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Bristol Palin and her son, Tripp, in new Lifetime docu-series 'Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp'

Bristol Palin's reality show crashes and burns on Lifetime

The docu-soap attracted a meager 726,000 viewers — less than half the 1.8 million that watched a “Dance Moms” lead-in.

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TV Reviews

THE NEWSROOM episode 1: John Gallagher, Jr., Emily Mortimer, Alison Pill. photo: John P. Johnson

‘The Newsroom’ crammed with gibber-jabber

Aaron Sorkin launches his highly-anticipated HBO drama about a cable news network show that attempts to fix the world with talk. Lots and lots of talk.

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Squaring off again — but on unfamiliar terrain

The Hatfields and McCoy have reprised their feud for a six-hour miniseries on the History Channel.

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End of the road on Wisteria Lane

For eight seasons, “Desperate Housewives” has showed viewers that struggles are meant to be shared.

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‘Savage U’: A crash course in sex on campus

The new MTV docu-series follows sex columnist Dan Savage as he travels across the country fielding questions from students. First up: U-Md.

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ABC bases “Scandal” on D.C. insider Judy Smith

The previously very private crisis manager is now co-executive producer and subject of a new TV show and has a self-help book coming out.

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Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives at the The Weinstein Company after party following the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 15, 2012. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas

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