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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. To read this week's "Taylor on TV" at The Herald Online, CLICK HERE.


	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