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It doesn't pay to watch NBC's 'The Philanthropist'

THE SHOW "The Philanthropist"

WHERE | WHEN Wednesday night at 10 on NBC/4

REASON TO WATCH Esteemed producer Tom Fontana ("Homicide: Life on the Street," "Oz") returns to TV.

WHAT IT'S ABOUT An exorbitantly wealthy guy must fill an emotional void after his only son dies. "I'd spent my life watching from a distance, from behind tinted glass," says Teddy Rist (James Purefoy, who...

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