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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: McElhenney: 'Thrones' writers were game to write 'Sunny' - 06/14/2013

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Spears bolting 'The X Factor'

Minaj, Carey engage in some 'Idol' banter 01/09/2013: Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj brought their two-diva show to TV critics Tuesday. And it was everything you'd want from an act that's probably sorely needed to drum up interest in Fox's "American Idol," which launches its 12th season Jan. 16 with Carey, Minaj, Randy Jackson and Keith Urban - who'll be lucky if he gets a word in edgewise - at the judges' table.
NBC's new show 'Deception' offers same drama 01/06/2013: * "DECEPTION." 10 p.m. Monday, NBC10. "REVENGE." "Scandal." And now "Deception." I'm not sure who's naming TV shows these days - perhaps the same people who christen perfumes? - but if you're trying to distinguish NBC's new drama about Rich and Powerful People With Secrets from the ones that are already on ABC, the title "Deception" is probably not going to be much help.
Shirley MacLaine joins Maggie Smith in 3rd season of 'Downton Abbey' 01/04/2013: No more "fall finales." Not only are many things old new again - holiday reruns, begone! - but just a few short months after the broadcast season began there are again new shows fighting for a place in your heart, or at least on your DVR.
Reality TV loves Alaska, mocks New Jersey 12/26/2012: RUGGED INDIVIDUALISTS are from Alaska. Wusses - and whiners - are from New Jersey. Or so says "reality" television, which - ignoring the famed bridge sign, "Trenton Makes, the World Takes" and Bruce Springsteen - has painted the Garden State as a place of tacky, conspicuous consumption while making the 49th state look like the coolest place on earth.
Mr. Magoo isn't Scroogin' around in his 'Christmas Carol' 12/21/2012: I used to be a little embarrassed that my favorite Scrooge was Mister Magoo. But "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol," which marks its 50th anniversary this week with a Saturday night presentation by NBC - which hasn't shown it in decades - will always be my "Christmas Carol."
'Project Nim': Bad experiment goes awry 12/20/2012: IF NIM Chimpsky were alive today and his life had gone a little differently, he might have his own raucous "reality" show on MTV instead of just the occasional appearance on "Sesame Street."
'Homeland' finale ends with twists and turns 12/18/2012: SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't yet watched the Season 2 finale of Showtime's "Homeland," please don't read this until you have.
Watch: A sneak preview of NBC's newest sitcom '1600 Penn' 12/16/2012: A "sneak preview" behind "The Voice" may have seemed like the best holiday gift NBC could give its newest sitcom, but I'm not sure delivering a large audience to the doorstep of "1600 Penn" is doing it any favors.
'Dexter' star on how his character still humanizes inhumanity 12/14/2012: Seven seasons in, the man who plays Dexter Morgan still manages to maintain what seems like a healthy distance from TV's most sympathetic serial killer.
Dominic West adjusts to Hector Madden character in 2nd season of 'The Hour' 12/12/2012: * THE HOUR. 9 p.m. Wednesday, BBC America. ACTORS IN period pieces often crow (or complain) about the costumes or the hairstyles, but one of the biggest adjustments Dominic West ("The Wire") had to make to play a 1950s TV newsman in BBC America's "The Hour" was to his attitude.