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Barbara Walters: A Career in Pictures

It seems almost inconceivable to imagine Barbara Walters not being on television. This is a woman, after all, who entered the business (as a segment producer on...

LIFE Watches TV

Television gets a bad rap. As early as 1961, President Kennedy’s FCC chairman, Newton Minow, famously characterized most programming as a “vast wasteland.”...

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Bloody Death: Six Ways to Die on TV

In this week’s issue of TIME, James Poniewozik explores the question of why today’s TV dramas—even the really good ones—are increasingly dependent on violence...

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