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Jerry will be back at NBC in a reality show tentatively called, The Marriage Ref. I guess you can say Seinfeld was reality-like. It was like our lives, about everything and nothing and how nothing turns into something big and small. We loved that show. So this may make sense. Ellen Rakieten, a longtime Oprah producer, is attached to the project. Personally, we’d like to see Seinfeld in another scripted show. That leads us to our first poll. How many people want to see more reality shows on network TV?

Now more than ever our daily interactions are influenced by media. Whether it is a conversation, a decision, or opinion, we find ourselves referencing a media source of some kind on a routine basis. Usually the conversation starts with updates and opinions on what has been seen or read. Often, once these thoughts have been communicated, they are added to, challenged, dismissed, met with a gasp that only the shocking and funny can induce, or explained away with a bit of juicy gossip. Gossip - not so much. This is the information age and we all contribute to it in big and small ways. The Conversation Circle will cover what we read or saw in the media that you may not have, or have and want to ponder with us. We will usually cover Hollywood, advertising, marketing, PR, publishing, politics (not so much, but sometimes there is chatter that takes over the media and us) and fashion. If there is an area or hot topic you want to see the Conversation Circle cover, let us know then check b...