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Kerry Knott, a Republican who heads Comcast’s Washington, D.C., offices, has stepped down, Multichannel News reports. Knott, who will become a “strategic counsel” for the cable company and a consultant to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, departs less than…
WPP Group, which reported higher quarterly earnings this week, says a global recession that cuts advertising spending may last as long as three years, Adweek reports. The current downturn may last “significantly” longer than the one created by the Internet…
MTVu plans to broaden its suicide-prevention public affairs program “Half of Us,” which won a Peabody Award for journalistic excellence, Multichannel News says. The program will make new content available starting today. —Danny King
Former “Dukes of Hazzard” star John Schneider will appear in three episodes of ABC’s “Dirty Sexy Money,” Entertainment Weekly reports. Schneider, who appears regularly on ABC’s “The Secret Life of an American Teenager,” will play a congressman paid off by…
Milton Katselas, a director and acting teacher whose pupils included Gene Hackman, Doris Roberts and George Clooney, died of heart failure in Los Angeles at age 75, the Hollywood Reporter says. Nominated as a director for a 1970 Tony Award,…
Ex-“NYPD Blue” star Sharon Lawrence will appear on The CW’s “Privileged” as the deadbeat mother of Joanna Garcia and Kristina Apgar’s characters, Entertainment Weekly reports. Lawrence will appear in at least two episodes starting in January, the magazine says. —Danny…
NBC’s coverage of Republican vice president candidate Sarah Palin was the most positive of any television network despite sister channel MSNBC’s coverage being slanted toward the Democrats, TVNewser reports, citing the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Additionally, presidential election stories…
Comedian Russell Brand resigned from his BBC Radio show after he and Jonathan Ross were suspended for airing what the network said were lewd phone messages to “Fawlty Towers” co-star Andrew Sachs, the Associated Press reports. Brand and Ross, who…
The World Series will resume tonight on Fox from Philadelphia as the rest of the rain-suspended Game 5 will be played on what’s forecast to be a 40-degree night, the Associated Press reports, citing Major League Baseball. By winning tonight,…
U.S. senators are lobbying pro football commissioner Roger Goodell for allowing more NFL games to be broadcast for free on the NFL Network, the Associated Press reports. While the network broadcasts games of teams to their home cities, many senators…