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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Shrinking the Big Screen

    Network TV studios are looking more and more to the big screen for inspiration. We look at the array of shows in development that are based on films. Plus, Neil Patrick Harris on the Oscars stage, NBC’s new sitcom “Marry Me”, and more.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 20, 2014 • 1 min read

    Network TV studios are looking more and more to the big screen for inspiration. We look at the array of shows in development that are based on films. Plus, Neil Patrick Harris on the Oscars stage, NBC’s new sitcom “Marry Me”, and more.

    The full episode

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    Voter ID Laws, the Truth about Andy Kaufman and Rating the Ratings
    1. 0:00Voter ID Laws
    2. 8:50Phones are the New Credit Cards
    3. 15:46Shrinking the Big ScreenYou’re reading this
    4. 25:13The Truth About Andy Kaufman
    5. 39:58Rating the Ratings
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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      Linda Holmes

      NPR

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Voter ID Laws, the Truth about Andy Kaufman and Rating the Ratings
    1. 0:00Voter ID Laws
    2. 8:50Phones are the New Credit Cards
    3. 15:46Shrinking the Big ScreenYou’re reading this
    4. 25:13The Truth About Andy Kaufman
    5. 39:58Rating the Ratings
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand