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Daily Archives : Sep 10, 2008

Cable News Nets to Cover Candidates’ Forum

Cable news networks CNN, Fox News and MSNBC will cover Thursday night’s ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum, TVNewser reports. Not unlike last month’s Saddleback Forum, John McCain and Barack Obama will appear separately fielding questions from a moderator. The ServiceNation forum,…

Key Trio to Remain at FX

Nick Grad will continue as executive VP of original programming at FX, Daily Variety reports. Grad is credited with developing hit original shows for the network including “Damages,” “Sons of Anarchy” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” FX also has…

New Video Streaming Record at Disney

Streaming videos at Disney.com set a new record in July thanks to the strength of Disney properties including “High School Musical,” Daily Variety reports. According to comScore Video Metrix, streams at the Web site totaled 186.7 million for the month,…

Burnett Gearing Up to ‘Rock,’ Ad Says

Daily Variety reports reality TV producer Mark Burnett is casting his next MTV project by using classifieds Web site Craigslist. The ad calls for four people living in the Southern California area to audition for a show based on the…

‘Gossip Girl’ Getting Nastia

Gold medalist Nastia Liukin will drop by the set of The CW’s “Gossip Girl” to make a guest appearance on an upcoming episode, TV Guide reports. The all-around winner in women’s gymnastics told “Access Hollywood” it was her favorite show,…

Sawyer Interviews Candidates’ Wives

ABC News’ Diane Sawyer will anchor two hourlong specials about the wives of Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, TVNewser reports. Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain sat down with Sawyer for one-on-one interviews that will be aired Sept. 26 at…

New Syndie Strips Dip Slightly in 2nd Day

Day two for the new crop of syndicated series saw ratings decline for the most part, although some series are still claiming first place in some major-market time slots, according to Nielsen Media Research. The three top-rated new series—“The Doctors,”…

Palin Continues Online Video Dominance

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin continues to clean up when it comes to online video views. Of the top 100 most-viewed videos for the week ending Sept. 9, across the 20 Web video sites that research firm TubeMogul tracks,…

Voting Cable Initiative Enters Last Phase

The cable voter-registration initiative “Countdown to Youth Vote” is entering its second and final phase, Broadcasting & Cable reports. On-air spots featuring young people vocalizing issues important to them will be televised on Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner and Charter…

Burger King Exclusive Presenter of 10 MacFarlane Shorts

Burger King will present 10 exclusive digital shorts from “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy” at youtube.com/bk, sethcomedy.com and targeted sites across the Google content network. The first two shorts debut today, with the rest of the shorts to be…