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Reviewed: The Return of Live Television

Fresh Air | By David Bianculli
Published February 25, 2008 at 12:03 PM EST

With the end of the writer's strike, live programming returned to network television this weekend in a big way. TV critic David Bianculli reviews last night's 80th Annual Academy Awards telecast, as well as the weekend's new episode of Saturday Night Live, starring Tina Fey.

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David Bianculli
David Bianculli is a guest host and TV critic on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
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