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Eleanor Barkhorn - Eleanor Barkhorn is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where she edits the Entertainment channel.
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Eleanor Barkhorn is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where she edits the Entertainment channel. She is a former producer for the Food channel. Before coming to The Atlantic, she was a reporter at the Delta Democrat Times in Greenville, Mississippi. She graduated from Princeton University, where she majored in American literature and wrote her senior thesis about Oprah's Book Club. For her first two years out of college, she taught high school English with the Teach For America program.
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15 New TV Shows to Look Forward to This Year

By Eleanor Barkhorn

Jan 4 2012, 10:40 AM ET Comment

2012 brings new hope for fans of musicals, thrillers, Lost-style mysteries, and more.

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This fall brought a range of disappointing new TV shows to the screen, from Mad Men rip-offs to shrill "comedies" about gender dynamics to half-baked remakes of British shows. Fortunately, the new year brings new hope for television fans, as networks debut their mid-season offerings. Here are the 15 most promising new series:



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