CNN one-ups Fox News Channel’s voter fraud watch e-mail address with its unveiling of a new Hotline telephone number, TVNewser reports. Voters can call (877) GOCNN08, which is open now, should any problems or questions arise. CNN’s Ali Velshi will…
Fox News has responded to a Barack Obama quote from an upcoming interview with the New York Times Magazine where he says the news organization paints him as a “freak” and as a “Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal.”…
Fresh off the announcement of her sitcom deal with 20th Century Fox TV, it’s been announced former “Strangers With Candy” star Amy Sedaris will be making a guest appearance on TNT’s “The Closer,” TV Guide reports. Sedaris will play Claire,…
Most voters credit television as the most likely source through which they would first learn about a political candidate, according to a study commissioned by the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau. Survey respondents also pointed to the Internet, newspapers and word-of-mouth as…
Tom Calderone was promoted to president of VH1, MTV Networks Music Group announced Thursday. Mr. Calderone, who had been executive VP and general manger of VH1 since 2005, oversees the network and its extensions, including VH1 classic, VH1 Soul and…
The Federal Communications Commission will take the unusual step of sponsoring a NASCAR entry as part of its digital TV outreach. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced today that the agency will sponsor the No. 38 car of driver David Gilliland…
The Associated Press will offer an online live video stream during its coverage of election night results, Editor & Publisher reports. The webcast, titled “Big Issue: Election Results,” will originate from the news wire’s Washington bureau and will be co-hosted…
Jessica Walter has been dropped as a series regular from The CW’s “90210,” Entertainment Weekly reports. The magazine says the decision to not pick up the former “Arrested Development” star’s contract option was made purely because of financial reasons. Executive…
Fox’s “24” has scored this season’s highest price for a 30-second spot for a two-hour special, Advertising Age reports. The drama’s November “prequel” to its regular season start in January is fetching paydays of about $500,000 to $600,000 per 30-second…
The most popular plumber in America made the TV rounds this morning, TVNewser reports. Joe Wurzelbacher of Holland, Ohio,, whose name was mentioned more than a dozen times during last night’s debate between Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, appeared…