MSNBC will make its high-definition debut next spring, Multichannel News reports. It will be the last of the 24-hour cable news networks to make the switch to HD. CNN debuted its high-definition simulcast in September 2007 while Fox News Channel’s…
Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Nathan Lane has been cast to play opposite Brad Garrett as his recently dumped gay brother on Fox’s “’Til Death,” Entertainment Weekly reports. The episode will air Nov. 18, in time for the sweeps ratings period….
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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”…
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…
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…