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    The Business

    Daytime TV Gig

    Comedian Sharon Houston's story comes to us from Lea Thau's storytelling podcast Strangers , part of KCRW's Independent Producer Project . Houston discusses her ambivalent relationship with her day job as a segment producer for Daytime Court TV.

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    By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Comedian Sharon Houston's story comes to us from Lea Thau's storytelling podcast Strangers, part of KCRW's Independent Producer Project. Houston discusses her ambivalent relationship with her day job as a segment producer for Daytime Court TV. You can hear a longer version of this story on the Strangers episode, Sharon Houston: And Justice for All?

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    Hollywood Jobs: Animal Trainers; Daytime TV Gig
    1. 0:00The Hollywood News Banter
    2. 5:49Animal Trainers
    3. 21:13Daytime TV GigYou’re reading this
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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Darby Maloney

      Producer

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      Lea Thau

      Independent Producer, Creator of Strangers

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      Sharon Houston

      comedian

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Hollywood Jobs: Animal Trainers; Daytime TV Gig
    1. 0:00The Hollywood News Banter
    2. 5:49Animal Trainers
    3. 21:13Daytime TV GigYou’re reading this
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