Oct 29, 1993

Issue #194

Cover Story

SHADES OF 'BLUE'

by Benjamin Svetkey | Oct 29, 1993
ABC'S STEAMY COP SERIES IS DRAWING BIG AUDIENCES-NOT TO MENTION BIG PROTESTS Read Article
Magazine Cover (Oct 29, 1993)

Best-sellers

STERN RULES

Oct 29, 1993

Encore

THE FIRST REBEL YELL

by Ty Burr | Oct 29, 1993
JAMES DEAN DEFINED THE ANGRY LONER IN 'REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE' 38 YEARS AGO Read Article

Behind the Scenes

ALTMAN: THE GUFF OF LEGEND

Oct 29, 1993
WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE DIRECTOR OF 'SHORT CUTS' Read Article

Book Commentary

First Line Of The Week

Oct 29, 1993
"There was something large and wet and dead in the middle of the road." Read Article

Book News

SEE HIM,HEAR HIM, READ HIM

by Bob Cannon | Oct 29, 1993
PETE TOWNSHEND'S DAY JOB Read Article

Book Review

PRESIDENT KENNEDY: PROFILE of POWER

by Gene Lyons | Oct 29, 1993
THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT JFK, BUT THIS GRIPPING, INSIGHTFUL (AND SCARY) BIOGRAPHY IS A RARITY Read Article

MADAM 90210

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 29, 1993
SHE WON'T NAME NAMES, BUT SHE SURE RAISES EYEBROWS Read Article

The Long-Distance Runner: A Memoir

by L.S. Klepp | Oct 29, 1993
DIRECTOR TONY RICHARDSON LOOKS BACK WITHOUT ANGER Read Article

Box Office

Cover Story

SHADES OF 'BLUE'

by Benjamin Svetkey | Oct 29, 1993
ABC'S STEAMY COP SERIES IS DRAWING BIG AUDIENCES-NOT TO MENTION BIG PROTESTS Read Article

TOP COPS

by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 29, 1993
ON THE BEAT WITH THE STARS OF TV'S HOTTEST NEW DRAMA Read Article

Freeze That Frame

Movie Capsule Review

DEMOLITION MAN

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 29, 1993

TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 29, 1993

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 29, 1993

Movie Commentary

Movie News

Movie Review

MR. WONDERFUL

by Owen Gleiberman | Oct 29, 1993
AN ACCLAIMED BRITISH DIRECTOR REHEATS SOME HOLLYWOOD FORMULA IN 'MR. WONDERFUL,' A ROMANTIC COMEDY THAT'S SWEET BUT STILL LUKEWARM. Read Article

Music Capsule Review

Find My Way Home

by Alanna Nash | Oct 29, 1993

I'm Alive

by Alanna Nash | Oct 29, 1993

Year After Year

by Michele Romero | Oct 29, 1993

Shaq Diesel

by David Thigpen | Oct 29, 1993

Melody Rhythm & Harmony

by Bob Cannon | Oct 29, 1993

Demolition Man

by David Browne | Oct 29, 1993

I'm Ready

by James Earl Hardy | Oct 29, 1993

Cuckoo

by B.J. Sigesmund | Oct 29, 1993

Try Anything Once

by Tom Sinclair | Oct 29, 1993

Bastards

by Tom Sinclair | Oct 29, 1993

Music Commentary

Bad Sport Of The Week

Oct 29, 1993
Madonna Read Article

Music News

CRUSHED VELVET

Oct 29, 1993
THE UNDERGROUND, SPLITSVILLE AGAIN Read Article

DO YOU KNOW ME?

by Michele Romero | Oct 29, 1993

Music Review

The Body-Hat Syndrome

by David Thigpen | Oct 29, 1993

One Woman's Insanity

by Tracey Pepper | Oct 29, 1993

MCMXCIII

by David Browne | Oct 29, 1993
A LIVE RECORDING OF THE VELVET UNDERGROUND'S REUNION TOUR IS THAT RARE THING: AN EXPANSION OF THE BAND'S GROUNDBREAKING SOUND RATHER THAN MERE NOSTALGIA. Read Article

The Song Remembers When

by Alanna Nash | Oct 29, 1993
TRISHA YEARWOOD'S LATEST SACRIFICES PASSION FOR ART Read Article

Unplugged

by Michele Romero | Oct 29, 1993
NATALIE MERCHANT AND 10,000 MANIACS UNPLUG Read Article

