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new and noteworthy tv: 10/24-10/30

October 21, 2011 No Comments

My schedule is almost solidified…

Monday

Hoarders/Monster In-Laws (A&E, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Too much stuff, too difficult family?
Disappeared (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at people no longer around.

Tuesday

Auction Hunters/Flip Men (Spike, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – Auctions and houses updated.
Homicide Hunter (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – A retired police detective looks at murder cases.

Wednesday

Whitechapel (BBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Something tells me this new detective’s case might not be open and shut.

Thursday

It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Happy Halloween!
Beavis and Butt-head/Good Vibes (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – They’re back and joined by new animated surfers.

Friday

Chuck/Grimm (NBC, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premiere – What will Carmichael Industries bring and then what if fairy tale characters committed crime.
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (TBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – The Browns are back.
Gold Rush/Flying Wild Alaska (Disc, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Whatever.
Brides of Beverly Hills (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another twist on the bridal salon.

Saturday

The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – More chatting.

Sunday

Allen Gregory (Fox, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Jonah hill voices a kid mature beyond his seven years.
The Next Iron Chef (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – All star edition.
On the Case with Paula Zahn (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – The search for a killer.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

new and noteworthy tv: 10/17-10/23

October 15, 2011 No Comments

They’re almost all out…

Monday

Clean House New York (Style, 8pm) Series Premiere – I do get annoyed by my clutter.
Lottery Changed My Life (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – If I won the lottery…
Bachelorette Party (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – One should not have to watch bachelorette parties.

Tuesday

Man Up! (ABC, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – The latest of the dudes who are dumb and/or manly trying to be funny shows.
Flashpoint (Ion, 10pm) Season Premiere – This Canadian cop show moves to this network.

Wednesday

World Series (Fox, 7:30pm) – Go baseball.
Nature (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Starting with the wildlife around Chernobyl.
Too Fat for 15 (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – The weighing in begins.
The Will/Devil You Know (ID, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – What did you leave me, and what if your father was a serial killer?
Kitchen Cousins/Property Brothers (HGTV, 9:30/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – Family upscaling.
American Hoggers (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Texan feral-hog hunters.
Fact or Faked (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Paranormal?

Thursday

Rules of Engagement (CBS, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Getting a new chance on Thursdays.
Sweet Home Alabama/Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (CMT, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – The bachelor picks city or country and then the girls cheer.

Friday

Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another round of payne.
Boss (Starz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Kelsey Grammar returns to tv this time as a politician, will his brain disorder make him change his ways.
My Extreme Animal Phobia (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – So about my bird phobia…

Saturday

TiVo, social life?

Sunday

Once Upon a Time (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Can fairy-tale characters be released from their spell?
Glam Fair/Wicked Fit (Styl, 8/9pm) Series Premieres – Get more styly, get more fit.
I Survived ((Bio, 10pm) Season Premiere – Inspiring or creepy?

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

new and noteworthy: 10/10-10/16

October 9, 2011 No Comments

Another week, another listing…

Monday

The Rosie Show/Oprah’s Lifeclass (OWN, 7/8pm) Series Premiere – The ladies are trying to fill Oprah’s shoes?
Bored to Death/Enlightened (HBO, 9/9:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Just because Ted Danson is on CSI doesn’t mean this show is off the air, and then Laura Dern tries to reinvent herself after a public breakdown.
Scare Tactics (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Nothing would irritate me more than being on a hidden camera show, even with a sci-fi twist.
American Guns (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following the family owned firearms facility.

Tuesday

Last Man Standing (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Tim Allen’s show gets an hour block of fatherly doltishness humor.
Frontline (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – This season kicks off with a look at the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Cold Blood (ID, 9pm) Season Premiere – A look at some crimes, starting in sunny Hawaii.
I Used to Be Fat/Chelsea Settles (MTV, 10/11pm) Season/Series Premieres – Folks losing weight and then a plus size gal trying to get into the fashion industry.
Reed Between the Lines (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – Tracee Ellis Ross and Malcolm-Jamal Warner do their take on the family sitcom.

Wednesday

Work of Art (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – More contrived art to be judged.
Psych (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Don’t you love it how people in crime shows occasionally just stumble upon a dead body.

Thursday

Bordertown (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following the Laredo Police Department narcotics unit.
Harvest (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – So harvesting crops now gets its own reality show too.
Secretly Pregnant (Health, 10pm) Series Premiere – So unlike I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant, these ladies know they just aren’t telling.

Friday

Time to start in on the TiVo backlog.

Saturday

Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s/Don’t Tell the Bride (OWN, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Following a restaurant family and then the silly idea that a husband would plan the wedding.
Puppies vs. Babies (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – I can tell you which set of video clips will be cuter.

