...
TELEVISION REVIEW
A well-made Lifetime movie defies 'CSI' style to tell a difficult true story.
TELEVISION REVIEW
Masterpiece Theatre has time to do in two meticulous parts what Emma Thompson...
TELEVISION REVIEW
No one is safe as the comic flexes her considerable talent for mockery and...
TELEVISION REVIEW
The HBO documentary challenges stereotypes about the disease.
TELEVISION REVIEW
It's got a talented cast, but 'Miss Guided' rehashes a well-worn premise:...
TELEVISION REVIEW
Like a declaration of war against any contenders at this year's Emmys, HBO's " John Adams" arrives...
TELEVISION REVIEW
The Fox sitcom's sugary sister act is hard to believe.
BOOK REVIEW
In Laura Lippman's "Another Thing to Fall," P.I. Tess Monaghan finds babysitting a TV star annoying --...
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
There's nothing like a good old-fashioned political-sexual explosion to get...
TELEVISION REVIEW
In the end, 'The Wire' spins out a future that is believable if not exactly...
TELEVISION REVIEW
The legal series starring Julianna Margulies talks tough but has nothing new...
TELEVISION REVIEW
The new NBC show about earnest, talky twentysomethings was spawned on MySpace...
TELEVISION REVIEW
The show is stuck in the '80s -- and it hasn't aged well.
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
The late-night talk shows have their jokesmiths back, but during the strike,...
TELEVISION REVIEW
The PBS documentary explores the life of an African royal who was enslaved for...