Evening TV Highlights and Specials Recap
Highlights include Threat Matrix with an agent targeting missiles, Friends with Ben’s Hanukkah plan foiled by Christmas quirks, Neil Diamond concert moments from Dublin, The Tracy Morgan Show Santa prank, and Extreme Makeover Twins surgery and romance plot.
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After Sweeps, Networks Offer Few New Ideas
Networks return to familiar formulas after a disrupted sweeps period. Fox chief Gail Berman downplays November failures while NBC ABC and Fox test new twists, with aging hits benched and reinventions like The Lyon's Den The Bernie Mac Show Line of Fire and Extreme Makeover Home Edition highlighted as attempts to salvage viewing.
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Tracy Morgan
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Lonely Planets Finds Joyful View Of Alien Life
A lively look at extraterrestrial life by avid Grinspoon of Southwest Research Institute and University of Colorado. He blends science history with humor, covers UFO lore, Roswell, cattle mutilations, and argues civilization likely exists elsewhere, with two-thirds exploring cosmic history and later chapters entertaining readers with alien science and conspiracy notions.
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Dear Abby column letters on abuse and holiday etiquette
Readers share experiences with sexual abuse by an older acquaintance, seeking support and reporting abuse. A mother’s disbelief, a teen’s pelvic exam concerns, and advice on safety and reporting are addressed. Other letters discuss polite no gift exchanges during Christmas and leave-taking from an abusive marriage.
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