''Tabloid Wars'' is an American
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series which premiered on July 24, 2006, on the
Bravo
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cable network. Filmed in mid-2005, the show chronicles the working lives of journalists from the ''
New York Daily News
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''.
Featured writers and editors included
Michael Cooke,
Lenore Skenazy
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, Dean Chang, Tracy Connor, Tony Sclafani, Joanna Molloy,
Kerry Burke
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, and Hudson "Hud" Morgan. Despite good reviews from critics, the show was not renewed for a second season.
The show was initially supposed to focus on employees working in the ''
New York Post
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It was established ...
''; the editor in chief
Col Allan
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, however, opted to pass on the show. The series was announced in April 2005 and was initially called ''The Daily News''.
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2000s American reality television series
2006 American television series debuts
2006 American television series endings
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Television series about journalism
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