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John Leonard

January 14, 2008
Future Fighters

The Terminator franchise lands on television with atavistic androids and a sizzling Sarah Connor.

January 7, 2008
Twilight Over Baltimore

The Wire draws to a close, but not before zeroing in on one more failed institution.

December 17, 2007 |
The Year in TV

Angie Harmon renewed our faith in the cop show, Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver blew up the class divide, Queen Latifah doled out condoms, and Michael Keaton self-imploded.

December 10, 2007
Dark Holiday Fare

Kyra Sedgwick lies her way through The Closer, and an entirely campy Tin Man reimagines The Wizard of Oz.

December 10, 2007
Solving Grace

A four-part finale cracks the riddle of Saving Grace’s engrossing, self-destructive lead.

April 28, 2003 | Television Review
TV Notes: Amandla

John Leonard reviews Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony, Secret of Photo 51, Bird by Bird With Annie: A Portrait of Anne Lamott, Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied, A New History of the World, and Eloise at the Plaza.

September 8, 2002 | Fall Preview
These Doctors Are Always In

Despite a new dose of realism, TV doctors are still too good to be true.

May 7, 2007
The Donk-Donk Dynasty

As Law & Order founders, SVU still thrives, thanks to sex, sadism, and two very screwed-up cops.

April 23, 2007
Not With a Bada-Bing, But a Whimper

Among returning dramas, The Sopranos hogs the attention. But though it started out great, it never got better.

March 26, 2007
The Wedding Bells

Why executive producer David E. Kelley should be so hard on marriage is a mystery to me. After all, isn’t he married to Michelle Pfeiffer?

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