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This Fall's Top Guy Shows

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 24, 2009 5:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – Fall is right around the corner, and with it, thankfully, comes new TV. Esquire runs down the top shows men should be looking forward to:

Modern Family: A mockumentary in which the guy who played Al Bundy plays the head of three different families.
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