Sunday

Visionaries/Ask Oprah’s All Stars/Our America with Lisa Ling (OWN, 8/9/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – Tyler Perry, Living Your Best Life, and a little journalism starting with porn.
The Walking Dead/Talking Dead (AMC, 9/11:59pm) Season/Series Premiere – What drama will hit our zombie survivors next followed by chatting about the show.
Why Am I Still Single (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – The latest matchmaker tries to turn these singles around.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

new and noteworthy tv: 10/3-10/9

October 2, 2011 No Comments

My TiVo storage is already up to 9% (did I mention I have awesome storage?)…

Monday

Top Gear (BBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – More fast cars?
House (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – As discussed I am tired of him almost killing a person until they are cured but starting in prison is supposed to be a nice new twist.
Pop Up Video (VH1, 12am) Season Premiere – Stoked this is back and wondering what videos they have in store.

Tuesday

Mad Fashion/Fashion Hunters (Brav, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Runway’s Chris March takes on the costumey fashion and then some time with a fashion consignment store.
Gene Simmons Family Jewels (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – She says yes.
Onion News Network (IFC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Don’t be fooled by faux news.

Wednesday

American Horror Story (FX, 10pm) Series Premiere – There’s been lots of buzz about this family picks up an old Victorian house cheap for good reason, the show pushes the styles but do they succeed?
South Park/Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time (Com, 10pm) Season Premieres – The kids are back and then some parodies.
Penn & Teller Tell a Lie (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Can you tell which story is a lie?

Thursday

The This Old House Hour (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a 300-year-old farmstead.
Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution (Com, 10pm) Series Premiere – Funny?
The League (Fx, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Seth Rogan joins the guys for another season of fantasy football funny.

Friday

Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Kelly Ripa helps a bride pick a dress, for some reason.
Top Secret Recipe/Trick My What (CMT, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Can they recreate KFC and then trick out a tree skidder, whatever that is.
Sanctuary (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Some timeline type show.

Saturday

Rules of Engagement (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – This comedy series gets another season in no-mans-land Saturday night.
Free Agents (BBC, 11pm) Series Premiere – A look at the original Brits.

Sunday

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E!, 8pm) – Kim’s fairytale wedding.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

new and noteworthy tv: 9/12-9/18

September 10, 2011 No Comments

And so it begins… For new fall network series I’ll try to denote repeats of pilots, personally I’m a little overbooked until I rule stuff out so it’s nice to have some scheduling options.

Monday

Tennis (CBS, 1pm) – The rain delay is scheduled to kick men’s finals ’til Monday.
Monday Night Football (ESPN, 7pm) Season Premiere – Patriots at Dolphins.
Kate Plus 8 (TLC, 9pm) Series Finale – Please tell me I won’t have to hear anything else about her.
The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – All-American tastings.
Extreme Couponing (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – How much money can they save?
Showhouse Showdown (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Which of the identical rooms has the best design?

Tuesday

Rise Up (ESPN, 7pm) Series Premiere – Communities come together to rebuild community sports facilities.
90210/Ringer (CW, 8/9pm – Ringer replays 9/16 8pm, 9/19 9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Never got on board with new 90210 but might get on board with the new Sarah Michelle Geller as twin playing a twin with perhaps some twists and drama.
Parenthood (NBC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I need to remind myself what kind of trouble they were into last season.
I Hate My Bath (DIY, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – I assume this is like I Hate My Kitchen…

Wednesday

Survivor (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Welcome to Samoa.
H8R/ANTM (CW, 8/9pm) Series/Season Premiere – So passing on confronting folks who hate celebrities but can’t resist at least the first all stars models edition.
Operation Repo/Hulk Hogan’s MCW (Tru, 9/10:00pm) Season/Series Premieres – Repossessions and then Micro Championship Wrestling
Up All Night/Free Agents (NBC, 10/10:30pm – replays 9/15 8:30/9:30pm, 9/17 9/9:30pm) Series Premieres – The first could be funny while the second is supposed to stink.

Thursday

The Vampire Diaries/The Secret Circle (CW, 9/10pm – SS replays 9/16 9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Vampires and then witches, which I will check out, might be dumb but it’s got that cute girl from Life Unexpected.
Angels Among Us (CMT, 9pm) Series Premiere – Real life divine intervention?
It’s Always Sunny/Archer (Fx, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – All kinds of wrong funny, and then perhaps I’ll check out at least one ep of the animated series.
LA Ink (TLC, 10pm) Series Finale – Another reality person I’d be ok with not hearing any more about.

Friday

NCLR Alma Awards (NBC, 8pm) – Eva Longoria and George Lopez host.
20/20 (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Newsy.
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – No HBO for me.

Saturday

Confronting (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – I’m sure it’s all emotional and stuff to confront people.

Sunday

Emmys (Fox, 8pm) – Jane Lynch hosts.
Shake it Up (Dis, 8pm) Season Premiere – Characters on a scripted show audition for a reality show?

