Mediagazer: PBS: Acting like a network as well as service (David Bauder/Associated Press)

4:25 AM ET, August 5, 2013

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Peter May / New York Times:

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Bob Cohn / Folio:

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David Bauder / Associated Press:

PBS: Acting like a network as well as service — NEW YORK (AP) — Honey Boo Boo, the management at PBS wants to thank you. — You, too, real housewives. And naked castaways, Long Island princesses, breakaway Amish, storage warriors, pawn stars and pickers.

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Frank Thorp / NBC Politics:

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