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First Look: The CW's Reign

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There are many great things about living in New York, and one of them is the Paley Center in midtown.   The Paley Center is a museum that is dedicated to one thing only; television.   For the past several years, they have given members as well as the public the chance to get a first look at the new fall television season.   This year, I was lucky enough to get to view the pilot for the new CW series about Mary, Queen of Scots, called appropriately enough, REIGN.    (Mary and Francis have a tense moment)    I tried desperately to check my brain at the door and throw away and preconceived notions that I might have had from watching the extended preview online.   However, that proved difficult once the show started.   Granted, I’m clearly not the intended viewing audience for this show.   The CW tends to skew hella young and most of the shows are geared towards teenagers and twenty-somethings.   REIGN is definitely skewed t...