December 19, 2006 12:57PM 

# Identity Triumph 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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Tom Shales of the Washington Post [didn’t like](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/17/AR2006121701138.html) “Identity,” the new NBC prime-time show hosted by Cato Mencken Fellow [Penn Jillette](https://www.cato.org/people/jillette.html), but [the people did](http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/51710542)–“an impressive (and dominant) 12.18 million viewers and a 4.5 rating/​11 share among adults 18–49.” The show continues every night this week.

No relation to *[Identity Crisis.](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=33&pid=1441306)*

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