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1. The 100 Fresh Faces of Fall TV

   10:00 AM PDT 9/6/2012

   With a new season of shows comes a new crop of potential stars. Read More
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   Fall TV: Britney Spears, 'New Normal' and the Season's 5 Riskiest Bets

   10:33 am 9/4/2012

   • by Michael O'Connell

   Big paychecks, bigger names and elaborate productions are all popping up on the 2012-13 schedule, but some gambles might not pan out for the broadcast networks.Read more

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   NBC's 'The New Normal' Finds New Broadcast Home in Utah

   1:03 pm 8/31/2012

   • by Lesley Goldberg

   KUCW, the same network that broadcasts "Saturday Night Live" and showed the banned (and since canceled) "The Playboy Club," will air the comedy about a gay family on Saturday nights.Read more

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   Ellen Barkin Hopes 'New Normal' Helps 'Redefine What Normal Is' (Video)

   11:39 am 8/29/2012

   • by Lesley Goldberg

   The star of the new gay family comedy from Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler helps bridge the gap between what constitutes a normal family, whether it's a same-sex couple or teen parents.Read more

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   GLAAD Slams Utah Station for Not Broadcasting NBC's 'New Normal'

   5:13 pm 8/25/2012

   • by Aaron Couch

   "While audiences, critics and advertisers have all supported LGBT stories, KSL is demonstrating how deeply out of touch it is with the rest of the country,” the group's president says.Read more

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   Utah Station Says It Won't Broadcast NBC's 'New Normal'

   10:38 pm 8/24/2012

   • by Philiana Ng

   UPDATED: Star Ellen Barkin took to Twitter to call out KSL-TV on its decision: "Shame on u ‪@kslcom‬ not airing ‪@NBCTheNewNormal‬."Read more

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   'The New Normal's' Andrew Rannells, Justin Bartha Take THR's Fall TV Poll

   4:49 pm 8/10/2012

   • by Lesley Goldberg

   The duo star as a gay couple who turn to a surrogate in a bid to expand their family in the comedy from "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler.Read more

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   TCA 2012: Ryan Murphy Has Already Written 'One Million Moms' Into 'The New Normal'

   3:15 pm 7/24/2012

   • by Michael O'Connell

   "I think if they would have watched the show, they would love it, because they're represented," the co-creator says of the boycotting conservative group. "Ellen Barkin's character is one of them."Read more

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   NBC's 'The New Normal' Draws Ire of One Million Moms Group

   5:03 pm 7/20/2012

   • by Lesley Goldberg

   UPDATED: GLAAD responds to the conservative anti-gay group calling for a boycott of the freshman comedy from Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler.Read more

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    Fall TV Pilot Preview: NBC's 'The New Normal'

    3:00 pm 6/22/2012

    • by Lesley Goldberg

    "Glee's" Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler drew from their personal experience for the comedy, Nene Leakes does her best Roz Washington and three other things to know about the freshman series.Read more

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