- July 20, 1998
- In Brief: "The Net" and "Sins of the City"
- June 22, 1998
- In Brief: "A Bright Shining Lie"
- June 8, 1998
- Urban Anthropology
Public television stayed away from "More Tales of the City," leaving Showtime to pick up the sequel to a series that’s sharp if not Balzac.
- May 11, 1998
- Hardy Folk
Paloma Baeza is a ravishing siren in "Far From the Madding Crowd."
- May 4, 1998
- Smart Alex
Alexander the Great cut a 20,000-mile swath across Africa, Europe, and Asia -- and all we got was this spirited travelogue.
- April 27, 1998
- In Brief: "Painted Lady"
- April 27, 1998
- Absolutely Mab
Whatever Queen Mab is doing in NBC's blithe, star-bedecked "Merlin" remains a mystery; so is Miranda Richardson's blue-lipped performance.
- April 20, 1998
- In Brief: "The Tale of Sweeney Todd"
- April 20, 1998
- Grave New World
NBC spins Aldous Huxley's prescient, take-no-prisoners novel about a sated society into just another heavy-handed nighttime soap opera.
- April 6, 1998
- Moondance
An HBO series recaptures the roller-coaster thrills of the race to the moon -- without glossing over the fatal shortcuts.