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Expansion in the entertainment industry
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TV comedy genre
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Show
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Unprotected
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Why
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"Sex & The City"
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Charlotte, Steve
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Charlotte's dialogue has been a little stilted lately; cap issues with Miranda's yappy pappy.
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"Friends"
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Monica, Gunther the Central Perk manager
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Monica lacks spice since her marriage to Chandler; Gunther anchors recurring –- yet secondary –- characters.
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"Everybody Loves Raymond"
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Robert Barone
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Like Tony Boselli, good enough to be main man for very weak team.
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"Malcolm in the Middle"
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Dewey
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Agent demanding a long-term deal, but he's losing his cuteness ("Sam-on-'Diff'rent-Strokes' " factor)
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Expansion show: "Everybody Loves Sex and the Friends in the Middle"
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TV drama genre
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"West Wing"
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Sam Seabourne
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Like Charlie Batch, he started strong, but of late has turned in laughable performances.
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"Law & Order"
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ADA Serena Southerlyn
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Merely following Dick Wolf's m.o. of regular cast turnover
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"Dawson's Creek"
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Grams
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Same reason as many left for Texans -- a little past her prime.
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"Touched by an Angel"
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Gloria (played by Valerie Bertinelli)
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The Made-For-TV-Movie Association called, and they want their talent back.
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"ER"
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Dr. Dave Malucci, Dr. Luka Korvac
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"Dr. Dave" muttering that he's strong enough to lead his own show, so who needs him; plus, who isn't tired of Luka's whole foreign too-cool-for-school routine?
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Expansion show: "Law & Order West: Touched by Dawson"
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News show genre
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"Dateline"
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Stone Phillips
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We hear he's a Rob Johnson-like salary-cap albatross.
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"48 Hours"
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Dan Rather
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Spread too thin with Evening News
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"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer"
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Ray Suarez
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Oh, wait a sec –- we though you meant unprotected Bills safety Raion Hill.
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"60 Minutes"
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Andy Rooney
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Past his prime (as if you needed to ask!)
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Expansion show: "The NewsHour in 60 Minutes or 48 Hours"
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Reality TV genre
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"Fear Factor"
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The Playmates
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I mean, did you see the Super Bowl halftime thing? Shameless.
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"Project Greenlight"
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Line producer Pat Peach
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From the looks of the show, it seems like he's the Terrell Owens of the group.
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"Survivor"
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Host Jeff Probst
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Too interested in burgeoning career as film director, TV pitchman.
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"Big Brother"
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Entire concept
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Um, because it sucked.
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Expansion show: "Project Survive Big Fear"
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