The Short List of Things to Do

A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid

Private Practice

Private Practice

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Creator Shonda Rhimes should have just gone the CSI route and titled this spin-off Grey's Anatomy: Los Angeles. Addison Forbes Montgomery (Kate Walsh) hooks up with a group of doctors whose personal entanglements, snappy dialogue and eccentric medical-ethics dilemmas add up to Grey's in a warmer climate. Fine if that's all you need, but if you're sick of TV clones, Practice is not the cure.

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