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

new and noteworthy tv: 9/5-9/11

September 3, 2011 No Comments

One more week ’til fall really starts rolling out so until then, tennis and the return of SAMCRO!

Monday

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Honestly tragic this season as they deal with, and probably don’t deal with, the suicide an estranged husband.
Interiors, Inc. (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Nashville designers for some strange reason start with Idol contestant Danny Gokey’s breakfast nook.
Swamp Loggers (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Feuds and pig roastin’.

Tuesday

For Rent (HGTV, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Ready to move out of the dorm room?
Frontier Force (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Cops, Montana deputy style.
The Rachel Zoe Project (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – More clothes, personalities, and catch phrases… this pick up mid pregnancy.
Sons of Anarchy (FX, 10pm) Season Premiere – Oh yeah, apparently this is a return to its roots season.

Wednesday

Animal Cops/Saved (AnPl, 8pm) Season/Series Premiere – Cops, SPCA style then pets offer comfort.
Inside the NFL (Show, 9pm) Season Premiere – Kick it off.
Rescue Me (FX, 10pm) Series Finale – Time to move on.
Paranormal Witness (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Personal encounters with the paranormal.

Thursday

CBS Fall Preview (CBS, 8:30pm) – Big Bang Theory cast takes us through the new offerings.
Sunday Night Football (NBC, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Are you ready for some football?

Friday

US Open (Various) – The CBS coverage takes over from ESPN2 today with Women’s semis and moving into the weekend of finals.
Unleashed by Garo (Sund, 9pm) Series Premiere – This fashion designer does some styly makeovers.

Saturday

Dew Tour (NBC, 1/1:30, sat/sun) – First the countdown and then the Toyota Challenge Salt Lake City event starting at 1:30.
Cops (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Can’t go wrong with the original.
Bad Dog (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – What will these dogs get into?
Dina’s Party (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – New Jersey Housewife throws some extravagant parties.

Sunday

Entourage (HBO, 10:30pm) Series Finale – Did I hear someone already talking about an Entourage movie?

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

new and noteworthy tv: 8/29-9/4

August 27, 2011 No Comments

Time to decide how much tennis to TiVo…

Monday

Basketball Wives LA (VH1, 8pm) Series Premiere – Because we need another show about wives.
Crave (Food, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Starting with a look for the ultimate slice.
American Chopper/Carfellas (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Bikes, cars…
Design on a Dime (HGTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Consider a bold palette.
Ridiculousness/Death Valley/Cuff’d (MTV, 10/10:30/11pm) Series Premieres – Internet videos, LAPD’s Undead Task Force, and teen arrests.

Tuesday

Big Sexy (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – A reality show about some gals who show how awesome it is to be plus sized.
Chopped (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Past winners return to compete.
Quirky (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think this is like one of those other shows where people invent things.

Wednesday

Dark Matters (Sci, 10pm) Series Premiere – Unusual science research?

Thursday

I’m Pregnant and… (Health, 10pm) Season Premiere – The ‘…and’ refers to some irregular scenario like my husband wants to become a woman.

Friday

Man, Woman, Wild (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Lost at sea…

Saturday

US Open Tennis (Various) – The CBS coverage picks up today with 3rd round, and ESPN2 has the earlier and other ongoing coverage.
I Faked My Own Death (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – I guess enough people have done it enough for a series.

Sunday

Masterpiece: Inspector Lewis (PBS, 9pm) – More inspecting…
All American Handyman (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – I can only assume this man is handy.
Border Wars (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – What do they confiscate…
Dinosaur Revolution (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – Evolution or revolution in this new animated series.
The Good Wife (CBS, 9:30pm) – A look back at the first couple seasons to catch folks up to date, not sure how compelling the special is but the show definitely is.
Las Vegas Jailhouse (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – Jailhouse rock…

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

new and noteworthy tv: 8/22-8/28

August 20, 2011 No Comments

My Tivo is down to 5%, ready for some fall tv to kick in…

Monday

La La’s Full Court Life/The TO Show (VH1, 9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – It’s a basketball wife story and a football star with ACL issues story.
Top Gear (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Apparently one doesn’t need to be a gearhead to appreciate this look at the fancies.
Lizard Lick Towing/Bear Swamp (Tru, 9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Repoing of vehicles and other things aren’t always easy.

Tuesday

Ludo Bites America (Sund, 9pm) Season Finale – These pop up chefs make their final stop in Redondo Beach, where will their culinary skills land.

Wednesday

Buried Treasure (Fox, 8pm) Series Premiere – It’s like taking Antiques Roadshow on the road.
Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Apparently there are either a lot of ghosts or these hunters aren’t that successful.
Happy Endings (ABC, 9:30pm) – An unaired episode of these
Confessions: Animal Hoarding (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – If you thought hoarding was depressing…
Top Chef Just Desserts (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bake ’til you drop.

