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MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR.(Lost)(Television Program Review)

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Until last fall, ABC's entertainment division had been having such a bad time of it for so long that, as with the used gum that kids offer each other, its initials could have stood for Already Been Chewed. This season, it has been a different--and much crowed-about--story. The network's series "Desperate Housewives," whose juicy title belies its unyielding dullness, became an instant Sunday-night hit upon its debut, in October, and it was joined in ratings heaven by the Wednesday-night mystery "Lost." Two months ago, the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" (think "Ally McBeal, M.D.") premiered, following "Housewives" in the Sunday-night lineup, and it, too, entered the top ten ...

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