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new and noteworthy tv: 10/25-10/31

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Monday

  • In Treatment (HBO, 9/9:30pm) Season Premiere – The doctor is in.
  • Dead Set (IFC, 9pm) Series Premiere – If I understand this correctly the miniseries, airing each night this week, has zombies attacking Big Brother, I guess that’s one way to make it interesting.

Tuesday

  • Raising Hope (Fox, 9pm) – An hour of Hope is a bad sign for Running Wilde.
  • 16 & Pregnant (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – More pregnant teens.
  • Auction Kings (Disc, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Aren’t there already a few of these auction shows?
  • Dance Cam Slam (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Reality shows get cheaper with folks sending in dance moves from their own computers.

Wednesday

  • World Series (Fox, 4:30pm) – Go Giants.
  • Friday Night Lights (DirTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – The final season begins, and it’s a Wednesday, I’m just irritated that they stopped replaying this on ABC Family, I guess I’ll have to move to netflix as I’m only on season two.
  • I’ll Do Anything (BBCA, 9pm) Series Premiere – Folks compete to get on the big stage.
  • Hollywood Treasure (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s basically another auction show but for Hollywood memorabilia.

Thursday

  • It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm, and Fri) – ‘Tis the season.
  • Scared Shrekless (NBC, 8pm, and Sat) – Shrek leads the Halloween spirit and pushes Community to 8:30, though why we’re losing 30Rock for the night and not Outsourced is beyond me.
  • Police Women of Dallas (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – This season moves to Dallas to follow police women, I guess the title is pretty self explanatory.
  • Ancient Aliens (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at places that have some mysterious history.
  • Fact or Faked (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – The truth behind mysterious images caught on camera.
  • The Fairy Jobmother (Life, 11pm) Series Premiere – A career specialist helps folks in need.

Friday

  • What Not To Wear (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – They’re back and starting with a makeover of Facts of Life’s Mindy Cohn.
  • Snow Men (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Folks open snowy roads, maybe for Ice Road Truckers.

Saturday

  • Monsters vs. Aliens (NBC, 8:30pm) – Now you will wonder is it a jack-o-lantern or is it an alien?
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Russell Howard and Charlotte Church guest.

Sunday

  • Outrageous Food (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Biggest burgers, hottest peppers, and more.
  • The Walking Dead (AMC, 10pm) Series Premiere – This new series explores a world taken over by zombies, I’m sensing a zombie theme week.

* Times noted are PST and schedule as always is subject to change.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/18-10/24

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Monday

  • The Talk (CBS, 2pm) Series Premiere – The latest day time talk with Sara Gilbert, Leah Remini, Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, and Marissa Jaret Winoker.
  • Rock of Love: Where Are They Now?/Brett Michaels: Life as I Know It (VH1, 9/10pm) Special/Series Premiere – Something tells me Brett is more entertaining as a carouser instead of as a part time family man.

Tuesday

  • Freak Encounters (AnPl, 7:30pm) Series Premiere – It starts with a giant mutant bat.
  • Nova/Independent Lens (PBS, 8/11pm) Season Premieres – Great cathedral architecture then America Ferrara hosts film looks.
  • Dirty Jobs/Ghost Lab (Disc, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Exotic animals and Civil War ghosts.
  • Millionaire Matchmaker (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – New York millionaires.
  • Scream 2010 (Spike, 9pm) – Horror awards.

Wednesday

  • Tailgate Warriors (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Guy Fieri hosts the latest challenge.

Thursday

  • Night of Too Many Stars (Com, 9pm) – Jon Stewart hosts a concert for autism education with many a star.

Friday

  • Catch up on dvr!

Saturday

  • 24/7 (HBO, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Pacquiao and Margarito prep for the big brawl.

Sunday

  • Football Wives (VH1, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – More reality fare.
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new and noteworthy tv: 10/11-10/17

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Monday

  • Guiliana & Bill (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – More oversharing.
  • Property Virgins (HGTV, 8pm) Season Premiere – Looking for starter homes.

Tuesday

  • Hip Hop Awards/Being Terry Kennedy (BET, 8/10pm) Series Premiere – Mike Epps hosts the hippity hop awards then Terry Kennedy skateboards and does biz.
  • Private Chefs (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – First stop, cooking for Lorenzo Lamas.
  • Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time (Com, 10pm) Series Premiere – Sketch comedy.
  • Parking Wars (A&E, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Parking drama continues.

Wednesday

  • Storm Chasers (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Always a storm somewhere.
  • What’s Eating You (E!, 10pm) Series Premiere – Next issue is eating disorders.

Thursday

  • The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Great, there’s another one.

Friday

  • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders/World’s Strictest Parents (CMT, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Cheering and rules and regulations.
  • Sanctuary (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Picking up with more adventure.
  • School Pride (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – This looks like Extreme Home makeover for schools.
  • Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – Glad Jesse is getting to the bottom of these.

