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    Joe: Why has MSNBC become the "Chris Christie Crisis Network?!"

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    KCRW placeholderBy Michael Schneider • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Joe: Why has MSNBC become the "Chris Christie Crisis Network?!"

    AJ: Fresh off of Real Screen -- the annual reality TV confab in DC -- AJ raises concerns about the "suffocation" of reality TV producers with cable networks tying-up the rights to their formats.

    Mike: RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman. Mike says his Showtime series Happyish looked like a winner when a clip of the pilot screened for press at the TV critics' winter press tour a few weeks ago.

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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      Variety

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