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Daily News TV critic Ellen Gray has been paid to watch television since 1994. And yes, it's very nice work if you can get it.

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Latest post: NBC makes (some of) its moves - 01/14/2010

The upcoming "Heroes" show reunites contestants 10 years later.

Ellen Gray: 'Survivor' alumni reminisce

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SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS. 8 p.m. tomorrow, Channel 3. LOS ANGELES - CBS' "Survivor," which launches its 20th edition tomorrow, another all-star season called "Heroes vs. Villains," has been on the air long enough to have produced a generation gap.

NBC makes (some of) its moves

Ellen Gray: 'Project' a different view of Michael Vick - 02/01/2010: THE MICHAEL VICK PROJECT. 10 p.m. tomorrow, BET. FANS OF National Geographic Channel's "Dogtown" have been able to follow the rehabilitation of some of the abused dogs rescued from Michael Vick's Bad Newz Kennels for a while now.
Ellen Gray: A 'Nightmare' in Philadelphia - 01/28/2010: KITCHEN NIGHTMARES. 9 p.m. tomorrow, Channel 29. WE ALL HAVE our nightmares, and just because mine don't involve a foulmouthed Scotsman criticizing my cooking doesn't mean there isn't a place for Gordon Ramsay and Fox's "Kitchen Nightmares."
Ellen Gray: Colbert - genius or jerk? - 01/26/2010: NBC's LATE-NIGHT problems may have dominated discussion at the Television Critics Association's winter meetings on the West Coast this month, but they weren't all we talked about.
Ellen Gray: One tough character: Glenn Close describes her 'Damages' lawyer as more complex than evil - 01/25/2010: DAMAGES. 10 tonight, FX. PASADENA, Calif. - Her own mother probably never loved "Damages' " Patty Hewes the way Glenn Close does, but even she's had moments, playing one of TV's toughest lawyers, when she's wondered.
Ellen Gray: Lucy Lawless has a warning about sexy 'Spartacus' - 01/21/2010: SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND. 10 p.m. tomorrow, Starz. PASADENA, Calif. - It's not as easy as you might think to talk about nudity to an actress you've just seen topless on screen, engaging in the kind of sexual high jinks that make much of what we see on even premium cable seem tame, but Lucy Lawless went easy on me.
Ellen Gray: Top stars weigh in on the Conan question - 01/20/2010: Seinfeld sides with Jay, as does Tavis Smiley; Ricky Gervais is pro-Conan; Sandra Bernhard is just glad the 10 pm thing is over.
Ellen Gray: 'Life Unexpected' big role for Exton's Smith - 01/18/2010: LIFE UNEXPECTED. 9 tonight, Channel 57. PASADENA, Calif. – Kerr Smith isn't afraid to ask for what he wants. And what he wanted from "Life Unexpected," a new drama premiering tonight on the CW, was a character who was more than a temporary plot device.
Ellen Gray: In '24', the prez's work is never done - 01/15/2010: 24. 9 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Monday, Channel 29. PASADENA, Calif. - For a so-called serious actress, Cherry Jones doesn't seem to take herself very seriously.
Ellen Gray: Entering its 6th season, series prepares to get 'Lost' - 01/13/2010: how PASADENA, Calif. – You can't please all of the people all of the time, and as they head into the sixth and final season of ABC's "Lost," the show's producers say they aren't even going to try.
Ellen Gray: Conan ready to walk - 01/13/2010: So, where were you when Conan O'Brien delivered his message to "the people of Earth" that he'll leave the "Tonight Show" rather than see it pushed to 12:05 a.m.?