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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    TV Roundup: 'Transparent' Returns

    Attention fans of the series 'Transparent,' don’t make any plans this weekend. The full second season drops on Amazon this Friday . Amazon has already released the first episode to rave reviews. So can the show avoid the sophomore slump that infects so many other TV shows?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 7, 2015 • 1 min read

    Attention fans of the series 'Transparent,' don’t make any plans this weekend. The full second season drops on Amazon this Friday. Amazon has already released the first episode to rave reviews. So can the show avoid the sophomore slump that infects so many other TV shows?

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      Madeleine Brand

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    Possible Executive Action on Guns, and Reworked Fairy Tales
    1. 0:00Executive Action on Guns?
    2. 8:11Obama Says No Ground War With ISIS
    3. 17:30Who is Ed Blum?
    4. 27:43'A Wild Swan and Other Tales'
    5. 43:29TV Roundup: 'Transparent' ReturnsYou’re reading this
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