Saturday

  • Dew Tour (NBC/USA, various) – The final stop in the action sports series.
  • Behind the Music/Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp/The Metal Show (VH1 Classic, 6/7/8pm) Season/Series Premiere – Music adjacent shows.

Sunday

  • Paranormal State/Psychic Kids (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Ghosts of all ages.
  • Luther (BBCA, 10pm) Series Premiere – Idris Elba takes on a detective role where he apparently might not always do things by the book.
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new and noteworthy tv: 10/4-10/10

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So fall has almost completely fallen, thankfully not a lot new so I can start winnowing down my current schedule.

Monday

  • Disappeared (ID, 7pm) Season Premiere – Lots of disappearances to show.
  • Southern Fried Stings (Tru, 7pm) Season Premiere – A former state trooper and his team try to bring the bad guys down.
  • Lie to Me (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – Who is lying this season?
  • The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – I just saw an episode of this and apparently they don’t all get along.
  • The A-List/The Arrangement (Logo, 10/11pm) Series Premiere – Gay elite and then flower arranging competition.

Tuesday

  • House of Glam (Oxy, 11pm) Series Premiere – Beauty gang does their biz.

Wednesday

  • Dog the Bounty Hunter/Steven Seagal Lawman (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – More fake lawmen.
  • Mythbusters (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Starting with dog myths.
  • Harry Loves Lisa (TVL, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another reality show following celebrities trying to kick things off again.
  • The Challenge (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Real World and Road Rules kids get together.
  • South Park/Ugly Americans (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – More animated funny.

Thursday

  • The This Old House Hour (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – House renovation fun.
  • Kick Off Cook Off (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Football and cooking.

Friday

  • Dog Whisperer (NatGeo, 8pm) Season Premiere – Cesar gets the doggies in line.
  • Fatal Attractions (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – Tiger with PTSD sounds serious.

Saturday

  • Auctioneer$ (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Auction fun.

Sunday

  • Food Feuds (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who makes the city’s best…?
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new and noteworthy tv: 9/27-10/3

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Monday

  • Sesame Street (PBS, 7am) Season Premiere – Kyra Sedgwick kicks of a camouflage show.
  • Made (MTV, 4pm) Season Premiere – The 200th episode of youngsters getting it done with Tommy, a filmmaker.
  • The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – More folks talk good food.
  • Expedition Wild (NatGeo, 9pm) Season Premiere – Casey Anderson hits Yellowstone.
  • Top Gear (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – More gear.
  • The Buried Life (MTV, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Young dudes still try to do stuff, including streaking.

Tuesday

  • Weird, True, & Freaky/Lost Tapes (AnPl, 5/7pm) Season Premieres – Weird animals, then weird animals.
  • The Good Wife (CBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – What will Alicia do?
  • No Ordinary Family (ABC, 8pm, repeats Fri) Series Premiere – It’s like The Fantastics but with real people.
  • Stargate Universe (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – More adventures.
  • Billy the Exterminator (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – More yucky things to kill.

Wednesday

  • Law & Order: Los Angeles (NBC, 10pm, repeats Sat) Series Premiere – Let’s see what Lola has to bring.

Friday

  • Human Target (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – I almost liked the capers and characters of this show last season and might tune in to see where they’re taking things.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9/9:30pm) Season Premiere – More brides, more dresses.
  • The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (IFC, 10pm) Series Premiere – An office comedy about a US transplant in the UK.
  • Teach: Tony Danza (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – This seven part series follows Tony Danza actually teaching high school.

Saturday

  • Austin City Limits (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Jimmy Cliff starts the new season.
  • Iconoclasts (Sund, 9pm) Season Premiere – Charlize Theron meets Jane Goodall.

Sunday

  • America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7pm) Season Premiere – Funniest is always relative.
  • Law & Order: UK (BBCA, 7:30pm) Series Premiere – Totally intrigued but don’t get the channel.
  • Holmes Inspector (HGTV, 9pm) Series Premiere – Old homes, old pipes.
  • The Next Iron Chef (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – More chefs.
  • American Dad (Fox, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – More toon fun.
  • Masterpiece Mysteries (PBS, 9pm) – The miniseries Wallander starts off.
  • IRT (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Ice Road Truckers on the deadliest roads.
  • CSI: Miami (CBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – David Caruso wears sunglasses and makes stilted statements.

Since scheduling come fall gets difficult and networks sometimes rerun pilots I’ll try to note repeat airings for new shows, all times are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/6-9/12

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Summer’s not officially over but I’m starting to sense fall. Procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • CBS Fall Preview (CBS, 8:30) – Hawaii 5-0 and whatnot.
  • Hoarders (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – There is some serious possums running through the house, no place to move, calling child services hoarding in the previews.
  • Thintervention with Jackie Warner (Brav, 10:15pm) Series Premiere – Jackie Warner tries to get some folks thin.

