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If a tree falls in the forest and no one in the media pays attention, did the tree really make a sound? This, roughly put, is the dilemma posed by Walker, Texas Ranger, the square-jawed CBS detective show that stars Chuck Norris. You are unlikely to find much about Walker in the pages of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY or any other bible of what is, and isn't, hot. And yet, as sure as there are 10-gallon hats filling the Lone Star State, there are Americans forfeiting a good time out on Saturday night to stay in and catch another not very nuanced performance...

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