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Lou Haviland

Lou Haviland joined the Showbiz Cheat Sheet team in 2019. Much of her focus is on classic TV, including The Andy Griffith Show, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and Matlock. She also covers Jeopardy! and the Nat Geo Wild reality series The Incredible Dr. Pol.

Much of her coverage stems from the personal enjoyment she’s drawn from watching the shows herself, and she loves finding cast members’ accounts from their experiences on the shows to share with readers and fellow fans.

Lou earned her bachelor’s in communication arts from Ramapo College of New Jersey. When she’s not going behind the scenes in Mayberry, you can expect her to be in the books or blogs of Jhumpa Lahiri, David Sedaris, or MC Beaton. See more from Lou on her Muck Rack profile.

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Alex Trebek: 7 of the Most Revealing Details From His Just-Released Memoir

Alex Trebek’s memoir,  The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life, just published. The host of Jeopardy!, who turns 80 on July 22, had been hounded for years to write his autobiography or a memoir but hadn’t really felt the time was right. Finally, during quarantining in our current pandemic, the Canadian native …
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‘Jeopardy!’: Why the Show Was Accused of Gender Bias

As beloved as the classic quiz show, Jeopardy! is, it has had its critics from time to time. The show has been called out in the past for using clues on the program that reflect a distinct gender bias, criticism that snowballed at the time. ‘For a smart show, you just got seriously stupid’ In …