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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    TV Roundup

    In our weekly TV roundup: Shark Week begins; Steven Soderbergh's first television series, “The Knick,” a Cinemax production starring Clive Owen, launched this weekend; as did “Outlander” on Starz.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 11, 2014 • 1 min read

    In our weekly TV roundup: Shark Week begins; Steven Soderbergh's first television series, “The Knick,” a Cinemax production starring Clive Owen, launched this weekend; as did “Outlander” on Starz.

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    1. 0:00LAPD Misclassifying Violent Crimes
    2. 8:51LA Times Gets a New Publisher & CEO
    3. 16:36TV RoundupYou’re reading this
    4. 26:55Where are the Women Directors in Hollywood?
    5. 43:11Unprecedented Politics in Hawaii
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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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      Sarah Mesle

      Los Angeles Review of Books

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    3 of 5
    LAPD Misclassified Crimes, New L.A. Times CEO, Hawaii Politics
    1. 0:00LAPD Misclassifying Violent Crimes
    2. 8:51LA Times Gets a New Publisher & CEO
    3. 16:36TV RoundupYou’re reading this
    4. 26:55Where are the Women Directors in Hollywood?
    5. 43:11Unprecedented Politics in Hawaii
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