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When Amy Sherman-Palladino wrote Gilmore Girls, on the other hand, she "never set out to create an 'alternative' family"; she envisioned "a mother-daughter relationship where they were more pals than mother and daughter." In this sweet, clever hour-long comedy, 32-year-old single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) raises 16-year-old daughter--you do the math--Rory (Alexis Bledel), who's more reserved and adult than Mom; Lorelai wears Daisy Duke cutoffs to Rory's first day in private school and jokes that she offered "to do the principal" to get her daughter accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Postnuclear Explosion | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...wrote "Gilmore Girls" (Thursdays, 8 p.m. ET), on the other hand, she "never set out to create an 'alternative' family." But it proved the best vehicle for the story she wanted to tell: "a mother-daughter relationship where they were more pals than mother and daughter." In this sweet hour-long comedy, 32-year-old single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) raises a 16-year-old daughter - you do the math - Rory (Alexis Bledel), who's more reserved and adult than mom. Lorelai, for instance, wears Daisy Duke cutoffs to Rory's first day in private school and jokes that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Post-Nuclear Explosion | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

...those who are totally out of the loop, "West Wing" is an hour-long drama that focuses on the trials and tribulations of fictional President Josiah Bartlet and his quirky, intense Oval Office staff. It premiered last year on NBC and--despite a slow start--proved to be a break-out hit for the network, snagging nine Emmys...

Author: By Alixandra E. Smith, | Title: Barlet for President in 2000 | 10/19/2000 | See Source »

...effort to recruit more student theatergoers, Never Swim Alone presents to Harvard a quick, hour-long and free performance with racy humor embedded in a fast-paced verbal joust. Two men, Frank and Bill, argue about everything from the size of their homes to the quality of their lives to the size of their...you get the idea. Beneath the humor lie subtle references to repressed memories and undertones of violence. In this verbal boxing match, the referee becomes a woman killed in a drowning accident while racing with the men, who as young boys were desperately trying to impress...

Author: By Arts Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fall Theater Preview | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

Burton's strange behavior during the hour-long flight, however, was noticed by some passengers even before his outbursts. "Where are we going?" he asked the woman sitting next to him. When a flight attendant passed him with a soda, he grabbed it from her tray. She told him it wasn't for him but she could bring him back something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Homicide In The Sky | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

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