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    TV Roundup

    On our weekly TV roundup, it’s a big week for finales. Fargo is wrapping up its first, and possibly only, season on FX. Last night season four of Game of Thrones ended. The much-ballyhooed reality show I Wanna Marry Harry got the ax last week. And, after 30 years... Answer: Alex Trebek.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Jun 16, 2014 • 1 min read

    On our weekly TV roundup, it’s a big week for finales. Fargo is wrapping up its first, and possibly only, season on FX. Last night season four of Game of Thrones ended. The much-ballyhooed reality show I Wanna Marry Harry got the ax last week. And, after 30 years... Answer: Alex Trebek. Question: who is the longest-running host of a game show program?

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      Barbara Bogaev

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      Senior editor at Variety

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      Sarah Mesle

      Los Angeles Review of Books

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