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8 Simple Rules (originally 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter for the first season) is an American sitcom comedy television show, originally starring John Ritter and Katey Sagal as middle-class parents Paul and Cate Hennessy raising their three children. [1]

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ABC Spark

ABC Spark is a Canadian English-language Category B digital cable and satellite television specialty channel which is owned by Corus Entertainment.

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ABC Studios

Touchstone Television Productions, LLC (d/b/a ABC Studios), is the television production unit of ABC Entertainment Group, part of Disney–ABC Television Group (both ultimately owned by The Walt Disney Company).

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ABC1 (UK)

ABC1 was a British television channel that is owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company using the branding of the Disney-owned American network, ABC.

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Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American television, film and stage actor, and director.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Amy Davidson

Amy Davidson (born September 15, 1979) is an American actress.

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Animal rights

Animal rights is the idea in which some, or all, non-human animals are entitled to the possession of their own lives and that their most basic interests—such as the need to avoid suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings.

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Aortic dissection

Aortic dissection (AD) occurs when an injury to the innermost layer of the aorta allows blood to flow between the layers of the aortic wall, forcing the layers apart.

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Archive of American Television

The Archive of American Television is a division of the non-profit Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation in North Hollywood, Los Angeles that films interviews with notable people from all aspects of the television industry.

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Billy Aaron Brown

Billy Aaron Brown (born July 28, 1981) is an American actor.

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Blonde stereotype

Blonde stereotypes are stereotypes of blond haired people, especially women.

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Broadcast syndication

Broadcasting syndication is the license to broadcast television programs and radio programs by multiple television stations and radio stations, without going through a broadcast network.

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Cannabis (drug)

Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the ''Cannabis'' plant intended for medical or recreational use.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio service CBS.

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Channel 5 (UK)

Channel 5 is a British commercial television network.

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Cindy Williams

Cynthia Jane Williams (born August 22, 1947) is an American actress, best known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976–1982).

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Cole Williams

Cole Williams (born Christopher Cole Williams on July 28, 1981) is an American film and TV actor.

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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media (CSM) is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that provides education and advocacy to families to promote safe technology and media for children.

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Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model.

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Dan Cortese

Daniel James "Dan" Cortese (born September 14, 1967) is an American actor.

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Daniella Monet

Daniella Monet Zuvic (born March 1, 1989) is an American actress and singer best known for playing numerous television guest roles and starring as Trina Vega in the Nickelodeon comedy series Victorious.

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Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC, or simply Dateline, is a weekly American television newsmagazine/reality legal show that is broadcast on NBC.

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David Spade

David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, and television personality.

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Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)

Disney Channel is a kids and teen's entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland since 1 October 1995.

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Disney Media Distribution

Disney Media Distribution (DMD), a DBA of Disney–ABC International Television, Inc., is responsible for The Walt Disney Company's branded and non-branded filmed entertainment distribution, now distributing more than 30,000 hours of content to over 1300 broadcasters across 240 territories worldwide.

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Disney–ABC Domestic Television

Disney–ABC Domestic Television, also operating as ABC Syndication (formerly known as Buena Vista Television, Inc., also known as Disney Domestic Television and currently known as Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution), is the in-home sales and content distribution firm of the Disney–ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Double standard

A double standard is the application of different sets of principles for similar situations.

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Freeform (TV channel)

Freeform is an American cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Disney–ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War (2 August 199028 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 199017 January 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm (17 January 199128 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

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Hebrew language

No description.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

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J. D. Salinger

Jerome David "J.

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James Garner

James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor, producer, and voice artist.

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James Widdoes

James "Jamie" Widdoes (born November 15, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and film and television director.

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Jason Ritter

Jason Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor.

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Joan of Arcadia

Joan of Arcadia is an American television fantasy/family drama telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi (played by Amber Tamblyn), who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given.

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John Ratzenberger

John Dezso Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) from Ratzenberger's official website is an American actor, voice actor, and entrepreneur.

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John Ritter

Jonathan Southworth Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor and comedian.

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born Jonathan Taylor Weiss; September 8, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, and director.

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Just Shoot Me!

Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from March 4, 1997, to August 16, 2003, with a total of 148 half-hour episodes spanning seven seasons.

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Kala Savage

Kala Lynne Savage (born October 16, 1978) is an American actress.

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Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Christine Cuoco (born November 30, 1985) is an American actress.

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Katey Sagal

Catherine Louise Sagal (born January 19, 1954) is an American actress and singer-songwriter.

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Kids' WB

Kids' WB was an American children's programming block that originally aired on The WB Television Network from September 9, 1995 to September 16, 2006.

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Korea

Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball.

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Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Lionsgate Home Entertainment (formerly Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment and Lions Gate Home Entertainment) is the home video distribution arm of Lionsgate.

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Martin Spanjers

Martin Brian Spanjers (born February 2, 1987) is an American actor.

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Multiple-camera setup

The multiple-camera setup, multiple-camera mode of production, multi-camera or simply multicam is a method of filmmaking and video production.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Neighborhood watch

A neighborhood watch or neighbourhood watch (see spelling differences), also called a crime watch or neighbourhood crime watch, is an organized group of civilians devoted to crime and vandalism prevention within a neighborhood.

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Nerd

A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introvert or lacking social skills.

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Nielsen ratings

Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems operated by Nielsen Media Research that seek to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States.

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Nikki Danielle Moore

Nikki Danielle Moore is an American actress best known as the character Jenna Sharpe on the sitcom 8 Simple Rules from 2003 to 2005.

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Paul Wesley

Paweł Tomasz Wasilewski (born July 23, 1982), known professionally as Paul Wesley and formerly as Paul Wasilewski, is a Polish-American actor, director, and producer.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

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Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is a hospital in Burbank, California.

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Puppy love

Puppy love (also known as a crush, calf love or kitten love) is an informal term for feelings of romantic or platonic love, often felt during childhood and adolescence.

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Purple Heart

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.

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Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.

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Reba (TV series)

Reba is an American sitcom starring Reba McEntire that aired on The WB from October 5, 2001, to May 5, 2006, and on The CW from November 19, 2006, to February 18, 2007.

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Rerun

A rerun or repeat is a rebroadcast of an episode of a radio or television program.

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RTÉ2

RTÉ2 is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

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Shady Acres Entertainment

Shady Acres Entertainment is a production company founded in 2000 by producer and director Tom Shadyac.

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Shelley Long

Shelley Lee Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American actress.

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Sitcom

A sitcom, short for "situation comedy", is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode.

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Suzanne Pleshette

Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 – January 19, 2008) was an American actress and voice actress.

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Suzy Nakamura

Suzy Nakamura is an American actress of Japanese descent.

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Television comedy

Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting.

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Television show

A television show (often simply TV show) is any content produced for broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, cable, or internet and typically viewed on a television set, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows.

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TG4

TG4 (TG Ceathair; or) is an Irish public service broadcaster for Irish-language speakers.

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TGIF (ABC)

TGIF is the name of a defunct American prime time television programming block that aired on ABC, initially from 1989 to 2000.

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The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye is a story by J. D. Salinger, first published in serial form in 1945-6 and as a novel in 1951.

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The CW

The CW Television Network (commonly referred to as just The CW) is an American English-language broadcast television network that is operated by the CW Network, LLC, a limited liability joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network (UPN), and Warner Bros. Entertainment, former majority owner of The WB.

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The CW Daytime

The CW Daytime is the former official branding for an afternoon programming block that broadcasts on The CW.

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996.

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The WB

The WB Television Network (commonly shortened to The WB and short for Warner Bros.) was an American television network that was first launched on broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company, with the former acting as controlling partner.

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Tom Shadyac

Thomas Peter Shadyac (born December 11, 1958) is an American director, screenwriter, producer and author.

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TV3 (Denmark)

TV3 is a commercial television channel targeting Denmark, owned by Viasat, which is a part of the Swedish media group Modern Times Group.

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UPN

The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995.

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Virginity

Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse.

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W. Bruce Cameron

William Bruce Cameron (born 1960 in Petoskey, Michigan) is an American author, columnist, and humorist.

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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (incorporated as Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. since 1997, also known as Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution and formerly known as Walt Disney Telecommunications & Non-Theatrical Company from 1980 to 1987 and eventually Buena Vista Home Video until 1997) is the home video distribution division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Yes (Israel)

yes, formally incorporated as D.B.S. Satellite Services (1998) Ltd (די.בי.אס.), is the sole direct broadcast satellite television provider in Israel.

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YTV (TV channel)

YTV is a Canadian English-language Category A cable and satellite television specialty channel that is owned by Corus Entertainment.

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100 episodes

In the U.S. television industry, 100 episodes is the traditional threshold for a television series to become viable for syndication.

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16:9

16:9 (1.7:1) (16:9.

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480i

480i is a shorthand name for the video mode used for standard-definition analog or digital television in Caribbean, Myanmar, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Laos, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay).

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56th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 56th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 19, 2004.

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5Star

5Star (formerly stylised with an asterisk as 5*) is a British digital television channel owned by Viacom International Media Networks Europe.

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720p

720p (1280×720 px; also called HD Ready or standard HD) is a progressive HDTV signal format with 720 horizontal lines and an aspect ratio (AR) of 16:9, normally known as widescreen HDTV (1.78:1).

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8 Simple Rules (season 1)

The first season of 8 Simple Rules aired on ABC between September 17, 2002 and May 20, 2003, it consists of 28 episodes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Simple_Rules

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