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<title><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey announces end of show in 2011]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Oprah Winfrey, one of the most powerful people in the entertainment industry, will announce Friday that her iconic daytime talk show will wrap at the end of its 25th season. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin's trek takes her to the friendly land of Fox]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Sarah Palin really blossomed during her interview at Fox News Channel on Wednesday night, telling Sean Hannity the killing of 13 people at Fort Hood on Nov. 5 was an "act of terrorism" and that Maj. Nidal M. Hasan should have been "profiled." ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Who's unwilling to pull punches with Sarah? That's a good question, Barbara.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin continued campaigning for her new book, "Going Rogue: An American Life," Tuesday, when ABC's "Good Morning America" and "World News" aired the first several bits of an epic five-, six-, or maybe seven-part (depending on whom you are talking to at the network) interview with Barbara Walters. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[When Sarah met Oprah: Love is in the airwaves]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and daytime talk-show diva Oprah Winfrey got together to further their careers Monday and vie for the spotlight.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121559927" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121559927" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Balloon couple pleads guilty; Jon Gosselin countersues TLC]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Richard and Mayumi Heene may get their ultimate publicity wish fulfilled, just in time for Christmas. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: Winds of justice in Balloon Boy case]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ This week in the continuing drama "Your Children Are Your Meal Ticket to Reality TV Stardom": ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ABC's 'Hank' and Fox's 'Dollhouse' get yanked]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ You know your show is about to be canceled when the network decides it would rather run a second consecutive night of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" than broadcast your fifth episode, immediately after which the network airs your Thanksgiving episode three weeks early. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: World Series, Rihanna win; Leno, Chris Brown lose]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yankees win, Chris Brown gets stomped on by Rihanna. Great week or what?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121608299" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121608299" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA['V' debut draws 6.8 million viewers in key age group]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ More than 14 million people watched the unveiling of ABC's controversial "V" do-over, making it the second-biggest new-series opening of the two-month-old 2009-10 TV season. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Two wild and crazy guys go to the Oscars]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NBC has won the latest round of trophy-show one-upmanship it had been waging against ABC, when the Motion Picture Academy announced late Tuesday that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin would co-host the 82nd Academy Awards. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on 'Southland,' Seth MacFarlane and 'Family Guy'?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ TNT will hold a viewing of the body of "Southland," the NBC cop drama killed by Jay Leno, starting Jan. 12. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The ABCs of TLC, GSN and A& E: Niche networks skew younger to avoid ending up MIA]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Starting Friday, the Weather Channel will interrupt its coverage of whatever tsunami, blizzard, hurricane or tornado is making life a perfect hell for folks in some neck of the world to bring you . . . an old movie.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121612683" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121612683" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column: Is prime-time violence against women really going up?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The number of violent crimes against women shown in prime time on broadcast television is extremely small, relative to the number of overall violent crimes shown in prime time on broadcast TV, according to a new study by the ever-vigilant Parents Television Council. And yet, the study is called "Women in Peril: A Look at TV's Disturbing New Storyline Trend." ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column - Lisa de Moraes: Microsoft is incompatible with Seth MacFarlane]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ While Poor Little Fox is now out on the street looking for another corporate sponsor to pay for its upcoming Seth MacFarlane comedy special, the watchdog group Parents Television Council on Tuesday twirled its mustache and threatened that any advertiser stepping in to save Poor Little Fox would pay a heavy price. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[NBC fills in the margins with notes for a new strategy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NBC stunned the Hollywood community Thursday when Jeff Gaspin, the latest NBC Universal Television Entertainment chairman, announced the network had done an abrupt about-face and would no longer program to profit margins. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: Lifetime bursts balloon of Heene family]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Lifetime cable network, which spent a fortune stealing "Project Runway" away from Bravo in an attempt to goose its prime-time ratings, has had a pot of ratings gold dumped in its lap but, weirdly, has said "no thanks."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121619706" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121619706" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Sarah Palin to Be Guest on 'Oprah']]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Oprah Winfrey, on a campaign to climb back from last season's ratings slump, will attempt to kiss and make up with conservative viewers on Nov. 16 when she has Sarah Palin on her syndicated talk show . ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: 'V' for vastly polluting PR stunt]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The next time ABC and its parent company Disney start thumping their chests about how they're "going green," please spit in their eye and remind them of Monday's announcement that the broadcast network will dispatch a fleet of skywriting planes in 15 cities around the country over 12 days to write large ominous red V's over U.S. landmarks -- all to promote a four-episode sampling of a science-fiction series that is reportedly already having problems. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes on TV: Bon Jovi and NBC Universal Make a Deal]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Fox parent-company chief Rupert Murdoch has not yet figured out how to move Christmas into the year's first quarter, which is when musicians looking to plug new albums line up to be seen by the 25 million to 30 million people who watch Fox's "American Idol." