La-Z-Boy Surfing

AOL thinks you want to surf--or at least chat--while you watch TV. For now, it's a tough sell

When the cast of Survivor began feasting on a bowl of squirming larvae a few weeks ago, the first thing I did--after gagging--was call my friend Daniel to dish about it. But he didn't answer. So I tried a couple other friends, who weren't around either. Finally, I had to settle for reveling in this classic moment of gross-out TV all by myself.

Things might have been different if I had had AOLTV. Scheduled to be introduced this week and available in early July from America Online (which is getting ready to merge with Time Warner, this magazine's parent company), AOLTV...

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