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In what may be thethe simpsons dvd box set first sign the syndication market is strengthening, TV stations paid cash to renew Twentieth Television's off-Fox American dad dvdanimated hit Family Guy for a second four-year cycle, taking theall disney dvds show through the 2014-15 South park dvd box setseason.
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