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes's TV Column: Conan O'Brien, Newark Mayor Call a Truce]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Conan O'Brien will meet with Newark Mayor Cory Booker on NBC's "Tonight Show" Friday, in what is being billed as a summit between two warring parties brokered by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, but is in fact a good old-fashioned, ginned-up publicity stunt that so far seems to be doing Booker a world of good, but Conan -- maybe not so much.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121626874" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121626874" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on MTV's 'Gone Too Far' Failure]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ MTV's deceased-DJ intervention show, "Gone Too Far," was DOA Monday night. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NBC Rains on 'Glee's' Thanksgiving Day Parade]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The gang behind "Glee," the new Fox series about a dweeby high school glee club, is very sad because they thought they'd been invited to perform at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, only now they're not. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Michael Vick's BET Reality Series]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Six months after a rep for Michael Vick denied that the former NFL star was shopping around a reality series about Vick's effort to salvage his image after doing time for participating in lethal dogfights, BET has picked up a reality series about just that. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: Why'd DeLay Put Away Dancing Shoes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Did the producers of "Dancing With the Stars" drop a brick on Tom DeLay's feet when he became the show's main story line and they saw where the ratings were heading?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121633946" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121633946" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Dancing' Trips Up Tom DeLay's Comeback]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Fractured feet did in former House majority leader Tom DeLay in his bid to make himself over from scandal-tainted pol to that nice old man who won the cheesetastic Mirrored Disco Ball on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MTV Greenlights Deceased DJ's 'Gone Too Far']]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A week after the New York medical examiner's office announced that a celebrity DJ died after downing a lethal cocktail of cocaine and prescription drugs, MTV announced it will go ahead and air a reality series in which that DJ recruits young addicts for rehab. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[David Letterman Tells Studio Audience About Extortion Scheme]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ David Letterman surprised his studio audience Thursday during the taping of his CBS show when he announced that he'd had sex with female "Late Show" staffers and that someone had tried to extort $2 million from him to keep quiet about the relationships. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on 'So You Think You Can Dance']]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Fox network has issued still shots of a female contestant on "So You Think You Can Dance" that refute claims by the Panty Patrol blog that the woman was not wearing any underwear during the nanosecond she was seen on the show's Tuesday episode wriggling around the floor in happiness after being told she had made it through to the next round of the competition.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121642014" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121642014" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: 'Criminal Minds' Spinoff Is in the Works]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ CBS -- having fully recovered from the self-loathing that precipitated its "we can be hip, too" season a couple years back, in which it perpetrated the musical-drama "Viva Laughlin" and '70s sex-romp "Swingtown" on an unamused public -- is now focused with laserlike intensity on its wildly successful practice of cloning its procedural crime dramas. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: Dan Rather's Suit Against CBS Tossed Out]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Dan Rather's legal wrangling slogs into its third year: His lawyer vows he will appeal a New York court ruling Tuesday that tossed out the former evening news anchor's $70 million breach-of-contract suit against CBS Corp. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Big Ratings Win for ??NCIS']]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ CBS scored a big win Tuesday night when "NCIS" opened its seventh season with the largest audience in the show's history -- 21 million viewers. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: New-Season Draws Include Susan Boyle, Leno, 'House']]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Susan Boyle, Jay Leno, Giants, Cowboys and a Vicodin-addicted doctor drew us back to prime time as the new TV season got underway.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121650596" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121650596" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Tom DeLay and the Emmys]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "You are crazier than Sarah Palin!" judge Bruno Tonioli screamed at Tom DeLay on "Dancing With the Stars" as the former House majority leader made his prime-time debut on the ABC show Monday, performing the cha-cha to the Troggs tune "Wild Thing." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on the 2009 Emmys]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Can't wait to find out who wins an Emmy on Sunday? Did you watch last year's Emmy show? Then you pretty much know this year's winners' list. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on a D.C.-Based 'Three's Company']]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "How I Met Your Mother" executive producer Greg Malins will try to resuscitate "Three's Company" for ABC -- only this time it's set in Washington and the three young people who are shacking up together . . . are all newly elected members of Congress! ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: Leno and Letterman Each Have Bragging Rights]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NBC suits danced a cautious happy dance Tuesday morning when they learned the unveiling of Jay Leno's new prime-time comedy-talk show had averaged more than 18 million viewers the night before.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121703278" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121703278" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes's TV Column: Conan O'Brien's 'Tonight Show' Ratings Fall]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Jay Leno, the guy NBC tossed out of "The Tonight Show" for being too old-school, is now being touted as the Future of Television as he becomes the network's low-cost programming alternative at 10 on weeknights. