Gail Shister joined The Inquirer in 1979 as its first female sportswriter, a barrier she also broke at The New Orleans States-Item (1975-78) and Buffalo Evening News (1974). She was the Inquirer's television columnist for 25 years.
Email Gail at gshister@phillynews.com
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- Video: Chase's role looms large as 'Sopranos' nears end
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It's the beginning of the end for The Sopranos, and Edie Falco is hurting.
Falco, who plays Carmela Soprano on the landmark HBO mob drama, made like the Mississippi at the recent cast reading of Sopranos' swan-song script.
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Gail Shister | Diane Sawyer lands Matos McGreevey in the morning
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Dina's doing Diane in the morning and - get this - NBC and CBS say it's no big whup. Dina Matos McGreevey, ex-wife of former New Jersey governor Jim "I'm a Gay American" McGreevey, will sit down with Good Morning America's Diane Sawyer for her only morning-show interview.
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Gail Shister | Jeff Greenfield defends his new colleague Katie Couric
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Part of the reason CBS's Katie Couric can't catch a break is because she's a she, says new colleague Jeff Greenfield.
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Gail Shister | Dobbs, not an a.m. guy, becoming an a.m. guy at CBS
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Just when you thought Lou Dobbs couldn't possibly suck up any more face time . . . Already seen seven nights a week at 6 on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, big Lou will add CBS's The Early Show to his portfolio, the Eye announced yesterday.
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MSNBC pulls the plug on Imus
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With advertisers bailing and critics boiling, MSNBC yesterday canceled simulcasts of Don Imus' popular weekday radio show, Imus in the Morning.
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Facing a storm, TV limits video
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In an unusual midcourse correction, TV networks have scaled back, or stopped altogether, running the disturbing video made by Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui.
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No news would (briefly) be welcome news
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Steve Capus graduated from Temple with a degree in communications, but judging by the last few weeks, he should have majored in crisis management.
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Young adults eschew traditional nightly news for "The Daily Show."
- They'll take Jon, and that's the way it isBefore Katie Couric was signed last year, rumors surfaced that Comedy Central's Jon Stewart might be in the running to anchor CBS Evening News.
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Like young viewers, CW wakes a little late
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Knock, knock. Who's there? The CW. Who? Who, indeed. The fledgling network with the weird name and the mongrel identity spent its inaugural season in Witness Protection. And with good reason.
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Mysterious surfer drama to take 'Sopranos' spot
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If you expect David Milch to concisely explain the premise of his inscrutable new HBO drama, we have three words for you:
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A stand-up keeps it clean and cleans up
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Brian Regan is a sweet guy who loves his family and won't snark on Paris Hilton. Despite those handicaps, he's funny. Funny enough to sell out theaters across the country. Funny enough to move 100,000 CDs. Funny enough to land his own Comedy Central special, at 10 p.m. Sunday.
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