Presidential candidate John McCain shared the spotlight with Tina Fey as she impersonated his running mate, Sarah Palin, in the opening sketch on “Saturday Night Live,” the Associated Press reports. Days after Barack Obama ran an infomercial on several major…
Daytime talk shows and late night comedy shows have shown more interest in politics and that’s been good for Democrat Barack Obama, the Washington Post says. “Anyone can watch the shows and see how Barack Obama and John McCain were…
CBS has ordered seven episodes of a new reality-competition program from Mike Fleiss, who also produces “The Bachelor,” TelevisionWeek says. The series will feature families from the same neighborhood who compete for cash prizes. — Jon Lafayette
Fox’s NFL studio show stopped talking football while one of the network’s NASCAR announcers, Jeff Hammond, checked in to pitch a new Ford truck on the broadcast, USA Today reports. Football analysts Michael Strahan and Terry Bradshaw jumped in to…
The South Carolina real estate broker who brought the idea for “Flip This House” to A&E Television is getting his day in court, the Los Angeles Times reports. Richard C. Davis claims A&E agreed to give him half the show’s…
“Meet the Parents” co-writer Jim Herzfeld is developing a comedy project “Changing Positions” for NBC, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project, from Universal Media Studios and Dutch Oven, follows a man and his family as they move in with his…
Tom Brokaw is about to step out of the big shoes left behind by the death of “Meet the Press” host Tim Russert and media types in Washington are dying to find out who will replace him, the New York…
MySpace hopes a new technology that scans for copyrighted material among the clips on its site will enable it to sell advertising against professional content, the Wall Street Journal says. News Corp.’s MySpace is working with Viacom’s MTV Networks on…
Ratings are up halfway through the season for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” Daily Variety reports. A cleaner graphics package, new on-air replay technology and the decision to eliminate in-booth celebrity guests and most sideline reports has paid off in a…
NBC has ordered nine more episodes of “Kath & Kim” despite the sitcom’s low ratings so far, TelevisionWeek says. “‘Kath & Kim’ is a show we love and believe in,” Terri Weinberg, executive VP for NBC Entertainment, says. — Jon…