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Daily Archives : Dec 23, 2009

‘Mister Ed’ Star Connie Hines Passes Away

Actress Connie Hines, best known as Wilbur’s wife on the 1960s show "Mister Ed," about a talking horse, passed away, the Associated Press reports. She was 78. Her other TV credits included "The Millionaire," "Johnny Ringo" and "Riverboat." –Elizabeth Jensen

Paley Awards: Emmys Could Use Some Competition

TVWeek Open Mic blgger Hillary Atkin thinks it’s a good idea that the Paley Center is thinking about handing out its own awards for television excellence. Read her thoughts here.

Bah, Humbug! Two Notes About TVWeek

1) This will be TVWeek’s last TVBizWire e-newsletter until Monday, Dec. 28. For breaking news until then, please visit TVWeek.com. And when news warrants, we’ll let you know with one of our Extra Alerts. TVBizWire will publish Tuesday, Dec. 29, as…

Cablevision Taking Must-Carry Fight to Supreme Court

Cablevision will try to convince the Supreme Court to take on the FCC’s must-carry policies, Multichannel News reports. The cable operator lost on the issue in the Second Circuit, which upheld the FCC’s ruling that Cablevision was obligated to carry…