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Daily Archives : Nov 7, 2008

Oprah Expected to Quit Syndie in 2011, Discovery Says

Discovery Communications, which will partner with Oprah Winfrey in the new OWN cable network starting next year, expects her to stop doing her syndicated show in September 2011. “The expectation is that after that, her show will go off of…

Palin Still a Big Get for Nets

She won’t be vice president, but an interview with Gov. Sarah Palin is still being pursued by many of TV’s biggest names, the Huffington Post reports. The governor’s office has fielded requests from Barbara Walters, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King and…

Fox Shuffles ‘House,’ ‘Bones’

“House” is moving to Mondays and “Bones” is moving to Thursday as Fox plans to shake up its midseason prime time line up, TelevisionWeek says. The new series “Dollhouse” from Joss Whedon will air on Fridays, starting Feb. 13. —Jon…

ABC Asks Producers for 2% Cuts

ABC Studios is asking its series producers to reduce their budgets by 2% as part of a company-wide cost-cutting initiative at Walt Disney Co., Daily Variety reports. Decisions about where to cut are being left up to the showrunners, the…

McDermott Mans TNT’s ‘The Line’

Dylan McDermott will play the lead character in Jerry Bruckheimer’s drama pilot for TNT titled “The Line,” the Hollywood Reporter says. McDermott plays a veteran undercover LAPD officer running a secret unit, the trade paper says. —Jon Lafayette

Robin Unmasked by CW, Warner Bros.

Plans for a series about how Batman’s sidekick Robin grew up have been scrapped by the CW and Warner Bros. TV, Daily Variety reports. “The Graysons” had been given a put pilot commitment, but “the concept didn’t fit the current…

No Asset Sales for Cablevision

Cablevision Systems says it is no longer actively considering the sale of assets including the cable networks in its Rainbow Media division, the Wall Street Journal says. Declarations by the Dolan family, which controls the cable operator, that it would…

Fuller to the Rescue on ‘Heroes?’

With “Heroes” struggling in the ratings and executive producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander out of the pictures, former writer Bryan Fuller may return to the NBC series, Entertainment Weekly says. Fuller is currently working on “Pushing Daisies” on ABC…

Oprah’s Man Will Be on Show

The Chicago Sun-Times found the mystery man Oprah Winfrey was leaning on (and crying on) at Barack Obama’s victory celebration. He’s Sam Perry, an Obama supporter from California, and he’ll be on Oprah’s show Friday. —Jon Lafayette

Sniping Resumes at MSNBC

With the election over, the personalities at MSNBC are again taking pot shots at one another, TVBarn.com says. Joe Scarborough and Chris Matthews had one exchange, and the network’s comet, Rachel Maddow, was reportedly being compared to Ashleigh Banfield (remember…