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Winfrey to Tell the Story of ‘Life’

Oprah Winfrey has agreed to narrate Discovery Channel’s upcoming 11-part series, "Life," reports Multichannel News. The series, which goes inside the world of some of the many fascinating living creatures and explores what they do to survive, will debut in HD on DIscovery in…

‘Glee’ Wins Award for Diversity

Fox’s musical drama TV show "Glee" will be presented with the 2009 Diversity Award, according to Reuters. The diverse group of teens that star in the show have been recognzed by the Multicultural Motion Picture Association. In a statement, the group’s…

Panelist Tweets: ABC Renewing ‘Shark Tank’

ABC has not officially announced that the reality series "Shark Tank" has been picked up, but one of the principals says that it’s a done deal, reports Josef Adalian at The Wrap. Panelist Robert Herjavec, one of the business experts who…

Streisand to Check in With ‘The Doctors’

Barbra Streisand will be phoning in to the Nov. 16 episode of CBS Television Distribution’s syndicated medical show “The Doctors." Streisand will be speaking with the doctors in support of The Barbra Streisand Women’s Cardiovascular Research and Education Program at Cedars-Sinai medical…

CNN.com Teams With Automaker for Weekly Quiz

CNN, In keeping with the increased interactive capability of its newly revamped Web site, CNN.com, has recruited a major automaker to sponsor the CNN Challenge, a weekly current events quiz, reports B&C. The sponsor is Ford’s Sync, an in-car communications and entertainment…

G.E., Comcast Deal for NBCU Could Come by Next Week

General Electric and Comcast reached a tentative agreement Friday on key points of a deal for Comcast to take control of NBC Universal, the New York Times reports. A formal announcement could come sometime next week, the paper said, citing…

Fox Drama Revives a Favorite Villain from Previous Season

A favorite villain is returning to a Fox drama for several episodes, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Former President Charles Logan is coming back to Fox’s “24” this season, which begins with a two-night, four-hour premiere on Jan. 17 and 18. Logan is…

Jay Leno Says He Still Has Affiliate Support

In an hourlong interview with B&C, NBC’s Jay Leno said he had called affiliates last week to check in with them and “Unless they are the greatest actors in the world, they seem to be hanging in there and say…

Travel Channel Bidding Narrows; Deal May Be Structured as Joint Venture

Negotiations for the majority stake in Cox Enterprise’s Travel Channel are now centered on the winning party forming a joint venture with Cox, Reuters reports. News Corp. and Scripps Networks Interactive are leading the bidding, with the valuation of the…

Harvard Students Can Soon Take a Course About an HBO Series

HBO’s gritty series about the nexus of Baltimore drug dealers, local politics and the police force, the schools and the news media, "The Wire," is to become the subject of a course at Harvard, the New York Post reports, citing Harvard’s student…