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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Which network TV shows can still excite us?

    Network TV shows are coming back from the long holiday hiatus. But with all the streaming services and their new releases, did anyone notice they were gone?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 15, 2019 • 1 min read

    Network TV shows are coming back from the long holiday hiatus. But with all the streaming services and their new releases, did anyone notice they were gone? Today, we get recommendations for midseason premieres -- specifically for long-running shows that maybe we started to take for granted.

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Rethinking public school funding in California
    1. 0:00How California moved to the bottom in funding public education
    2. 8:17Citizenship question won’t appear on the next census
    3. 12:59The future of Brexit is cloudy
    4. 19:19Why it’s so tough to get stories on the air about health issues facing mothers
    5. 33:45Which network TV shows can still excite us?You’re reading this
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