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Fall TV Preview 2009: Lisa de Moraes on How NBC's Jay Leno Experiment Might Affect the Prime-Time Landscape]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The start of the 2009-10 TV season should be a time of celebration in Hollywood. When the Premiere Week spigots open up, nearly 100 hours of prime-time programming will plead to be seen. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: For ABC and Whitney Houston, a Game of Hoarse]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ On the day Diane Sawyer was crowned anchor of ABC News's flagship evening newscast, she was seen on ABC News's "Good Morning America" pimping for Oprah Winfrey and Whitney Houston. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on the Reality-Series Afterlife of 'The L Word']]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In the Great Line Graph of every scripted series's life, there comes a time when the line called "Cost" crosses over the line called "Ratings."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121709977" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121709977" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on DJ AM and the Daytime Emmys]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Flacks dealing with the death of an allegedly sober recovering-addict-DJ-fame-seeker, who was going to host a TV series in which kids were recruited to show how they inject heroin into their veins and work their way through withdrawal, have asked the media to "respect" the "privacy" of the guy's family now that the he's been found dead. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on A&amp;#38; E's Reality Series 'Jackson Family Dynasty']]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Surprise, surprise. The A&amp;E cable network is going to turn what was planned as a one-off Jackson family special into a Jackson family reality series. Why? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: VH1 Abandons Series After Contestant's Death]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ VH1 finally waved the white flag on the other reality series that featured "Megan Wants a Millionaire" competitor Ryan Jenkins, accused killer of his onetime wife, who was found dead over the weekend in an apparent suicide. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: 'Survivor' Winner Hatch Sent to Prison for Unauthorized Interview]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Original "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch is in solitary confinement at a maximum security prison for giving an interview to "Access Hollywood."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121722941" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121722941" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: VH1 Distances Itself From Reality Show Contestant]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ VH1 has gone all Ladies of River City on us, yanking "Megan Wants a Millionaire" off its schedule and all mentions of the reality series off its Web site -- this in the wake of news that police want to question one of the show's contestants about the murder of a former swimsuit model. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: Tom DeLay's Love of Dancing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Former House honcho Tom DeLay stopped by ABC News's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday to answer probing questions about sequins and pink shirts. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Will Appear on 'Dancing With the Stars']]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Former House majority leader Tom DeLay, who fell from political grace after a lobbying scandal, is going to samba his way back into American homes this fall as one of the celebrity hoofers on ABC's popular ballroom competition series, "Dancing With the Stars." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes TV Column: TV Academy Gives In to Pressure From Writers, Directors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Days after announcing it would pre-tape and edit the dispensing of trophies in eight categories at this year's Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy and CBS have surrendered to guilds that had threatened to make them pay through the nose for the change.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121731154" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121731154" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: The 'Family Guy' Abortion Episode]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ TV Academy members and The Reporters Who Cover Television are in for a treat on Wednesday night: They will get to hear the controversial "abortion episode" of the animated series "Family Guy" that Fox network has declined to air. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Executives Sound Coy About New Series's Political Edge]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 9 ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column, by Lisa de Moraes: Fox Suits Discuss 'American Idol' Post-Paula]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 5<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121738235" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121738235" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes's TV Column: Paula Abdul Leaves Her Judging Job on 'American Idol' After Eight Seasons]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 4  One day after the producers of "American Idol" and Fox network announced that Kara DioGuardi had signed on to return to the show next season, "Idol" judge Paula Abdul wrote on her "verified" Twitter account that she's stepping off the "Idol" gravy train. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisa de Moraes's TV Column: Paula Abdul Leaves Her Judging Job on 'American Idol' After Eight Seasons]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 4  One day after the producers of "American Idol" and Fox network announced that Kara DioGuardi had signed on to ret urn to the show next season, "Idol" judge Paula Abdul wrote on her "verified" Twitter account that she's stepping off the "Idol" gravy train. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on CBS Drama 'The Good Wife'; Julianna Margulies]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 3 ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Ken Burns and the TV Critics' Awards]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PASADENA, Calif.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121747227" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121747227" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes: A 'Seinfeld' Reunion on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PASADENA, Calif., July 30 ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PASADENA, Calif., July 29 Jeff Dunham Show: Funny as a Block of [Expletive] Wood ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Day 1 of the Summer TV Press Tour]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PASADENA, Calif., July 28 ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on the Exit of NBC Programming Chief Ben Silverman]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Just weeks before NBC launches its Jay Leno prime-time show in a last-ditch effort to fix its ratings, Ben Silverman is out as head of programming.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121758716" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4720121758716" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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