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Philly Inquirer veteran
Gail Shister (left), who recently had her TV column taken away, contends readers "have a virtually insatiable appetite for any news about television." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's
Rob Owen believes hand-wringing over the future of TV critics may be a bit premature. "I disagree that TV critics are dropping everywhere. Many of the newspapers that have dropped a longtime TV critic have turned around and had someone new apply for TCA [TV Critics Association] membership within a few months."