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Isaiah Washington will make his return to television with a guest-starring role on A&E’s “The Cleaner,” TV Guide reports. The “Grey’s Anatomy” alum will play a traditional, well-schooled interventionist who crosses swords with Benjamin Bratt’s title character as both attempt…
Time Warner Cable named Gary Matz as its new senior vice president of government relations, says Multichannel News. Matz, who first joined TWC in 1988 as director of government relations for the central region, most recently served as group vice…
Fox Reality Channel announced its latest celeb-reality show, “Gimme My Reality Show!,” which pits seven former reality show “stars” in a battle of attrition to win their own reality show on the network, Multichannel News reports. The cast includes the…
The new season of “Project Runway” kicks off its next season on Wednesday, July 16. However, the usual onslaught of publicity will be noticeably missing from Bravo’s No. 1 show, Entertainment Weekly reports. Bravo General Manager Frances Berwick denies the…
In a reversal that could help Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, MTV has decided to begin accepting paid political advertising, TVWeek reports. While MTV’s sister channels in Viacom’s MTV Networks division have accepted campaign ads in the past, the music…
Big names Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen and Ben Stiller have lent their faces to the Screen Actor’s Guild’s opposition to the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists’ ratification of a labor agreement with media companies, the Hollywood Reporter says….
Cable’s take in the upfront advertising market grew at a faster rate than broadcast networks’ haul this year, the New York Times observes. Preliminary numbers show cable took in about $8 million in ad commitments, up 7 to 8 percent….
Satellite TV customers are more satisfied with their service than cable customers, a new Beta Research Corporation survey finds, Multichannel reports. The survey finds that 71% of satellite users are “very satisfied” with their service, while 62% of digital cable…
Donald Frangipani, a handwriting expert from Brooklyn, has filed a suit against HBO and “Real Sports’” Bryant Gumble for allegedly ruining his reputation after a report on the program said Frangipani was connected to a forged memorabilia ring, the New…
NBC Universal has reached an amicable settlement with a woman suing the network after her brother committed suicide during a taping of “Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Louis William Conradt shot himself in late…