Tuesday

  • 360 Sessions (IFC, 6pm) Series Premiere – David Gray guests on what I assume is a well rounded look at him.
  • Rehab (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – I think this show is actually a look at partying not rehab.
  • Sons of Anarchy (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can’t wait to see all the trouble they get into and out of, Jax and the gang’s struggles to do the right thing pull me in as much as the action.

Wednesday

  • ANTM (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – I just can’t stay away from this show, though I don’t seem to care about the girls and Tyra is unbearable, wait why do I watch this?
  • Hellcats (CW, 9pm, repeats Fri) Series Premiere – This looks like a cheesy Bring it On but I can’t resist checking out the cheese.
  • Inside the NFL (Show, 9pm) Season Premiere – I wanna say they look at the NFL.
  • Terriers (Fx, 10pm, repeats various) Series Premiere – One of the new shows that I’m genuinely interested in seeing, critics are saying good things and I dig Donal Logue, seeing him in an edgy, comic buddy, PI type show seems like a good fit.
  • Black Gold (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – The gang gets new management in this reality fare.
  • The Day Before (Sund, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season starts with a look at Diane von Furstenberg.

Thursday

  • The Vampire Diaries (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – I sampled this series last season but couldn’t get into the latest vampire brooding stares and small town goings on.
  • Sunday Night Football (NBC, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Also on Sunday.
  • Nikita (CW, 9pm, repeats Fri) Series Premiere – Not sure what to make of this latest take on Le Femme Nikita based on the previews but it’s getting enough good buzz, as is Maggie Q as our rogue assassin back for revenge.
  • Destination Truth/Beast Legends (Syfy, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Paranormal and then beasty investigations.
  • Watch What Happens (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – An interview show that kicks off with some of the ‘real’ housewives.

Friday

  • Stand Up to Cancer (Various, 8pm) – Celebrities and performers on this fundraiser.
  • Four Weddings (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Brides judge each other’s weddings to win a dream honeymoon.
  • Fashion Police (E!, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Joan Rivers dishes.
  • Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up (Starz, 11pm) Season Premiere – Martin brings in the comics.

Saturday

  • Cops/America’s Most Wanted (Fox, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Can you believe these shows have been on for 23 and 24 seasons respectively?
  • Dogs 101 (AnPl, 8pm) Season Premiere – More doggie info.

Sunday

  • US Open (CBS/ESPN2, various) – The Grand Slam concludes with the women’s final on Saturday and men’s Sunday.
  • MTV VMAs (MTV, 9pm) – Chelsea Handler hosts, let the Kanye West jokes end.
  • Over the Limit (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – It’s like Cops I think.
  • The World of Jenks (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Andrew Jenks is a filmmaker who follows strangers to show insight into their worlds.

Since scheduling come fall gets difficult and networks sometimes rerun pilots I’ll try to note repeat airings for new shows, all times are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/30-9/5

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Another week before anything really new comes out, good thing I have tennis to entertain me.

Monday

  • Diners, Drive-ins & Dives (Food, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Family joints and gas stations.

Tuesday

  • Presidential Address (MSNBC, 5pm) – Obama talks Iraq.

Wednesday

  • CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock (ABC, 8pm) – Tim McGraw hosts country stars rockin’.
  • Changing Lanes (BET, 8pm) Series Premiere – Vie for a spot on Nascar, or is it at Nascar?
  • Sci-Fi Science (Sci, 7pm) Season Premiere – Earth, the galaxy…

Thursday

  • Thursday Night College Football (ESPN, 8pm) Season Premiere – I think Saturday night college football also starts this week, but don’t quote me on my football scheduling knowledge.

Friday

  • Camp Rock 2 (Disney, 8pm) – The teenyboppers rock on.

Saturday

  • US Open (ESPN2/CBS, various) – Early rounds kick off on Monday with network coverage starting Saturday and Sunday, will there be enough healthy women to compete and could we see Nadal and Federer in the final?

Sunday

  • Jerseylicious/Mel B: It’s a Scary World (Style, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Omg, who cares?
  • Freaky Eaters (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Addicted to cheeseburgers or sugar or…
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new and noteworthy tv: 8/23-8/29

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Monday

  • Miss Universe Pageant (NBC, 9pm) – Hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales, and it looks like Sheila E will be one of the highlights.

Tuesday

  • Made: The Movie (MTV, 10pm) – Based on the reality series this scripted version of band gal goes cheerleader.

Wednesday

  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Shadows, voices, noises…
  • Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Is your spouse hiding a shocking secret?

Thursday

  • Family Style (Food, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Planning aphrodisiac apps for a speed dating event.

