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It's kind of amazing how popular 'Grey's Anatomy' is. What other show can boast such an annoyingly sincere cast of doctors, sniveling through such perfunctory love triangles?

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Rob Sheffield
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: February 2
Journalist
Music Critic
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the United States of America
Robert James Sheffield
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