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<title><![CDATA[Comedy Central Plans New Show Starring Jon 'Napoleon Dynamite' Heder]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "Napoleon Dynamite" star Jon Heder will play a geek again -- this time in a comedy series about an unemployed I.T. dweeb who leaves the big city and moves back in with Mom and Dad. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa De Moraes Column on Michael Jackson's Memorial Service]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Hysterical predictions aside, Michael Jackson's memorial service did not set U.S. television records yesterday. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: All Jackson, All the Time]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Michael Jackson Memorial Orgy of Excess has arrived. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes on TV: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Emmy Awards Show]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Neil Patrick Harris will host this year's 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards show on Sept. 20, the TV academy will announce after the holiday weekend.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108516725" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108516725" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on This Week's Winners and Losers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Cable TV continues to climb broadcast's leg. Sunday's BET-trophy-show-cum-Michael-Jackson-tribute was the week's third most watched program, behind only NBC's "America's Got Talent" and, yes, the unsquashable "NCIS" rerun on CBS. TLC's "Jon &amp; Kate Plus 8" and Disney Channel's "Princess Protection Program" also landed in the week's top 10. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Michael Jackson and Billy Mays]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062903985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Within hours of Michael Jackson's death, MSNBC picked up ABC's old Jacko documentary, and Comcast's TV One had slapped on CBS's old Jackson 5 special. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TV: Lisa de Moraes on Letterman-vs.-O'Brien, Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Cranky Old Guy licked The New King of Late Night last week. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Motion Picture Academy has boosted the number of Best Picture nominees from five to 10 in hopes that it will attract more viewers to its Oscarcast on ABC.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108516997" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108516997" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303419.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ When "Jon & Kate Plus 8" announced Monday that Jon & Kate were splitting, it became cable's No. 1 unscripted series telecast. Ever. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Jon and Kate Gosselin's Separation]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The entire celebrity suck-up industry waited breathlessly last night to hear Jon and Kate Gosselin announce that they are separating on the TLC reality series "Jon &amp; Kate Plus 8." "We have decided to separate," Jon told the camera after endless teasing. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Letterman/Palin vs. Colbert]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061803876.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's war of words with CBS late-night host David Letterman proved very good for Letterman. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: Networks Invest Time in Obama, Preempting Preemptions]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/17/AR2009061703579.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The broadcast networks appear to have agreed to turn President Obama into a TV star in an effort to get the White House to knock off the whole incessant-prime time-preemption speechifying thing.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108517664" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108517664" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on David Letterman, NBA Finals, Speidi, Adam Lambert]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061603164.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "D avid who?" was the 10th most-overheard comment at yesterday afternoon's "Fire David Letterman Rally," the CBS late-night host joked last night on his "Late Show." ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on the 'Late Show' Letterman-Palin Spat]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "CONAN THE NEW KING OF LATE NIGHT," NBC blared in a news release yesterday when the final numbers for Conan O'Brien's first week as host of "The Tonight Show" finally came in. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: First Time Letterman's Ratings Beat Conan O'Brien's]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ CBS late-night star David Letterman thwacked his new NBC rival Conan O'Brien for the first time Tuesday night, as Conan's "Tonight Show" continues to slide in overnight household ratings. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on NBC, USA and Spencer and Heidi Pratt]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NBC Universal studio took another giant step toward turning its once-great broadcast network NBC into a competitive cable network when it allowed MTV's "The Hills" stars Spencer and Heidi Pratt to hijack hours and hours of its prime-time schedule on "I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here!" Meanwhile, NBC's basic cable outfit USA continued to pursue its innovative programming strategy -- emulating a broadcast network.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108517875" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108517875" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Tony Awards Ratings]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The return of Angela Lansbury -- patron saint of CBS -- helped drive 7.5 million viewers to the network's Sunday broadcast of the 63rd annual Tony Awards. That's the trophy show's biggest audience in three years and second-biggest in the last five. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes's TV Column: D.C. Reality Show 'Blonde Charity Mafia' Is Promoted]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The CW network has pulled "Blonde Charity Mafia" -- the first of a trilogy of reality series that will celebrate celebrating the fabulousness of Washington -- from its summer schedule. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Fox's 'Mental' and Guest-Star David Carradine]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Fox lucked out because David Carradine is catatonic but not suicidal on Tuesday's episode of "Mental," which means the network can go ahead with the broadcast, as scheduled, in the wake of Carradine's apparent hanging death. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Speidi's Defection From 'I'm a Celebrity . . .']]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In one of the most incredible scoops in the history of The Reporters Who Cover Television, while the rest of the world was reporting that C-listers Heidi and Spencer Pratt had escaped NBC's skank-tank show "I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here!" and hopped a plane back to Los Angeles -- where they were photographed conspicuously making their way to a waiting limo while shrouded in black sheets -- The Washington Post's intrepid journalist Steven Goff tracked down Speidi in hiding at a hotel in Costa Rica, and was an eyewitness to "The Hills' " couple confessing they were just tossing back a few glasses of red wine and using a few rolls of toilet paper before heading back to the show site.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108518186" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108518186" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa De Moraes on Leno's Last Show: Best Friday Ever Still Doesn't Top Obama]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "Leno's Last Tonight Show Delivers Record Ratings," shouted trade paper Hollywood Reporter after NBC late-night host Jay Leno's final telecast as host of "The Tonight Show." ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Kris Allen Rebuffs Claims AT&amp;#38; T Staffers Skewed 'Idol' Vote for Him]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "I have no idea what's going on with 'Textgate,' " "American Idol" winner Kris Allen said on Jimmy Fallon's late-night show Wednesday. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Kris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rebuffs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Claims]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&amp;#38;]]></category><category><![CDATA[T]]></category><category><![CDATA[Staffers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Skewed]]></category><category><![CDATA['Idol']]></category><category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Him]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes on 'American Idol': AT&T Caught 'Power Texting' in Arkansas]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Fox went with Stout Denial and AT&T polished a You Gotta Be Kidding gag over an Arkansas newspaper's report that AT&T might have affected the outcome of the latest "American Idol" competition, when phone-company employees helped Kris Allen fans cast votes at "Idol" viewing parties by providing phones and on-site power-texting help. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Lisa]]></category><category><![CDATA[de]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moraes]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA['American]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idol':]]></category><category><![CDATA[AT&T]]></category><category><![CDATA[Caught]]></category><category><![CDATA['Power]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texting']]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on D.C. Edition of 'Real Housewives' Franchise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ This is our now, Washington.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108518483" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108518483" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa De Moraes, TV Column: For Fall Lineup, CW Brings on the Suds and Vampires]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/21/AR2009052104228.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 21 ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Lisa]]></category><category><![CDATA[De]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moraes,]]></category><category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><category><![CDATA[Column:]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lineup,]]></category><category><![CDATA[CW]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brings]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Suds]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vampires]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[In Surprise Win, Kris Allen Upsets Adam Lambert to Win 2009 'American Idol']]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Once again, Simon Cowell got it wrong. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Surprise]]></category><category><![CDATA[Win,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Upsets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adam]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lambert]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Win]]></category><category><![CDATA[2009]]></category><category><![CDATA['American]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idol']]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes's TV Column: CBS Picks Up 'Medium' the Day After NBC Dropped It]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 20 ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Lisa]]></category><category><![CDATA[de]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moraes's]]></category><category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><category><![CDATA[Column:]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS]]></category><category><![CDATA[Picks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA['Medium']]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dropped]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The Final Round: 'Idol' Contenders Come Out Singing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ With one night to go, "American Idol" judges declared Adam Lambert victor of the final evening of actual singing competition.