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Comedy Central to Partner With the Onion for Series

Comedy Central and the Onion, the satirical newspaper, are partnering for a scripted half-hour TV comedy. The show, to be based on the Onion Sports Network online video series, will spoof teams, players, leagues, fans, products and sports coverage, and is being aimed at sports fans and readers…

Emmerich’s ‘2012’ Disaster Film Could Become TV Show

In the upcoming disaster movie "2012," the planet Earth is destroyed, but that hasn’t stopped the film’s producer-director Roland Emmerich from figuring a way to adapt the film into a TV series, reports Entertainment Weekly. Emmerich told EW that he envisions a…

Syndication Divas to Swap Appearances

Two prominent syndicated food and talk show divas will be swapping appearances on one another’s shows for two days this month. Martha Stewart will appear on "The Rachael Ray Show" on Nov. 12, and then Ray will appear on "The Martha Stewart…

Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex Getting ESPN Brand

The Disney World Wide World of Sports Complex will become part of the ESPN umbrella in a major rebranding that will be launched Feb. 25 and Feb. 26, 2010, during ESPN’s "The Weekend" fan event in Orlando’s Disney World, reports…

Big Surprise: NBC Star Gets Prime Spot in Network’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Coverage

NBC’s coverage of the 83rd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, to be broadcast on Nov. 26, will prominently feature Jane Krakowski of the network’s "30 Rock." Krakowski has been given a star spot and will perform an original song written by composers Wesley Whatley and…

‘Golden Girl’ to Be Hospitalized for Heart Surgery

Instead of attending "Golden: A Gala Tribute to Rue McClanahan" on Nov. 14 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, the "Golden Girls" actress will be in the hospital for heart bypass surgery, forcing cancellation of the event, the San Francisco Chronicle…

Dan Rather Makes Some Colorful Points About Election Coverage

Dan Rather didn’t much care for election night coverage he saw and he found a few choice metaphors to describe it, Politico reports. The former CBS anchorman, now anchor and managing editor of "Dan Rather Reports" on HDNet, told Politico,…

CBS Reduces ‘Numbers’ Order by Six Episodes

CBS’ Friday night “Numbers” got its own numbers cut, from 22 episodes to 16, Variety reports. CBS executives said the cut was made in order to schedule midseason shows sitting in wait, and doesn’t mean a final decision has been…

OWN Makes Another Key Hire

OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network made another top executive hire as it gets close to its long-delayed launch, the Los Angeles Times reports. Lisa Erspamer, the co-executive producer of Winfrey’s syndicated talk show since 2006, was named to be the…

Comcast Ducks NBCU Questions on Earnings Conference Call

Comcast Corp.’s top executives wouldn’t discuss any deal with G.E. for control of NBC Universal when asked about it on the company’s third-quarter earnings conference call with analysts, B&C reports. CEO Brian Roberts did try to allay shareholder fears about…