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Graden, who is in talks to stay in the Viacom fold with a producing deal, is credited with guiding MTV from the era of music videos to the world of reality programming, supervising the creation and launch of such series as "TRL," "The Osbournes," "The ... Brian Graden to exit MTV Variety
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