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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    TV Roundup: Miss Universe Mess Up and More

    What’s the most awkward thing you’ve ever seen on TV?  Well, prepare for that moment to be supplanted by what happened at the end of the Miss Universe pageant last night. Host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner. Officials had to take back her crown on the spot and put it on the real winner.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Dec 22, 2015 • 1 min read

    What’s the most awkward thing you’ve ever seen on TV? Well, prepare for that moment to be supplanted by what happened at the end of the Miss Universe pageant last night. Host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner. Officials had to take back her crown on the spot and put it on the real winner. We hash out what went wrong and other small screen news in our regular Monday TV roundup.

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    Black Millennial Political Power, Food Scandals and Anne Litt's Music 2015
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    3. 19:28Mast Brothers Chocolate and a Recipe for Scandal
    4. 27:08Anne Litt’s Music Picks of the Year
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      Barbara Bogaev

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Black Millennial Political Power, Food Scandals and Anne Litt's Music 2015
    1. 0:00Black Millennials and Political Power
    2. 10:49Shrimp Slavery
    3. 19:28Mast Brothers Chocolate and a Recipe for Scandal
    4. 27:08Anne Litt’s Music Picks of the Year
    5. 42:41TV Roundup: Miss Universe Mess Up and MoreYou’re reading this
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