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Daily Archives : Oct 23, 2008

‘Gary’ Gets Time Slot Upgrade for a Week

“Gary Unmarried” will get a shot at the big time next week. CBS has decided to serve up a repeat of the “Gary” pilot in the network’s best comedy time slot: Monday at 9:30 p.m., immediately following top-rated “Two and…

Byrd, Ivanek Land Recurring Roles on ‘Heroes’

Dan Byrd has been cast in the recurring role of the twisted and pathologically lying David on “Heroes,” Entertainment Weekly reports. Byrd will appear in the last three episodes of the season during the show’s “Volume 4: Fugitives” arc, with…

Election Bringing More of Couric

Katie Couric will anchor a special hour-long edition of the “CBS Evening News” on Nov. 3, the night before the election, TVNewser reports. The hour will feature extended reporting and analysis from CBS News’ contributors. An election retrospective will also…

Pinsky, King Share ‘Rehab’ Experience

The second season of VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab” kicks off tonight and, to ring in the newest edition of the substance-abuse rehabilitation reality show featuring C- and D-list celebrities, the Associated Press interviews the show’s Dr. Drew Pinsky and rehab patient…

Hasselbeck to Campaign With Palin in Florida

Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” will be going on the campaign trail in Florida with Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin, the Los Angeles Times reports. Hasselbeck made the announcement on today’s show, saying, “I am more…

‘SNL’ Ratings Soar on Palin Cameo

A visit from vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lifted the Oct. 18 edition of “Saturday Night Live” to several new ratings highs, including its biggest viewership since 1994. Drawing 15 million viewers, the Oct. 18 episode of “SNL”…

Nielsen Resets May Sweeps

Memorial Day 2009 is no longer the end of this year’s television season, as Nielsen announced today a revision to the 2008-09 television calendar that will end May sweeps a week earlier. May sweeps for next year are now set…

FCC’s Martin Wins Title ‘Porker of the Month’ for NASCAR Sponsorship

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is being named “Porker of the Month” by a government watchdog group thanks to the FCC’s $355,000 sponsorship of a NASCAR car to promote the digital TV transition. Citizens Against Government Waste today suggested…

Conference Set in Wealth TV-Time Warner Complaint

The Federal Communications Commission will hold a pre-hearing conference on the program carriage complaint filed by Wealth TV against Time Warner, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The conference is scheduled for Oct. 27 at 9:30 a.m. before Administrative Law Judge Arthur…

On-Screen Wealth Helping TV Viewers Survive Economy

The New York Times looks at audience viewing trends now and throughout history whenever economic times got tough and, alas, the insanely wealthy have been our characters of choice to watch. “Dallas” and “Dynasty” fulfilled the money void for us…