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D-List Comic to Host ABC’s New Celebrity Dance Series

ABC has signed a host for its new celebrity dance competition show, "Let’s Dance," reports Josef Adalian at The Wrap. Self-admitted D-lister Kathy Griffin will host the show, which debuts on Nov. 23 at 9:30 p.m. "Let’s Dance" will, like "Dancing With the Stars,"…

‘Colbert Nation’ to Sponsor U.S. Speedskating Team’s Winter Olympics Bid

Comedy Central’s Colbert Nation—the groupies of the network’s “Colbert Report”– can’t compete themselves in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, but the show will sponsor the U.S. Speedskating team, the Associated Press reports. Host Stephen Colbert announced the sponsorship on the program…

Veteran TV Star Cast in ‘NCIS’

"NCIS" has cast a veteran TV actor in a special episode that will air in January. The star of "Hart to Hart," "Switch" and "It Takes a Thief," Robert Wagner, will appear on the show’s 150th episode as the father of actor Michael Weatherly’s…

Bret Favre a Ratings Booster for Fox

All the hype about quarterback Bret Favre’s return to Green Bay as a member of the rival Minnesota Vikings paid off in the ratings. The Nielsen ratings for Fox’s coverage of Sunday’s Green Bay Packers vs. the Minnesota Vikings gamed…

Barry New NBA TV Analyst

Brent Barry, a former NBA star forward who played for 14 years for a few teams including the San Antonio Spurs, has lent his expertise to NBA TV, reports Multichannel News. Barry is now a full-time analyst on "NBA Game…

YouTube’s Hoffner Moves to Silverman’s Electus

Jordan Hoffner, YouTube director of content partnerships, is departing the company to become part of IAC’s Electus, the Barry Diller-backed content-creation venture headed by former NBC executive Ben Silverman, reports B&C. Hoffner was responsible for bringing accomplished content from established media…

WE tv Scores With ‘Bridezillas’ and ‘My Fair Wedding’

The Sunday night sixth-season finale of WE tv’s series "Bridezillas" was a winner for the network. The finale was the network’s best-rated telecast ever among women 25-54, pulling 493,000 viewers in that demo, according to Nielsen. The season six episodes overall were…

Rerun Tops Weekly Ratings for Scripted Shows

In a television ratings week dominated by World Series games, the top scripted drama was a rerun of CBS’ "NCIS." "NCIS" is in its seventh season and has been regularly drawing about 20 million viewers per show. For the week…

Longtime WNBC Anchor Sue Simmons Says She Drank Before Her Newscast in the 1980s

Longtime WNBC news anchor Sue Simmons said on one of the station’s lifestyle shows last week that she used to drink before doing the news in the 1980s, reports the Huffington Post. During a segment on lifestyle show LX New…

News Corp. Abandoning Travel Channel Bid

News Corp. is pulling out of the race to get control of the Travel Channel, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing “people close to the situation.” Bidding had escalated to close to $1 billion, far above the $600 million to…