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2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

Darkness Falls After Twilight

Mad About 'Mad Men'

Metal Days of Yore ... Relived

Nas and the Letter N

How Carlin's Cursing Changed America

Murder Most ... Funny?

That Hough 'n' Puff Girl

A Tale of Two Katys

Pedal-Steel Progress

S'Mores Around a Disney Channel Campfire

Wayne's Lil World

A Super Look at Superheroes

iWrite About iCarly

King's X Marks Its Spot

This Doctor Makes 'House' Calls

You Might Live in It, But It's Madonna's World

Disney Waves Its Wand at 'Wizards'

Hannah Montana on an Unfamiliar Stage

Theorizing About Mariah Carey's Equation

Sleepless Sleepover Nights

A Pretty. Interesting. Look at Panic at the Disco

P.O.D.'s Snake-Snaring Techniques

'Lipstick' Smudges on a Big-City Collar

'Jezebel James' Delivers a Sibling Surrogate

The Jackson Dive

Lenny Kravitz Loves Lovely Love

Cat Power Covers a Lot of Ground

Dexter Dismembers Your Television

ApologetiX Sets the Records Straight

Opining on Online Gaming

Colbert Conquers Comedy Central ... and the World

Natasha Bedingfield's Pop Star Pockets

In Other Words...

A Second Chance at Life

A Case of Virtual Spirituality

Terminator Time-Travels to TV

Wearying of WoW

Do You Download?

Gaming Matters (The Rest Is Negotiable)

Revenge on the 'Big' Nerds

Of Rainbows, Records and Atomic Bombs

Private Malpractice

Samantha, Why?

Sympathy for the Devil

Readers Pull Trigger on 'Halo'


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Fox's Freaky Fringe
Fox's Freaky Fringe
by Paul Asay
In the new Fox drama 'Fringe,' J.J. Abrams (creator of 'Felicity,' 'Alias' and 'Lost') essentially stitches together 'The X-Files' and 'CSI,' then zaps it with high-voltage grotesqueries.
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CW Says: Don't Forget the ZIP
CW Says: Don't Forget the ZIP
by Paul Asay
Fox's decade-long effort to educate the world about how all rich kids act (at least on TV) has been revived by the CW. And so, a new school year of '90210' has prompted us to teach a class of our own...
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Trace Elements
Trace Elements
by Paul Asay
'Without a Trace,' CBS' procedural drama about a fictional FBI missing-persons unit, isn't disappearing from prime time anytime soon. In fact, it dives into its seventh season this week. We've taken another look.
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Untying a Tangled Slipknot
Untying a Tangled Slipknot
by Adam R. Holz
Des Moines, Iowa, might seem an unlikely incubator for one of the fiercest acts on today's metal scene. But their corn-fed roots haven't stopped the guys in Slipknot from taking death and destruction to the very top of the pop charts.
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ABC Family's Big Fat 'Greek' Waste
ABC Family's Big Fat 'Greek' Waste
by Paul Asay
It seems to us that parents should start carding their own kids before letting them watch ABC Family's shameless series about underage keggers at college fraternities and sororities—now back for a second season.
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Jonas and the Wail
Jonas and the Wail
by Bob Hoose
Have you heard the way a crowd of teens and tweens sounds at a rock concert in the neo-Elvis Presley era of 2008? We've determined to find out if you can tell by the wail just how good or bad a band might be. First up: Jonas Brothers.
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Best of Up Front
 

Best of Music
Hannah Montana on an Unfamiliar Stage

Jonas and the Wail

A Tale of Two Katys

The Jackson Dive

You Might Live in It, But It's Madonna's World

Metal in the Mainstream

Of Rainbows, Records and Atomic Bombs

Saving Ms. Spears

Best of TV
Weed(s) Growing Up Around TV

Fit for the Whole ABC Family?

Can Real Talent and Reality TV Coexist?

F-Word OK on TV

Best of Video Games
It's an Online Game Thing!

'Halo' and the Holy

Opening the Cellar Door at E3

Beyond a 360-Degree View of Video Games
Wii Says Oui to M

Best of Movies
A Super Look at Superheroes

Mr. Christian Goes to Sundance

The Little Musical That Could

Injecting Faith Into Film—Fast

Best of Internet
How Safe Is MySpace?

Best of Fantasy/Magic
Darkness Falls After Twilight

Sympathy for the Devil

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Best of Trends
How Carlin's Cursing Changed America

Sleepless Sleepover Nights

Lights, Camera ... Counterfeits!

Live or Onscreen, It's Still Voyeurism

A Window Into a Cutter's World

Glimmers of Light in Hollywood's Treatment of Abortion

Colbert Conquers Comedy Central ... and the World

Everything Worth Knowing About the UFC

Best of Discernment
That Was Then, This
Is Now


The Power of the Media

Does Life Ever Imitate (Dangerous) Art?

Which Nature Are You Feeding?

Five Steps to Safeguarding Your Family

Six Keys to a Healthy Entertainment Diet

Confusing "Truth"
and "Reality"


Confusing "Tolerance"
and "Love"


Setting a Family Standard for Entertainment

Getting Family Discussions Started

God's Own Words on Discernment

Family Covenant for God-Honoring Media Choices

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