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Television Week | Sun, Feb 3
Sun, Feb 3
ABC’s “Pushing Daisies” may have topped TelevisionWeek’s semiannual Critics Poll of best shows, but one of the network’s other freshman efforts was crowned the worst. Famously born from a series of insurance company ads, the ABC sitcom “Cavemen” received twice as many votes as the clos...
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