Thursday

Rising (Disc, 8pm) Series Premiere – A look at the rebuilding of ground zero.

Friday

Rat Busters NYC (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think ‘rat’ means rat.

Saturday

Doctor Who (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back to the time travel for the doctor.
24/7 (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Mayweather and Ortiz train for their bout.

Sunday

Tennis (CBS, 9/10:30) – Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day is followed by the official preview of the US Open starting on Monday.
Madden NFL (NBC, 7pm) – Celebrities and NFL greats take on a little flag football.
MTV Music Video Awards (MTV, 9pm) – Another year another…
I Just Want My Pants Back (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Post collegiate Brooklyn hipsters try to entertain in this latest series.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

new and noteworthy tv: 8/15-8/21

August 13, 2011 No Comments

Another week another crop of…

Monday

The Lying Game (ABCFam, 9pm) Series Premiere – Twins separated at birth and one takes the other’s place to find the truth… and no this isn’t the new Sarah Michelle Gellar series.
Millionaire Matchmaker/Most Eligible Dallas (Brav, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Annoying dating champ is back and is followed by a group of apparently eligible Dallas folk.
Dina’s Party (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Weekly party planning from one of the real housewives.
Hair Battle Spectacular (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – I think they’re doing things that are not just the latest bob.

Tuesday

Downsized/Family Restaurant (WE, 91/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – A family continues with financial issues and then a family run Chinese restaurant.
What Not to Wear (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – I wish Stacy & Clinton could help me decide whether to return these boots.

Wednesday

Law & Order: UK/The Hour (BBCA, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – The L&O series lives on, and then a 50s era behind the scenes of an investigative news mag show.
Ton of Cash (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – Which contestant will prove themselves worthy of a big payout?
CMT Made (CMT, 10pm) Series Premiere – Folks try to change their lives, country folks.
Outrageous Kids Parties (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Over the top displays of wealth are kind of annoying, over the tops displays of wealth for kids are…

Thursday

Salvage Code Red (NGC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Diving for wreckage.
Blog Cabin (DIY, 9pm) Season Premiere – Building a cabin (not sure why it’s blog related).
Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Is beyond straight crooked?
Nightmare Next Door (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at old crimes and their perpetrators.

Friday

Tanked (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – What industry have we not visited? A family that builds fish tanks?

Saturday

Visa Championships (NBC, 8pm) – The women’s gymnasts throw down.
Bizarre ER (Health, 10pm) Season Premiere – Behind the scenes odd ailments.

Sunday

US Open Series (ESPN2/CBS, various) – The tennis series continues with the finals on Sunday in Cincinnati.
Home Takeover with Simon & Tomas (OWN, 11pm) Series Premiere – A European approach to home makeovers.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

new and noteworthy tv: 8/8-8/14

August 6, 2011 No Comments

We’re all just waiting it out until September when the fall series start to hit, but until then there is still always something new.

Monday

Bachelor Pad (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – This is the one where the castoffs hook up.
Tia & Tamara (Style, 9pm) Series Premiere – I was wondering why there weren’t more reality series that followed random celebrities like the former stars of ‘Sister, Sister’.
Donna Decorates Dallas (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Starts with a master bedroom makeover.
Sugar High (Food, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Duff from ‘Ace of Cakes’ travels to other sweet shops.

Tuesday

Auction Kings/Dirty Money (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Sell collectibles, transform collectibles.
Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t know, one of these Gordon Ramsay shows.
I Escaped/Big Law (ID, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Escape from prison and then someone called Butterbean becomes a deputy somewhere.
Top Shot (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – Expert marksmen compete.

Wednesday

Primetime Nightline: Celebrity Secrets (ABC, 10pm) – No one really cares about this but there’s nothing really new today.

Thursday

Russian Dolls (Life, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – More annoying reality women, these ones are of Russian heritage.

Friday

Karaoke Battle USA (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – For all the people that people like Simon said sound like they’re singing karaoke.
Strike Back (Cin, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s time to follow some terrorist fighters.

Saturday

Action Sports (Sat/Sun, NBC, 1:30pm) – The Dew Tour hits Portland.
Wrestlemania (NBC, 9pm) – The Rock hosts, is he still going by the Rock but maybe only at wrestling events?

Sunday

Tennis (ESPN2, various) – The US Open series hits Toronto with the Rogers Cup.
I.Am.First/CMA Music Festival (ABC, 7pm) – Science and math and tunes followed by tunes of the country variety.
In the Flow with Affion Crockett (Fox, 9pm) Series Premiere – Sketch comedy with some guy whose name spelling I checked a couple times.
The Great Food Truck Race (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cooking competition on wheels.
Unusual Suspects (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – An old crime solved.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

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