Prime-time recession.

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Full-time moms are being forced to take part-time jobs, foreclosure signs are going up in the most familiar neighborhoods, and out-of-work bankers are taking low-level jobs as corporate interns. The economic meltdown has spread from the headlines to prime time: These situations all played out in recent episodes of Desperate Housewives, The Simpsons, and 30 Rock. It's a reflection, producers say, of how widespread the current financial troubles are. "If everyone in...