World Gone Wrong

by Greg Sandow | Oct 29, 1993
THE RASPING, RANTING PROPHET RETURNS...KINDA Read Article

Pop Culture News

SEER'S CATALOG

by Ty Burr | Oct 29, 1993
30 YEARS FROM NOW, TODAY'S STARS WILL BE TOMORROW'S NOSTALGIA Read Article

GHOST IN THE MACHINE

by Steve Daly | Oct 29, 1993
TIM BURTON'S ANIMATED 'NIGHTMARE' HAUNTS DISNEY WITH THE QUESTION, CAN NAUGHTY BE NICE? Read Article

EDUCATION REBA

by Jess Cagle | Oct 29, 1993
HOW DID A PROUD RED-HAIRED OKIE BUILD AN EMPIRE FROM A VOICE OF GOLD NERVES OF STEEL Read Article

JIM MULLEN'S HOT SHEET

by Jim Mullen | Oct 29, 1993
What the country is talking about this week... Read Article

FLASHES

Oct 29, 1993

ONE DOWN

by Dana Kennedy | Oct 29, 1993
THE WAR FOR LATE-NIGHT SUPREMACY TAKES ITS FIRST CASUALITY: CHEVY Read Article

MACHO NACHOS

Oct 29, 1993

SOAPS ON THE ROPES

by Dana Kennedy | Oct 29, 1993
WHY THE DAYTIME DRAMAS ARE TAKING Read Article

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

by Ty Burr | Oct 29, 1993
REN & STIMPY REMEMBER Read Article

Sound Bites

SOUND BITES

Oct 29, 1993

TV Review

Martha Stewart Living

by Ken Tucker | Oct 29, 1993
TELEVISION'S BEST WEEKEND GETAWAY THESE DAYS IS THE SYNDICATED 'MARTHA STEWART LIVING,' A GILDED GUIDE TO THE HOST'S UNAPOLOGETICALLY RICH LIFESTYLE Read Article

The Great Depression

by Ken Tucker | Oct 29, 1993
IN A REVEALING LOOK BACK AT THE DEPRESSION, PBS HITS A HIGH Read Article

Columbo: It's All In The Game

by Ken Tucker | Oct 29, 1993
PETER FALK BUILDS A STRONG CASE IN THE LATEST 'COLUMBO' Read Article

Boy Meets World

by Ken Tucker | Oct 29, 1993
LAME JOKES TURN THE TALENTED BEN SAVAGE INTO A DULL 'BOY' Read Article

Television Commentary

Winner Of The Week

Oct 29, 1993
Greg Kinnear Read Article

Television News

THE WEEK

by Bruce Fretts | Oct 29, 1993
A guide to notable programs by Bruce Fretts Read Article

KITCHEN SYNC

by Benjamin Svetkey | Oct 29, 1993
MARTHA STEWART'S SITCOM TWIN Read Article

TV'S HOT BRAZIL NUT

by Ken Tucker | Oct 29, 1993
OFFBEAT KIDS' SHOW HOST Read Article

SPACE SHOT

by Benjamin Svetkey | Oct 29, 1993

The Charts

The Ratings

The Soap Box

THE 'LIGHT' STILL SHINES

by Alan Carter | Oct 29, 1993

Top Videos

Video Capsule Review

The Dark Half

by Lawrence O'Toole | Oct 29, 1993

35 UP

Oct 29, 1993

FIT TO KILL

Oct 29, 1993

THE AMBULANCE

by Michael Sauter | Oct 29, 1993

HOFFA

Oct 29, 1993

WITCHBOARD 2: THE DEVIL'S DOORWAY

by Charles Winecoff | Oct 29, 1993

EXTREME JUSTICE

by Michael Sauter | Oct 29, 1993

Video Commentary

COMEBACK OF THE WEEK

Oct 29, 1993
What, were Arnold and Bruce too busy? Read Article

Video News

ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MOVIES

by Chris Nashawaty | Oct 29, 1993
'FIRST' FILMS Read Article

Video Review

Born Yesterday

Oct 29, 1993
A SMART FILM ABOUT A NOT-SO-DUMB BLOND, 1950'S 'BORN YESTERDAY' WAS A MODEL MOVIE FARCE. SO WHY DOES HOLLYWOOD THINK THE DITZ MUST BE DISPLACED? Read Article

The Universal Studios Monsters Classic Collection

Oct 29, 1993
SOME VINTAGE HORROR FLICKS ARE SO BAD, THEY'RE SCARY Read Article