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Dan Rather Asks President Obama to Save Democracy by Helping Rescue the News Business

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, in a speech at the Aspen (Colo.) Institute Tuesday night, called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission to help save the press, the Aspen Daily News reports. “I personally encourage…

Verizon Offers DSL Customers Free NFL Sunday Ticket to Stem Losses To Cable

Verizon is offering customers who sign up for certain triple-play bundles with DirecTV free access to the satellite operator’s out-of-market NFL Sunday Ticket games package for the 2009 season, Multichannel News reports. The promotion is aimed at stopping DSL customers…

NBC Charges ‘ House’ Creator David Shore With Reviving ‘Rockford Files’

"House" creator David Shore will create a new version of the ’70s detective drama “Rockford Files" for NBC, Universal Media Studios and Steve Carell’s Carousel Television, Variety reports. The original series, which ran on the network from 1974-80, starred James…

Diane Keaton to Headline Sexy Comedy Series for HBO

Diane Keaton will star in an yet-untitled half-hour HBO comedy about a feminist icon who attempts to rekindle the movement by starting a sexually explicit magazine for women, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Writer-producer Marti Noxon told the trade publication…

Fox, The CW Expected to Close Upfront Ad Sales This Week; Deals Down by as Much as -3%

Fox and The CW are are expected to close their upfront ad sales by the end of the week, Mediaweek reports. Citing unidentified sources, Mediaweek says that the CW is doing deals at -2 to -3 percent for its primetime…

USA Network Ratings Winner Among Cable Networks for July; TNT is 2nd, Fox News, 3rd

USA Network will finish July as the most-watched cable network, averaging 3.15 million total primetime viewers and winning all three major demos, Mediaweek reports. Citing Nielsen data for June 30 through July 27, Mediaweek says USA averaged 1.45 million adults…

Time Warner Profit Takes a 34% Dive in Second Quarter; Ad Slump, Slow DVD Sales Blamed

Time Warner Inc.’s second-quarter profit shrank 34 percent due to revenue declines in its publishing, movie and online properties, which were affected by the ad slump and slow DVD sales, the Associated Press reports. Time Warner, owner of Warner Bros., the HBO and…

No Brainer: USA Renews ‘Burn Notice’ and ‘Royal Pains,’ Hits Behind Its Ratings Surge

USA Network has renewed its popular action drama "Burn Notice" and freshman hit "Royal Pains," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Thursday team of "Burn" and "Pains" has been the force behind a ratings surge for USA, which finished first…

Alfre Woodard Joins CBS’ ‘Three Rivers’; Heather Stephens Cast in ABC’s ‘The Forgotten’

Emmy-winning actress Alfre Woodard has been given a lead role opposite Alex O’Laughlin on CBS’ new medical drama "Three Rivers," The Hollywood Reporter reports. Woodard will play head of surgery at the hospital in the show, a role played by…

Robert Knepper Now a Regular on ‘Heroes’

Robert Knepper has been made a regular on the NBC drama "Heroes," according toThe Hollywood Reporter. Knepper originally signed on for six episodes. –Tom Gilbert