Barb Oates

Veteran journalist and editor, Barb Oates, serves as Channel Guide Magazine’s and Hopper Magazine’s editor in chief. She’s currently obsessed with The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and 2016’s hit series This Is Us. She’s watched Survivor for its 30-plus seasons and publicly admits that she’s "one hot mess" watching the annual loved-ones episode. She swears like a sailor watching sports, thinks she could run a washplant on Gold Rush and drinks Chardonnay while trash talking with friends over the latest reality TV series. When channel surfing, she’ll drop everything (as will her three teen children, too) and watch for the zillionth time Gladiator, Elf or The Shawshank Redemption.

Articles byBarb Oates

You’ll Never Believe Why ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Star Jeri Weil Left the Series

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‘The Floor’ Contestants Couldn’t Name These Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, Can You?

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‘Brady Bunch Variety Hour’ Was Voted 4th Worst Show in TV History … And Star Susan Olsen Is Proud

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‘I Dream of Jeannie’s’ Barbara Eden on the Time She Scared Larry Hagman to Death (Exclusive)

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Lisa Lisa on Her Life, Cult Jam & Her New Lifetime Movie

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‘Doc’ Star Molly Parker Reveals ‘Completely Unbelievable’ True Story Behind Fox’s New Drama

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‘The Old Man’: Jeff Bridges & John Lithgow Preview Season 2’s Final Mission

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‘Baywatch’ Stars Had Only Two Swimsuits? Nicole Eggert Gives Us the Real Behind the Scenes

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‘The Killer Inside’: Teri Hatcher on Humanizing ‘The Ruth Finley Story’ for Lifetime

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Why Did Billy Joel Concert Get Cut Short During ‘Piano Man’?

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Why ‘Top Chef’ Season 21 Is ‘a Homecoming’ for New Host Kristen Kish

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‘Survivor’ 45: Jeff Probst Reveals Changes Made for Supersized Episodes

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‘Mountain Men’ Boss Confirms Tom Oar’s Return in ‘Daunting’ Season 12

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Bear Grylls on ‘Running Wild’ With Bradley Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch & More Celebs

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C. Thomas Howell Takes Us ‘Backstage’ With Charlie Sheen, Cast of ‘E.T.’ & More

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Jerry Mathers Reflects on His Infamous ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Audition

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Jennifer Grey Talks Embodying Gwen Shamblin: ‘She Was Absolutely Without Empathy’

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‘The Last of Us’ Creator Previews Joel & Ellie’s Connection in the TV Series

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Bryan Cranston Talks Judge Michael Desiato’s Major Transformation in ‘Your Honor’ Season 2

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How Well Do You Remember ‘M*A*S*H’? (QUIZ)

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‘Chicago P.D.’: Tracy Spiridakos Warns ‘Hailey’s Worried About Jay’ in Season 10

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‘Chicago Med’ Season 8: Where We Pick Up After the Fire & What’s Next for Maggie

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‘Chicago Fire’: Kara Killmer Teases an ‘Old Love’ Returning as Brettsey Evolves

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‘The Rookie: Feds’: Niecy Nash-Betts Talks Doing Things ‘the Simone Clark Way’

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Where to Watch All Episodes of ‘Flowers in the Attic: The Origin’

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‘Running Wild’s Bear Grylls on ‘The Challenge’s Inspirational Celebrity Guests

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Why Melissa McCarthy Was Inspired to Do HGTV’s ‘The Great Giveback’

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‘Snowpiercer’ Season 2: Sean Bean on Playing Mr. Wilford, the ‘Smartest Man in the World’

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David Dobrik Is Glad to Be Host of ‘Dodgeball Thunderdome’ & Not a Contestant

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Jason Segel on the True Story Behind AMC’s ‘Dispatches From Elsewhere’

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Russell Hornsby on Lincoln Rhyme & Amelia’s Alliance in the ‘Hunt for the Bone Collector’

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‘Gold Rush’ Season 10: Parker Schnabel on Major Water Crisis

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Ann Curry Explains How the Live ‘Chasing the Cure’ Aims to Help

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Discovery’s ‘Guardians of the Glades’ Shows Viewers the Life of a Paid Python Hunter (VIDEO)

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TLC’s ‘sMOTHERED’ Explores Extreme Mother-Daughter Relationships

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‘Seatbelt Psychic’ Thomas John Gives Unsuspecting Passengers the Ride of Their Lives

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‘Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail’ Shocker: Rick Ness Has Some Big News (VIDEO)

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PREVIEW: ‘Bar Rescue’ Returns and Jon Taffer Goes Ballistic (Again!)

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‘Hollywood Medium’ Tyler Henry Previews Jim Parsons & Kristin Cavallari’s Emotional Readings

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What Did Michael Jackson Tell ‘Hollywood Medium’ Tyler Henry?

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‘Gold Rush: White Water’—The Dakota Boys Prove They’re Crazier Than Ever in Discovery’s Spinoff Series

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‘The Voice’: New Coach Kelly Clarkson Says ‘I Don’t Want to Be a Judge…I Always Feel Sh**ty Afterwards’

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‘The Healer’: Charlie Goldsmith on His Special Gift and New TLC Series

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Harry Lennix on New ‘Blacklist’ Episode: ‘We Get to Peek Inside the Mind of an FBI Agent of Color’

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Watch: There’s Gold to Be Found in New Discovery Series ‘Devil’s Canyon’ (VIDEO)

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Was Princess Diana’s Death a Conspiracy? The CBS Special ‘Her Life, Her Death, the Truth’ Looks Deeper

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‘Gold Rush’ Favorite Parker Schnabel Embarks on a New Discovery Series — and the Most Dangerous Journey of His Life

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WE tv’s ‘Dr. Miami’ Is the Newest Plastic Surgeon on the Reality Docuseries Scene (VIDEO)

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15th Century Women Get Regal in Starz’s Historical Sequel Series ‘The White Princess’

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‘Hap and Leonard’ Returns With Mucho Mayhem in Season 2 (VIDEO)

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Guy Branum Plans To Shake Up the Talk Show Format With ‘Talk Show the Game Show’

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Is WGN’s ‘Outsiders’ Mirroring the Current U.S. Political Climate or Vice Versa?

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Katie Holmes and Matthew Perry Team Up in ‘The Kennedys-After Camelot’

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‘Deadliest Catch’s Josh Harris: ‘I Don’t Have Time To Deal BS’ (VIDEO)

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‘The Girlfriend Experience’ Star Riley Keough on How Her New Role Scared Her

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Why is There a New ‘Outlander’ Theme Song? Composer Bear McCreary Explains