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  "id": 14754509,
  "title": "‘The Conners’ Boss Bruce Helford Hired to Run ‘Newlyweds’ at NBC After Gail Lerner’s Firing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/the-conners-boss-bruce-helford-hired-to-run-newlyweds-at-nbc-after",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-15T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
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    "url": "https://variety.com/?p=1236913258"
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  "summary": "After Gail Lerner’s recent announcement that she’d been fired as the showrunner of “Newlyweds,” the upcoming NBC sitcom she co-created with Jamie Lee Curtis, the network has hired Bruce Helford to take over. Helford is a veteran writer-producer who has created and overseen several comedian-driven series over the course of decades. As a creator or […]",
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        "title": "‘Newlyweds’ Finds New Showrunner in ‘The Conners’ Co-Creator Bruce Helford",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/newlyweds-finds-new-showrunner-in-the-conners-co-creator-bruce-helford",
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        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "‘The Conners’ Boss Bruce Helford Hired to Run ‘Newlyweds’ at NBC After Gail Lerner’s Firing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/the-conners-boss-bruce-helford-hired-to-run-newlyweds-at-nbc-after-14761654",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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