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‘Bones’ Gets Visit From ‘Family Guy’

“Bones” star Emily Deschanel tells the New York Post that Thursday’s episode featuring an appearance by Stewie, an animated character from “Family Guy,” makes sense. “Booth starts hallucinating and sees Stewie because I’ve asked him to be the father of…

SpikeTV Starts Online ‘Deadliest’ Chat

SpikeTV is starting an online discussion series linked to its program “Deadliest Warrior,” Multichannel News reports. The online show will be on Spike.com after the TV program ends at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the trade paper says. The TV show’s…

CSN Chicago Scores With Hockey

Comcast SportsNet Chicago was the highest-rated network in the city with adults 25-54 during its broadcast of the Chicago Blackhawks’ playoff game on April 27, Multichannel News reports. CSN Chicago had a 5.28 household rating with the game, or 184,400…

Fisher’s Q1 TV Ad Sales Drop 27%

Fisher Communications said its television revenue dropped 27% to $20.3 million in the first quarter after a slump in local, national and political advertising sales at its TV stations, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Auto ad sales plunged 62%, while retail…

USA Ends Week as Top Cabler

USA Network ended the week of April 26 as the top-rated cable network, holding off a jump in viewers at TNT, Mediaweek reports. USA averaged 3.18 million total viewers, compared with TNT’s 2.93 million viewers, which landed the latter in…

Mandel to Host Game Show Awards

Howie Mandel will host GSN’s Game Show Awards, which is set to air June 6 on the network, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show will include tributes to game show legends such as Bob Barker of “The Price Is Right,”…

Will Studios Pay to Settle Strike Claims?

As part of the tentative agreement between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, the studios would be able to settle claims from actors stemming from the writers strike for 33 cents on the…

ESPN Taps Directors for ’30’

ESPN has tapped 10 directors to make documentaries to air on the network, the Hollywood Reporter says. “The Kid Stays in the Picture” director Brett Morgen will direct “June 17, 1994,” tracking the day before the O.J. Simpson car chase…

Panel: TV Future Looks Cloudy

A panel at the OnHollywood conference on Tuesday said the future of television and what will work on the Internet remains unclear, Daily Variety reports. NBC Entertainment co-chairman Marc Graboff said network TV will continue, “but not exactly as we…

L.A.’s CBS Stations, Newspapers Prep for DTV

CBS-owned duopoly KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV and the Los Angeles Newspaper Group are teaming up for a series of DTV preparedness tests and education campaigns over a 24-hour period this week, TVNewsday reports. As part of the initiative, the two TV…