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Stewart to Create History Special

Jon Stewart is creating a two-hour special about the U.S. naturalization process for History Channel, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The program is one of 13 new specials and 16 new series for next season, and which represent one of the…

ABC Taps Seacrest, Oliver for Food Show

ABC has tapped Ryan Seacrest and British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to create an unscripted food program, the Hollywood Reporter says. The program will feature Oliver visiting unhealthy U.S. cities and working on ways to overhaul the local diet, the…

CBS Golf Reporter Makes Gaffe in Print

CBS golf announcer David Feherty tried to be funny in a magazine. Instead his joke about how U.S. troops might treat some Democratic politicians might end his career, USA Today reports. CBS called his words “an unacceptable attempt on humor”…

Mama Mia! It’s Not Product Placement

Last Thursday’s “30 Rock” featured multiple mentions of the NBC Universal film “Mama Mia,” but the network insists it was the doing of the show’s writers and not a product placement, the New York Times says. The paper calls it…

Gupta Still at CNN for Flu Story

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who discussed being surgeon general with the Obama administration, is on the front line of the swine flu epidemic in Mexico for CNN, the Associated Press reports. “As a medical reporter, in some ways these are the…

Telenovelas Cancel Kissing After Flu

Actors in telenovelas are choosing to avoid heavy kissing scenes after the spread of the swine flu in Mexico, Daily Variety reports. While Televisa says it’s not changing scripts or policy, one producer tells the trade paper that if an…

Leno Does Show in Ohio

Jay Leno took his “Comedy Stimulus” tour over the weekend to Wilmington, Oho, where thousands of workers are losing their jobs because DHL Express is pulling out, the Associated Press reports. Leno’s first jokes were about politics and President Obama,…

Carvey Show Returns on DVD

The New York Times takes a look at “The Dana Carvey Show,” which aired in 1996 and is being released now on DVD. The show was short lived despite featuring up-and-coming funnymen including Robert Smigel, Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert and…

Get Ready for the End (of the Season)

The Contra Costa Times helps viewers get ready for the season ending episodes of series such as “Lost,” “Bones,” and “Desperate Housewives.” The New York Times does something similar. —Jon Lafayette

Town Meetings Not Comcastic

Comcast told the City of Lodi, Calif., that it will no long staff city council meetings, which means they will no longer be available on cable TV or online unless the city finds an alternative, the