Friday

  • The Gulf is Back (CW, 8pm) – Hasselhoff follows up his roast with a hosting event, a tribute to Gulf Coast residents.
  • Beyond Survival with Les Stroud (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – The guy from Survivorman hobnobs with indigenous locals to learn survival skills.
  • Blood Dolphins (AnPl, 11pm) Series Premiere – For those of you who appreciate Whale Wars.

Saturday

  • Persons Unknown (NBC, 9pm) Series Finale – Persons become known?

Sunday

  • Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day (CBS, 9pm) – Kicking off the US Open is the annual charity event featuring tennis greats and some random teenybopper bands.
  • Emmy Awards (NBC, 7/8pm) – From the arrivals to the awards, Jimmy Fallon hosts.
  • Border Wars (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another look into illegal immigration.
  • Amazing Wedding Cakes (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – Another show that looks at the cakes.
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new and noteworthy tv: 8/16-8/22

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Monday

  • Weeds/The Big C (Show, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – A couple ladies who find some funny and some drama in their tough situations.
  • Hardcore Pawn (Tru, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – How many pawn shop reality shows does this make?

Tuesday

  • Melissa & Joey (ABCFam, 8/8:30pm) Series Premiere – Our old school sitcom stars together at last, or again… well they’re together, it’s like Who’s the Boss.
  • Big Lake (Com, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – A new sitcom where big city failure comes back home to smalltown crazy.

Wednesday

  • Surviving the Cut (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Candidates for elite military schools.
  • She’s Got the Look (TVL, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – This is the modeling competition for ‘old’ women.

Thursday

  • Pitchmen (Disc, 6pm) Season Premiere – What will the inventors propose this season?
  • Extreme Cuisine with Jeff Corwin (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – Starting off in New Zealand with what can only assume are weird foods.
  • Nightline Prime (ABC, 10pm) – Start of a four part series on the brain.
  • You’re Wearing That?!? (WE, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Mother daughter makeover show.
  • WCG Ultimate Gamer (Syfy, 11pm) Season Premiere – Something about gamers…

Friday

  • Death Comes to Town (IFC, 7pm) – An eight part miniseries brought in by the comedic troupe Kids in the Hall.

Saturday

  • Persons Unknown (NBC, 8pm) – After watching tonight’s episode be sure the catch the next one online only before the two hour finale next week.

Sunday

  • Tennis (CBS, 9am) – The finals of the Western & Southern Masters in Cincinnati, following earlier coverage on ESPN2.
  • Delocated/Children’s Hospital (AdSw/Cart, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – These odd series return with made for tv episodes.
  • Swamp People (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – The latest reality follows folks in the swamp lands of Louisiana.
  • Family Style (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Siblings open an eatery in Carlsbad.
  • Keeping Up with the Kardashians/The Spin Crowd (E!, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – The Kardashians and then we follow the opening of a PR firm.
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new and noteworthy tv: 8/9-8/15

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Monday

  • Teen Choice Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Katy Perry hosts this latest surf board giveaway.
  • Bachelor Pad (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – All the smarmiest do a Big Brother-esque live in the same house and compete for money kind of thang.
  • Too Fat for 15 (Style, 8pm) Series Premiere – It’s like that Huge show but with real kids.
  • Wild Nights (NatGeo, 9pm) Series Premiere – Starting with New Orleans nocturnals.
  • Dating in the Dark (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can you build a real connection without seeing the other person, and when you see them will the connection break?

Tuesday

  • Flipping Out (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – More house flipping by some guy.
  • Swords (Disc, 6pm) Season Premiere – Hmm, I think this is swordfishing not swordfighting.
  • Hair Battle Spectacular (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another hair cutting competition, this one is extreme.
  • IT Crowd (IFC, 7:30pm) Season Premiere – Is work advancement worth it.

Wednesday

  • Man vs Wild (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – What’ll Bear get into and out of this season?
  • Hard Knocks (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – This season we start off with the NY Jets.
  • LA Ink (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – New tattoos, new people.

Thursday

  • American Chopper/BBQ Pit Masters (TLC, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Jr vs Sr and then pitmaster vs pitmaster.
  • Deadly Women (ID, 6pm) Season Premiere – Women who kill for revenge.

Friday

  • Perhaps a dvd to entertain, I might finish up Carnivale.

Saturday

  • Dew Tour (NBC/USA, sat/sun, 1pm/various) – The event also shown on USA continues the competition at this event and for the overall Dew cup.
  • Visa Championships (NBC, 8pm) – Let the gymnasts compete.
  • The Cupcake Girls (WE, 9/9:30pm) Series Premiere – The challenges of the cupcake business.

Sunday

  • The Great Food Truck Race (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – May the most sales win.
  • Lottery Changed My Life (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – What would you do if you won the lottery, looking at real life people who have.
  • Roast of David Hasselhoff (Com, 10pm) – So much fodder.
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