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Cesar Millan's Long Walk To Becoming The 'Dog Whisperer'

Cesar Millan's television show Dog Whisperer on National Geographic debuted in 2004, but Millan previously spent years struggling to pursue a career as a dog trainer. Robin Layton/Courtesy of Cesar Millan hide caption

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My Big Break

Cesar Millan's Long Walk To Becoming The 'Dog Whisperer'

Millan is one of the world's most famous dog trainers, with TV shows and best-selling books. But his journey was arduous: He came to the U.S. illegally and was homeless before he got his big break.

Cesar Millan's Long Walk To Becoming The 'Dog Whisperer'

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The New And The Next

Right-Leaning Political Satire Show Shoots Back At Liberals

Ozy deputy editor Eugene Robinson talks with NPR's Kelly McEvers about a new political satire show that aims to poke fun of the left and about the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of Jeopardy!

Right-Leaning Political Satire Show Shoots Back At Liberals

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Inside 'Regular Show,' Where Every Clip Is A Big Production

J.G. Quintel is the creator of Regular Show and the voice of one of its main characters, Mordecai. Cartoon Network hide caption

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Inside 'Regular Show,' Where Every Clip Is A Big Production

The Emmy-winning cartoon is one bizarre and hilarious plot after another. For the show's creators, making each 11-minute episode is its own adventure.

Inside 'Regular Show,' Where Every Clip Is A Big Production

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Sex And The Greater 'Good Wife': Archie Panjabi On Keeping That Big Secret

Archie Panjabi plays Kalinda Sharma on CBS's The Good Wife. Jeffrey Neira/CBS hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Sex And The Greater 'Good Wife': Archie Panjabi On Keeping That Big Secret

Archie Panjabi plays a crafty investigator on the TV show The Good Wife. She talks with NPR's Scott Simon about her character, and being a South Asian British woman in Hollywood.

Sex And The Greater 'Good Wife': Archie Panjabi On Keeping That Big Secret

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'The Good Wife' Delivers A Game-Changing Stunner

Fresh Air

Last Sunday, the CBS drama delivered something major and unexpected. If you don't know what happened, and don't wish to, you may not want to listen, but Fresh Air's critic has a lot to say about it.

'The Good Wife' Delivers A Game-Changing Stunner

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From Walter White To LBJ, Bryan Cranston Is A Master Of Transformation

Over the course of Breaking Bad, Walter White (Bryan Cranston) metamorphosed from a high school chemistry teacher to a notorious outlaw. Ursula Coyote/AMC hide caption

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From Walter White To LBJ, Bryan Cranston Is A Master Of Transformation

Fresh Air

While Breaking Bad fans were watching him portray Walt in the series' final episodes, Cranston was already reinventing himself — playing Lyndon B. Johnson in the play All the Way.

From Walter White To LBJ, Bryan Cranston Is A Master Of Transformation

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Fans Of 'The Good Wife' Rocked By [Spoiler Alert]

Matthew Goode (left) as Finn Polmar and Josh Charles (right) as Will Gardner in Sunday night's episode of CBS's The Good Wife. CBS hide caption

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Fans Of 'The Good Wife' Rocked By [Spoiler Alert]

Fans of the TV program The Good Wife are reeling from a shocking episode — one that saw one of its most beloved characters exit the scene suddenly and with finality.

Fans Of 'The Good Wife' Rocked By [Spoiler Alert]

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The Most Powerful Nerd In The Universe Is A Scientific Anomaly

Neil deGrasse Tyson is hosting Cosmos, the science documentary series made popular by Carl Sagan. Tyson is Sagan's successor as America's most famous scientist. Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption

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Code Switch

The Most Powerful Nerd In The Universe Is A Scientific Anomaly

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is everywhere these days. And his current stature is remarkable, in part because he's a black astrophysicist — seemingly as elusive a phenomenon as the Higgs boson.

'Mad Men' Reveals: In The New Season, People Will Wear Things

Jon Hamm as Don Draper in a publicity photo for the upcoming seventh season of Mad Men. This is pretty much all we know. If we told you more, we'd have to ... well, you know. Frank Ockenfels/AMC hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

'Mad Men' Reveals: In The New Season, People Will Wear Things

What can you tell from the incredibly stylish new teaser for the upcoming season of Mad Men? Well, you can tell it's not set in the 1800s on the prairie. More than that is speculation.

When Your Best Friend Is A Star — And You're Her Minion

Dolly Wells (left) and Emily Mortimer have been real-life friends since childhood. Now they're co-starring in an inside-showbiz comedy airing on HBO. HBO hide caption

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HBO

When Your Best Friend Is A Star — And You're Her Minion

The British import Doll & Em is another inside-Hollywood comedy from HBO; Emily Mortimer and her real-life friend Dolly Wells play outsize versions of themselves.

When Your Best Friend Is A Star — And You're Her Minion

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