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Corporate Press Release Theater: MTM to Turn the Lipstick Jungle on With Her Smile

Ever wonder what it would have been like if Mary Richards had had a daughter, then returned years later to tell her cautionary tales about trying to raise kids while wrangling Ted Baxter? Well, wonder no more! Mary Tyler Moore is returning to TV, with a recurring role on… Lipstick Jungle.

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Michelle Obama on The View: Putting Her Heart on Her Sleeve (or Lack Thereof)

Obama, with Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s assistance, makes the fist bump safe for Middle America. / ABC The Michelle Obama image-enhancement tour kicked seriously into gear today. Facing Internet smears, “baby mama” snarks, “terrorist fist jab” references and opposition attacks that have cast her as basically Angela Davis in a sleeveless dress, the would-be First Lady is [...]

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Test Pilot: Project Gary

Mohr (left, with King) has quite a Project cut out for him. / Monty Brinton/CBS Test Pilot is a semiregular feature sharing my first impressions of the pilots for next fall’s shows. These aren’t reviews, since these pilots can be rewritten, recast and retooled before airing, and the shows that eventually get on the air [...]

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The Morning After: America Once Had Talent

The first summer it was on the air, NBC’s America’s Got Talent was an amusing diversion. The next, it was a forgettable holdover. Now, it just seems like a cruel, sarcastically named taunt. OK, NBC, we get it—we get it! America does not in fact have talent! Do you need to keep rubbing our noses [...]