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Daily Archives : Sep 4, 2008

‘Lost’ Casts Ilana Character

Zuleikha Robinson has been cast to play Ilana in ABC’s “Lost,” Entertainment Weekly reports. Audiences may know Robinson from her previous roles in HBO’s “Rome” as well as Fox’s “The Lone Gunmen” and “New Amsterdam.” —Christopher Perez

Video: CBS TV Distribution’s ‘The Doctors’

Dr. Phil McGraw unleashes the first spinoff of his popular daytime brand with the debut of “The Doctors” on Sept. 8. Distributed by CBS Television Distribution, the one-hour daytime talk show will seek audiences through a roundtable discussion of medical…

Video: Sony Pictures TV’s ‘Judge Karen’

On Sept. 8, Sony Pictures Television will launch its latest entry in the court show genre, introducing “Judge Karen,” with features designed to make the program stand out from the crowd. Executive producer Rich Goldman, who also counts “Judge David…

Palin Beats Hillary, Biden in Broadcast Ratings

Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention last night drew more than 12.75 million viewers on the three broadcast networks, beating out the audiences that tuned into the Democratic convention last week to…

Palin Nabs Highest ’08 Broadcast TV Convention Ratings

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech during Wednesday night’s Republican National Convention bested Democratic speeches from Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and, in some cases, Barack Obama in preliminary ratings. Speaking last night, along with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani,…

Fox Wins Tuesday’s 10 p.m. Hour

Fox News Channel was back in its familiar driver’s seat at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Fox easily dominated Tuesday night’s cable and broadcast ratings in the 10 o’clock hour with 6.2 million viewers, according to the…

TNT Orders ‘Closer’ Spinoff

TNT has ordered a script for a spinoff inspired by its hit original series “The Closer,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The network confirmed the order but has yet to reveal any details, including which character from the Kyra Sedgwick-starring series…

Media Darling McCain Turns Press Foe

John McCain, a politician once thrown a birthday bash by media stars including Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Tim Russert, is now the candidate of a party taking potshots at the media, the New York Times reports.The Republican Party has…

Oops! Spears Opening VMAs

After weeks of speculation as to how pop star Britney Spears would be involved in this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, the network has officially announced that Spears will open the show but not perform, TelevisionWeek reports. Spears’ manager Larry…

Carat Tips Layoffs in Email Snafu

Media agency Carat accidentally revealed an upcoming round of layoffs and restructuring after a company human relations executive emailed details and plans to the entire company instead of only management, Advertising Age reports. In addition to information relating to methods…