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The very first "Taylor on TV" was published in the June 8th, 2003 edition of The Herald, the daily newspaper of Rock Hill, South Carolina. New columns run every Friday and are archived here a few weeks later.

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ARCHIVE:

01/12/07   "Ugly Betty" Pretty Good
12/01/06   Veronica Mars Loses Her Charm
11/10/06   Things on TV That Make Me Happy and Thus Better the World (Part IV)
11/03/06   NBC Throws in the Towel
10/27/06   "Jericho" Too Soapy for Its Subject
10/20/06   Hiro Takes "Heroes" to the Next Level
10/13/06   Serialized Shows Like "Smith," "Kidnapped" Deserve an Ending
10/06/06   Welcome Back, Aaron Sorkin; "Studio 60" Soars
09/29/06   Your Favorite Shows Go Multimedia
09/22/06   "Standoff" Mimics "Bones" … but With Hostages
09/15/06   "Survivor," the Emmys Targeted By the PC Police
09/08/06   "Vanished" Should Soon Disappear
09/01/06   "Studio 60," "Standoff" Among Fall's Best Bets
08/25/06   2006 Emmy Predictions
08/18/06   "Superhero" a Ridiculously Guilty Pleasure
08/11/06   A Series to Get "Psych"ed About
07/21/06   Your Favorite Shows … Uninterrupted
07/14/06   Emmys Again Fail to Recognize the Best of TV
07/07/06   One and Done: The Best Shows Canceled in Their First Year
06/30/06   "Windfall" a Breezy Guilty Pleasure
06/23/06   "Rescue Me" is Fun but Not Exactly on Fire
06/16/06   Lazy Writing Kneecaps "The Sopranos"
06/09/06   Recommended Summer Viewing
06/02/06   "Anatomy" Relocates, and NBC Flinches
05/26/06   Upfronts 2006, Part II
05/19/06   Upfronts 2006, Part I
05/12/06   Once Great "West Wing" Ends Its Run
05/05/06   Bubble Shows Make Their Case
04/28/06   "Gilmore" Loses Its Creator … and Its Soul
04/21/06   "Survivor" Outlasts My Interest
04/14/06   How About We All Cut "Lost" Some Slack?
04/07/06   "Big Love," Little Entertainment
03/31/06   "The Simpsons" Not Aging Very Gracefully
03/24/06   "The Unit" Not Quite in Fighting Shape
03/17/06   Being Dead is All the Rage on TV
03/10/06   The End of Basic Cable?
03/03/06   Uhh … No Deal
02/24/06   "The Office" Catches Fire
02/17/06   "Survivor" Still Thrives; "Invasion" Deserves Some Love
02/10/06   Colbert Gets to the Truthiness
02/03/06   "Celebrities on Ice" and TV Goes to the Oscars
01/27/06   R.I.P. WB and UPN
01/20/06   Reader Mail
01/13/06   "House" Moves to the Top of the Hospital Heap
01/06/06   New Year Brings New Shows
12/30/05   The Best TV Moments of 2005
12/16/05   TV Cheer For the Holidays
12/09/05   TV in Your Pocket
12/02/05   Loving New Serials Can Be a Risky Endeavor
11/25/05   "Reunion"'s Compelling Murder Mystery Trumps Sketchy Writing
11/18/05   "Development" Halted
11/11/05   Bring on the "Invasion"
11/04/05   Breaking News: Fox Schedulers Misplace Their Brains
10/28/05   His Name is "Earl," His Show is Brilliant
10/21/05   "Bones" Succeeds as "CSI" Lite
10/14/05   When In "Rome"
10/07/05   "Mother" vs. "Kitchen" … Fight!
09/30/05   Carla Rules, but "Threshold" Can't Scare Up a Good Story
09/23/05   Fall Wishes
09/16/05   2005 Emmy Predictions
09/09/05   "Prison Break" is Absurd and Oh So Much Fun
09/02/05   So Much Sci-Fi, So Little Time
08/26/05   Pssst! Give Me Some "Weeds"!
08/19/05   "Over There" Shows the Horrors of War, but Characters Can't Sustain the Drama
08/12/05   Mourning Peter Jennings … and TV Journalism
08/05/05   Stop the Presses! Michigan J. Frog Bites the Dust (and Other Tales of Absurdity)
07/29/05   Adieu, Adieu, TV Guide
07/22/05   Emmy Nominations Surprise and Confound
07/15/05   "Real World" Gets Surreal; "Surreal Life" Goes Insane
07/08/05   Things on TV That Make Me Sad and Thus Worsen the World (Part I)
07/01/05   Reality Show Scribes Unite!
06/24/05   What It Lacks In Originality, "The Inside" Makes Up For In Chills
06/17/05   Gotta Love the Short Shorts: "Reno 911!" Starts a Laugh Riot
06/10/05   Skip the Summer Reruns, Try These New Shows Instead
05/27/05   Upfronts 2005, Part II
05/20/05   Upfronts 2005, Part I
05/13/05   "American Idol": Music to Whose Ears?
05/06/05   "Grey's Anatomy" Prescribes More of the Same
04/29/05   "Family Guy" Lives!
04/22/05   Picking Nits With TV's Best Shows
04/15/05   Do We Need All These D.I.Y. Shows? My New House Indicates "Yes"
04/08/05   Things on TV That Make Me Happy and Thus Better the World (Part III)
04/01/05   There Is Most Certainly a Doctor in the "House"
03/25/05   Time to Burst the Networks' Bubbles (aka Dear Network Execs…)
03/18/05   FCC Shenanigans Continue
03/11/05   Who Needs Realistic Dialogue? Give Me "Gilmore"-Speak
03/04/05   Sunday Night Bliss -- "Carnivale" and "Deadwood"
02/25/05   Rockin' Out to "American Idol"?!
02/18/05   "Tilt" Nothing But a Big Bluff
02/11/05   "Enterprise" Cancelled -- Now What?
02/04/05   No Mystery Here -- "Veronica Mars" is Smashing
01/28/05   Goodbye, Johnny
01/21/05   Jack Bauer Fights a New Enemy -- Charges of Racial Stereotyping
01/14/05   Television To Get Sick To
01/07/05   TV Watchers Return to the Arms of an Old Friend -- Story
12/31/04   The Best TV Moments of 2004
12/17/04   Golden Globes, My Man McShane, and The Fantastic Four
12/10/04   Things on TV That Make Me Happy and Thus Better the World (Part II)
12/03/04   Reality TV Loses Its Shine
11/26/04   Can "Lost" Solve a TV Mystery?
11/19/04   Saving "Private Ryan" (and Other Grown-Up TV)
11/12/04   Mediocre Fall Shows Deserved the Axe
11/05/04   Get "Scrubs" on My TV … Stat!
10/29/04   Success of "Lost" and "Housewives" Flies in the Face of Network Wisdom
10/22/04   Jon Stewart vs. "Crossfire" … Fight!
10/15/04   It's Not the Cast That Makes or Breaks "Saturday Night Live," It's the Host
10/08/04   "Joey" and "CSI: NY" Show Promise
10/01/04   "The Apprentice" Needs More Fixed Than Just Trump's Hair
08/06/04   Getting With This "Entourage" is a No-Brainer
04/18/04   Things on TV That Make Me Happy and Thus Better the World (Part I)
04/11/04   HBO Scores Again With "Deadwood"
03/14/04   "Angel" Says Goodbye, but "Firefly" Lives On