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Mary McDonnell will be appearing on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” starting Nov. 13, but is unlikely to be in Sci Fi Network’s “Battlestar Galactica” movie, Entertainment Weekly says. Additionally, Katie Holmes likely will reappear on ABC’s “Eli Stone,” the magazine says….
The BBC has indefinitely suspended actor and comedian Russell Brand, along with fellow comedian Jonathan Ross, for leaving what it says were lewd phone messages for actor Andrew Sachs that were broadcast Oct. 18 on Brand’s radio show, the Associated…
CBS, which reports earnings Thursday, is likely to see its earnings cut the most by television’s advertising cutbacks because it is no longer part of a conglomerate with earnings from non-broadcast TV advertising, Daily Variety reports. CBS, which split from…
Africa Channel will run a special on the U.S. presidential race the day before the Nov. 4 election, Multichannel News reports. Fan clubs for Democratic candidate Barack Obama and U.S. policy in Africa are among subjects to be covered in…
Time Warner Cable and LIN TV agreed to a new retransmission deal that returns LIN stations to 1.5 million subscribers who’d been blacked out for a month, Multichannel News reports. The agreement, whose financial details weren’t disclosed, returns channels to…
The media publishes three negative stories on John McCain for every positive one on the Republican presidential candidate, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Only 14% of the stories on McCain were positive, compared to…
The new MLB Network is in discussions to bring on longtime NBC sportscaster Bob Costas for the 2009 baseball season, Daily Variety reports, citing Sports Business Daily. The channel is talking to Costas about either being a play-by-play man for…
Digital video recorder maker TiVo will announce Thursday that it’s making hundreds of movies from Walt Disney and other studios available for its Internet customers through agreements with Jaman.com and CinemaNow, the Hollywood Reporter says. TiVo, which partnered with Amazon.com…
Comcast Sports Group promoted Ramon Ramos to the newly created position of vice president of research and marketing solutions, Multichannel News reports. Mr. Ramos will head research for Comcast’s 10 regional sports networks, which are seen by 40 million viewers,…
Dominic Monaghan, best known as “Lost’s” Charlie, will guest star on NBC’s “Chuck” in February, playing an English rock star targeted to be killed, Entertainment Weekly reports. Mr. Monaghan, who was attracted to the show by executive producer Josh Schwartz,…