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108518763" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108518763" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Final]]></category><category><![CDATA[Round:]]></category><category><![CDATA['Idol']]></category><category><![CDATA[Contenders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Come]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[Singing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on ABC's and NBC's 2009-10 Prime-Time Lineups]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Dispatches from the second day of Broadcast TV Upfront Week: ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Fox's 2009-10 Prime-Time Lineup]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA['American Idol' Final Three Perform]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Pandemonium broke out among the "American Idol" judges last night, causing Adam Lambert's second performance of the evening to be pushed entirely into the next hour. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA['American]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idol']]></category><category><![CDATA[Final]]></category><category><![CDATA[Three]]></category><category><![CDATA[Perform]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: Kids, Sex & TV: Study Troubling in Unintended Way]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston took note of the television and movies that 754 children watched on two random days -- one weekday and one weekend day -- and recorded the quantity of that entertainment that, based on the show's titles, had been deemed "adult-targeted" by a group of University of Michigan grad students.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108519058" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108519058" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Rocker chick Allison Iraheta flamed out during Rocker Week on "American Idol" after bagging the smallest share of the week's 64 million votes -- the most votes ever for the country's most watched show outside of a finale week. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: Adam Lambert Shines on 'American Idol's' Rock Night]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Adam Lambert opened Rocker Night on "American Idol" with Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." It was a steep downhill slide from there. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on NBC's 2009-10 Prime-Time Season]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 4 ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column: Audience Shies From Obama's Prime-Time News Conference]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The President Obama Show scored a series low Wednesday but, even so, managed to beat the whacking of Matt the Hat on "American Idol" the same night.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108519334" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108519334" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: 'American Idol' Views Give Matt Giraud the Hook]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Two weeks after "American Idol" judges overrode viewers' decision to boot Matt Giraud from the singing competition, viewers booted him again. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: Jamie Foxx Gets Frank on 'American Idol']]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Not so much Rat Pack as Mickey Mouse Club when the five remaining Idolettes put on their grandparents' clothes and tried to impersonate Frank Sinatra's posse on "American Idol" last night. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: President Obama Counts to 100]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ President Obama might take an additional $9 million to $10 million out of the purse of the broadcast TV industry when he stages another of his news conferences next week to talk about his efforts to bail out the banking and automotive industries. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: On 'American Idol,' Lil Is Gone, Anoop Too]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Mother-of-three Lil Rounds and Chapel Hill BMOC Anoop Desai did not survive Disco Week on "American Idol."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108519571" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108519571" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: 'American Idol' Take Disco for a Spin]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Told they had to sing disco tunes on "American Idol," uppity Idolettes staged a coup last night. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes: Lauren Conrad Needed Coaching for 'Big Words' on 'Family Guy']]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "The Hills' " heroine (and most boring character), Lauren Conrad, will take on her most challenging made-for-TV role a week from Sunday, when she guest-stars as a genius on the Fox animated series "Family Guy." ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes's TV Column: 'American Idol' Fans Don't Like Judging Tweak]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Allowing "American Idol" star Simon Cowell to critique only half the show's competitors will go down in the history books as the dumbest idea ever hatched to "tweak" the most watched television show in the country. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "American Idol's" four judges ignored the results of this week's more than 36 million votes and saved Idolette Matt Giraud from elimination last night -- so he can be one of two Idolettes whom viewers surely boot next week after he performs during Tuesday's disco-themed performance night.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108519923" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108519923" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: 'American Idol' Draws Inspiration From the Movies]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It's movie-tune night on "American Idol," in which the Idolettes will sing flick songs under the watchful eye of a "legend," show host Ryan Seacrest says. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Spike TV's 'Pirate Hunters: USN']]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ When pirates kidnapped the news cycle and held it hostage for nearly a week, Viacom was not discouraged by the fact that none of its TV networks had a real news operation. Nosiree -- its Spike TV network spit on its hands and announced it had ordered up a reality series pilot in which the U.S. Navy hunts down pirates. