火焰女神

　　上世纪40年代末，沿着马六甲河岸的一带，聚集了许多来此谋生的华人族群，他们在岁月磨难中，同乡互助，顽强拼搏，在立稳脚跟后，一个富有传奇色彩的堂口帮会“山海帮”渐渐成为当地华人的发展中心。
　　故事围绕“山海帮”龙头老大程恢的江湖历险、情仇恩怨展开，本已退隐的他，在“山海帮”遭遇其他帮会挑战时，回到星洲重整帮会。二当家刘雄武被谋杀，背后牵连一系列夺权、地盘争夺、新人上位的阴谋……“山海帮”第二代逐渐崭露头角，带着上一代遗留的问题艰难前行；第三代年轻人也开始冒头。面对殖民者在背后操纵的一系列事件,“山海帮”和这些奉行江湖英雄的人，该何去何从……

《哈莱姆教父》由克里斯·布兰卡托和保罗·埃克斯坦创作，奥斯卡奖得主福里斯特·惠特克担任主演和执行制片人，灵感来自臭名昭著的犯罪头目Bumpy Johnson(惠特克饰)的故事，他在20世纪60年代初从11年的监狱中回来，发现他曾经统治的社区一片混乱。随着街道被意大利暴徒控制，跛豪必须采取热那亚犯罪家族夺回控制权。在残酷的战斗中，他与激进的传教士马尔科姆·X结成联盟，在社会动荡和一场威胁撕裂城市的暴徒战争的十字准星上抓住了马尔科姆的政治崛起。《哈莱姆教父》讲述了在美国历史上最动荡的时期之一，黑社会犯罪与民权运动的碰撞。

　　Season 3: 2001–2002
　　Cast: Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford and Martin Sheen
　　The third season, which covers the administration's third and fourth years in office, starts off with Bartlet announcing his intention to run for reelection and is heavily devoted to the upcoming presidential election. Other prominent plotlines include Congressional investigations into whether Bartlet committed electoral fraud by concealing his MS, a death threat against C.J. and the ensuing relationship she develops with a Secret Service agent assigned to her, the Qumari defense minister Abdul Shareef plotting terrorist attacks against the US, and a troubling meeting between Toby and the President that leaves Bartlet with a bout of insomnia in "Night Five." The season finale, "Posse Comitatus" closes several of these storylines as Bartlet meets his opponent in the elections and reaffirms his commitment to beat him. The episode ends with the president finally deciding to order Shareef's assassination (a legally questionable act) and C.J.'s agent's murder, just after the man threatening C.J. was caught.
　　From a critical perspective, series creator Aaron Sorkin acknowledged in October 2002 that the terrorism-related plots designed to keep the series relevant after the real-life 9/11 attacks were awkward at times, saying "from week to week, you felt like you were writing the show handcuffed, a little bit. I didn't know how to write it anymore. It was a constant search for what I wasn't doing that used to make the show work. [...] Maybe there was a way to make it work; there probably was. I wasn't able to find it in twenty-two episodes." [1] Nonetheless, the show went on to win its third "Outstanding Drama" Emmy in a row.

　　NHK大河ドラマ第23作。近現代三部作第二部。
　　"近代大河"の第二弾は時代を少しさかのぼり、日本の女優第一号・川上貞奴を中心とする明治から大正にかけての群像劇だ。貞奴に関わる主要人物として登場するは、新演劇の旗手・川上音二郎、実業界に名を馳せた福沢桃介、その妻で福沢諭吉の次女・房子。彼らが織り成すドラマはそれまでの大河が描いてきた英雄伝としての歴史ではなく、文化や世相の面から時代をとらえた意欲作である。ただ、そのためか日清・日露の動乱をはさむ時代を背景にしながらも、視聴者にはいささか地味な作品と映ったようだ。後半には、名取裕子演じる松井須磨子を貞奴のライバル役としてクローズアップし、視聴率回復のてこ入れを図るも効果はなく、一時は視聴率が一ケタ台まで落ち込むという苦い記録を作る。

　　剧集的故事围绕着两家虚构的英国报社展开。一家是由女主Holly Evans(Charlotte Riley 饰)工作的《先驱报》（Herald）。作为一家老派、左倾且主打严肃新闻的报纸（普遍被英国观众认为影射了现实中的《卫报》），《先驱报》在今天这个网络时代面临着销量锐减、受众缩小等问题。剧中的另一家报社则是主打八卦、民粹新闻的《邮报》（Post）。在主编Duncan Allen（Ben Chaplin 饰）的带领下，该报靠着吸引眼球但又时刻在道德界限打擦边球的新闻不断壮大。