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Debra Birnbaum

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Debra Birnbaum is a skilled multi-platform content creator, with over 20 years of experience covering news and entertainment. She's currently the executive editor, TV for Variety, overseeing all television coverage for the trade magazine's multiple platforms, including the weekly print edition and Variety.com. She also covers the Emmy Awards, producing 13 special issues highlighting the Emmy contenders. As the President/Editor-in-Chief of TV Guide Magazine, a position she held for seven years, …

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Why ‘The Pitt’ star Fiona Dourif says she feels like ‘the luckiest person in the world’ Original

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Trying to get any spoilers out of Fiona Dourif about Season 3 of The Pitt isn't easy. "I've been media-trained," she warns with a laugh. But what she's more than happy to talk about is how much she loves her role on the show of Dr. McKay — the word "lucky" comes up a lot — and how closely her character has come to mirror her own life. It feels "eerie," she admits.
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‘The Pitt’ star Isa Briones on ‘wild’ fan theories, making peace with Langdon, and her ‘Odd Couple’ spinoff idea Original

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By Debra Birnbaum 
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“Get me with the girls.” Isa Briones has a message for the writers of The Pitt: She’s tired of Santos just hanging with “the dudes” in the emergency department. So after a season that saw her facing off with Langdon (Patrick Ball) and continuing to torture bond with her roommate Whitaker (Gerran Howell, Briones is hoping that that karaoke scene from the season finale signals an opening of her relationship with the women of the ED in Season 3.
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‘The Pitt’: Fact-checking who’s in, who’s out for Season 3 Original

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By Debra Birnbaum 
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The Pitt has one of the biggest ensembles on television — and with that, comes a bit of turnover. Season 1 saw the exit of Tracy Ifeachor, who played Dr. Heather Collins. Season 2 brought the final scenes for Supriya Ganesh as Dr. Samira Mohan. Fans let their displeasure be known (and then some), but the executive producers defended their decision as a natural reflection of life in the emergency room, as well as the needs of their storytelling. “It’s part of the process,” showrunner R.
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