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: A 'Dollhouse' for Which Fox Doesn't Want to Pay to Play]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Joss Whedon fans are in an uproar over news that Twentieth Century Fox TV has produced a 13th -- or 14th, depending on how you do your math -- episode of "Dollhouse" that Fox network is not going to air this season. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column: 'American Idol's' Overlong Performance Show Doesn't Hurt Adam Lambert]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "American Idol" ran nearly nine minutes long Tuesday, preventing potentially millions of viewers who rely on their DVRs from seeing the performance of Adam Lambert -- which, in turn, affected the number of viewer votes Lambert received.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108520225" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108520225" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Fox has fast-tracked a reality series in which real companies that are struggling to stay afloat in this lousy economy agree to let their staffs decide who among them will get pink-slipped to cut costs. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Ready (and Real) or Not, Here Comes 'Blonde Charity Mafia' on CW]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It's finally official: CW will foist Washington-based party-with-purpose reality series "Blonde Charity Mafia" on an unsuspecting public in July. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column - Lisa de Moraes: West Coast Can Catch the Globes on First Spin]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Because it's not 1990 and the shelf life for a trophy show is now about five minutes, NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have finally decided to air the 2010 Golden Globe Awards live across the country instead of tape-delayed on the West Coast. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Settlement to Bring 'Project Runway' Back on the Air]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "Project Runway" lives! "Guiding Light" dies. That's life.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108520902" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108520902" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: Some Fox Stations Won't Air 'Osbournes: Reloaded']]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 16 Fox TV stations refused to air the Osbourne family's "variety" special last night after seeing the promos for the program and looking at the six-minute "sizzle reel" that the network sent their way. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes: TV Column: Fox Dating Show Courts Overweight Women]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Fat chicks have needs, too; Fox wants to be there for them. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: David Chase, HBO Team Up for 'A Ribbon of Dreams']]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ HBO, the gutsiest network in all of television, and David Chase, the unmockable creator of "The Sopranos," bravely announced they are developing a miniseries about the invention of cinema and the early days of the Hollywood film industry. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[NBC Juggles Lineup to Boost Conan's 'Tonight' Debut]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly one year after we told you NBC's new high-concept dramas "The Philanthropist" and "Merlin" would debut in early 2009, NBC announced that the two shows will debut in June -- part of a comprehensive plan to nestle Conan O'Brien in the ample bosom of original programming as he takes over "The Tonight Show."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108521143" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108521143" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column for Thursday, March 12]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Two days after the Viacom-owned, kids-targeting Nickelodeon network said it had no plans to remove Chris Brown as a nominee for its annual Kids' Choice Awards -- even though the singer has been charged with two felonies for allegedly beating and making threats against singer Rihanna -- the cable channel said Brown's name had been stricken from the nominee list. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column, Lisa de Moraes: Voting for Idol No. 13: The Call of the Wild]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Back when Fox executives were high-fiving each other for deciding to turn "American Idol's" traditional top 12 finalists into the top 13 finalists -- to really shake things up on the singing competition -- no one thought to send a memo to the Senior Executive Vice President for Reality Series Viewer Voting Phone Number Checking. That is too bad, because then they might have found out earlier that 1-866-Idols13 is a porn number. And, given how badly last week's 13th Idolette performed last night, they might have reconsidered the whole Let's Shake Things Up With 13 Finalists thing. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: OMG, It's the Jonas Brothers on 'South Park'!]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The creators of "South Park" hope the Jonas Brothers will do for the show's 13th season debut what they have done for practically every other show on which they have appeared: goose the ratings. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Networks Play Follow-the-Leader -- CBS -- in Choices for Fall Pilots]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503105.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ After catering to TV critics and obsessive fans for years with envelope-pushing series that willfully disregarded most of the country's television viewers, ABC, NBC and Fox are looking to develop more of the traditional series that CBS never abandoned.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108521476" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=28108521476" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Play]]></category><category><![CDATA[Follow-the-Leader]]></category><category><![CDATA[--]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS]]></category><category><![CDATA[--]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Choices]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pilots]]></category>
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