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January 13, 2012

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Lisa de Moraes

Pulitzer Prize winner, Peabody recipient, Medal of Freedom honoree -- Lisa de Moraes is none of these, but she is an authority on the bad direction, over-acting, and muddled plot lines being played out in the TV industry's executive suites. de Moraes worked for a decade as the television editor at The Hollywood Reporter, the entertainment industry trade paper, where she was routinely on the receiving end of more shouting phone calls from TV suits than Paula Abdul's manager.

When she upgraded to The Washington Post in 1998, a well-known executive producer called to suggest she have someone else start her car, but her trenchant writing (and refusal to use words like "trenchant") earned her the following praise from the brilliant, handsome media observer at Slate: "She writes like a wicked bitch." Wikipedia has called her "a noted television columnist," but they're often unreliable. It's pronounced "deh more ICE."

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Emily Yahr :

- Winter TV Press Tour 2012: JJ Abrams says 'Alcatraz' is no 'Lost'

- Winter TV Press Tour 2012: TV critics get answers (eventually) about how Bravo handled "Real Housewives" after Russell Armstrong suicide

- New 'CBS This Morning' launches with Charlie Rose and Oprah BFF Gayle King

- Winter TV Press Tour 2012: Hosts of 'The Revolution' say, "We're not trying to replace anyone"

- Winter TV Press Tour 2012: TV critics learn  not to compare George Stephanopoulos to Chelsea Clinton or Jenna Bush

- CW picks up Canadian drama "The L.A. Complex"

- Winter TV Press Tour 2012: ABC chief professes love for 'Cougar Town,' says it will be back "sometime"

- Winter TV Press Tour 2012: 'Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23"

- Jim Rome leaves ESPN for gig at CBS, Showtime

- Winter TV Press Tour 2012: TV critics brawl with Michael Patrick King over '2 Broke Girls'

- 'Are You There, Chelsea?' clocks 6.4 million viewers, NBC celebrates

- Winter TV Press Tour 2012: Jeremy Irons charms everyone on 'The Borgias' panel

- Winter TV Press Tour 2012: Showtime to explore 'The World According to Dick Cheney'

- John McCain talks GOP candidates, Sarah Palin on 'Late Show With David Letterman'

- ABC picks up Baltimore County-based reality show set in sports memorabilia store

- Colbert's big announcement: Exploratory committee for "possible" presidential run, and Jon Stewart takes over his Super PAC

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Lisa de Moraes :

Good morning! Let's get started... Here's a list of links to our coverage of Winter TV Press Tour 2012 and whatever else is going on this week...

– January 13, 2012 11:27 AM
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THANK YOU

Have loved your columns about the press tour! So much snark!
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Lisa de Moraes :

Thank you. Press Tour has been pretty zippy. Last night HBO screened its new comedy "Veep" about Julia Louis Dreyfuss as VPOTUS and "Game Change" -- the Sarah Palin veep saga...today's HBO sessions should be lively...

– January 13, 2012 11:29 AM
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Those gosh darn poultry-poo judges

I am SO disappointed to hear the rules on adult language & nudity were not relaxed this week. A decade ago (or maybe even earlier), I was watching one of the Canadian channels over-the-air, and heard the F word on Degrassi Junior High. I always thought of it as a teen show. Ever since, I've wondered: if it's okay for the youth of Canada, why is it not okay for adult Americans? I am nobody's precious snowflake!
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Lisa de Moraes :

Heck -- I'd settle for the rules on adult language and nudity to be relaxed at the Post...and, how did you know that  " Precious Snowflake " is  the name of my upcoming autobiography of my childhood years?

– January 13, 2012 11:34 AM
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???

How can The Two Broke Girls be racist when it won the People's Choice award? Do you think The People are racist?
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Lisa de Moraes :

I defer to that great songwriter whatshisname from  "Avenue Q"  : "Everyone's a Little Racist."  gather you read our coverage of  TV critics going all Lord of the Flies on Michael King during CBS's "2 Broke Girls" Q&A....

– January 13, 2012 11:37 AM
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LUCK on HBO

Hello, Pookie. Have you or other Reporters Who Cover Television had an opportunity to view "Luck" from HBO with Dustin Hoffman? I'm a HUGE horse racing fan and hope it's good!
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Lisa de Moraes :

the crowd here seems to be split.. I should be asking each critic if he or she had a horse as a kid.. Maybe that explains the split...

– January 13, 2012 11:38 AM
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NBC = NoBody Cares?

Hi Lisa, so NBC has greenlit a re-boot of The Munsters?! Really? Why not just 21 primetime hours of aquariums and yule logs?
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Lisa de Moraes :

It's the perfect companion show for "30 Rock," don't you think?.. and, NBC would get better numbers on Friday with aquariums and yule logs....

– January 13, 2012 11:41 AM
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The Few the Proud at TCA?

Pookie, I saw this op-ed of sorts atyour old stomping grounds, The Hollywood Reporter, and it made me think of you. I hope this guy whomever he is bought you a round of drnks. 

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Lisa de Moraes :

Yes, the Reporters Who Cover Television seemed pretty steamed about it -- but of course it was right around the time of the '2 Broke Girls" session that it started spreading like wildfire among them at the Tour... So far, no official response from TV Critics Association

– January 13, 2012 11:43 AM
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Downton Abbey

Pookie -- I've read the reviews and watched clips on YouTube. I know Season 2 is soapier/more contrived, but I don't care. Sunday's first episode was fantastic.
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Lisa de Moraes :

The second season may not be as good as the first season -- if I had a buck for every time that happened -- but it's still better than "2 Broke Girls"...take THAT Michael "I'm writing a screenplay for Meryl Streep and Oprah and how dare you question my sitcom" King!

– January 13, 2012 11:47 AM
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Imagine a world where TV shows make sense

I have a question about a new TV show that I am sure people are discussing for several other reasons. On the show where two unemployed men's unemployment compensation runs out and they can't find work, they claim that no one is hiring men, but that only women are being hired. I did not know that. Does the economic data show that is the case? Then they find work dressed as women in a company that hires only women. I thought there was a law against that. Am I wrong, or is the very premise of this show incredible flimsy? (Yes, I know fictional media asks us to separate reality, but it has to be beievable separation.) See, and I didn't even mention how much separation we have to make to believe that not one person can't tell they are men dressed as women. (I am actually more interested in the basic premise questions posed earlier.)
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Lisa de Moraes :

It's not just flimsy, it's moldy...the critics here seem to have decided this show "Work It" got on ABC's sked because the head of programming is a Brit and Brits love comedies with guys who put on dresses... seriously, it's come to that...

– January 13, 2012 12:01 PM
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My Boys

Just got caught up on the most recent season of Dexter. I'm a regular reader of this chat, but I wonder why no one mentioned Jordana Spiro, P.J. from "My Boys," had a small role. The Earth can keep spinning now!
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Lisa de Moraes :

Thank you for that...

– January 13, 2012 12:02 PM
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Today Show

Pookie - who do I need to call about Ann Curry??? I am so close to just not watching anymore because of her. Seeing Katie and Meredith this morning on the 60th birthday extravaganza made Ann's awfulness even more apparent. Did you see the other morning when they had Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton on? She said they had two huge stars coming up but not huge size wise!
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Lisa de Moraes :

omg, did she really?! How can people not love that? She IS the reason to watch the show, you never know what she's going to do... the HBO exec sessions are starting -- Ricky Gervais on the way.. I've got to run.. I will answer more of your questions and get them up, either here or in the blog. Sorry this chat was cut short -- serious wi fi challenges today...

– January 13, 2012 12:04 PM
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