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Obama Will Make Adults 'Cool' on TV

Prez-elect's calmness reflects rising popularity of adulthood

By Drew Nelles, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 30, 2008 9:14 PM CST

(Newser) – 60 Minutes is killing the competition, Mad Men is grittier by the episode, and even Gossip Girl's bimbos are growing up—thanks mostly to the adult air of Barack Obama, Mary McNamara writes in the Los Angeles Times. After 8 years of President Bush, whose... Read full story »

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