Lisa de Moraes

{{Short description|American columnist}} '''Lisa de Moraes''' is an American television columnist. Her writings, titled "The TV Column," appeared regularly (but not on any particular schedule) in the Style section of ''The Washington Post'' from 1998 to May 2013. In June 2013, it was announced that she had moved to Los Angeles and joined ''Deadline Hollywood'' as TV columnist.<ref name="deadline-2013">{{cite press release |author= |title=Deadline Expands: Hires Washington Post Journalist Lisa De Moraes As Our New TV Columnist, Details Other Staff Additions |url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/deadline-expands-hires-washington-post-journalist-lisa-de-moraes-as-our-new-tv-columnist-details-other-staff-additions-523511/ |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 18, 2013 |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

==Early life and career== Early in her career, de Moraes served for nearly 10 years as TV editor for ''The Hollywood Reporter''.{{Citation needed|date = February 2015}}

==''The Washington Post''== De Moraes joined ''The Washington Post'' in 1998.{{Citation needed|date = February 2015}}

As opposed to a TV critic such as the ''Post'''s Tom Shales, de Moraes's columns deal mainly with the business of television, such as scheduling and Nielsen ratings. Her columns are written in a distinctively irreverent tone; they usually strongly imply her opinions on the subject matter. Trademarks of her ''Post'' writings include her weekly rundown of ratings "Winners and Losers", her "We Watch So You Don't Have To" recaps (for example ''American Idol''), and her tendency to address others (and for others to address her) as "Pookie" in her weekly live chats. De Moraes was generally critical of the George W. Bush administration and conservative groups in general, particularly in regards to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) crackdown on indecency and the January 2005 ''Postcards from Buster'' controversy regarding the inclusion of lesbian parents on the children's program.{{Citation needed|date = February 2015}}

De Moraes left her position at the ''Post'' at the end of May 2013 to spend more time with her family.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 15, 2013 |title=The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes |url=https://live.washingtonpost.com/lisa-de-moraes-130315.html |accessdate=October 26, 2017 |department=Live Chat |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412042530/http://live.washingtonpost.com/lisa-de-moraes-130315.html |archive-date=April 12, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 18, 2013, it was announced that she had been appointed a TV columnist at ''Deadline Hollywood''.<ref name="deadline-2013" />

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0210446|name=Lisa de Moraes}} *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/03/25/LI2005032502360.html The TV Column] *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40188-2005Jan26.html Sample column: "PBS's 'Buster' Gets An Education"] *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/03/10/DI2006031001243.html Sample washingtonpost.com chat, including short bio] *[http://www.slate.com/id/2086810/ Slate article on de Moraes: "Straight From the Spleen" by Jack Shafer]

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