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Larry the Cable Guy to Install New Show on..Cable

"Blue Collar Comedy" star Larry the Cable Guy is headed to a cable network for his next series, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show, on the History Channel, has the working title of “Only in America With Larry the Cable Guy.” According…

In Twist, Nancy Grace Asks Court to Ban Videotaping of Her Deposition

HLN talk-show host, lawyer, former prosecutor and soon to be syndicated court show judge Nancy Grace ("Swift Justice with Nancy Grace") has asked a judge to prohibit the videotaping of her deposition in a central Florida wrongful death lawsuit, the Associated Press reports….

One of the ‘Mad Men’ Won’t Be Back Next Season

Bryan Batt, who played Salvatore Romano, an art director and closeted homosexual in AMC’s "Mad Men," which is set in the early 1960s, will not be on the show when it resumes next season, reports TV Guide. Matt Weiner, creator of…

Disney Names Bates to Succeed Padden

ABC parent The Walt Disney Co. has named Richard Bates to replace Preston Padden as its senior vice president of government relations, reports Multichannel News. Bates, former executive director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and a 19-year Disney veteran, will oversee corporate relations…

First Oprah and Now Martha: Stewart Leaving Syndication for Exclusive Cable Deal

Original episodes of “The Martha Stewart Show” will leave daytime syndication and move exclusively to cable in the fall. Stewart, a syndication staple, will move to the Hallmark Channel come autumn, the network announced Tuesday morning. The show will air weekdays…

Tagline of Oprah’s New OWN Network Revealed

Programming at Oprah Winfrey’s new OWN network was on the minds of those who went to hear Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav in a keynote presentation at NATPE, but he wasn’t giving up many details, B&C reports. Zaslav did say…

‘Hope for Haiti Now’ Drew More than 80 Million Viewers

With a roadblock on all the major broadcast networks and many cable outlets, Friday’s “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon drew about 83 million viewers, reports the Associated Press, citing Nielsen Co. figures. That figure was for those who tuned in…

FiOS Growth Slows in Fourth Quarter

Verizon’s FiOS is no longer growing at quite the fast pace that it was, Multichannel News reports. In the fourth quarter, the service added 153,000 subscribers for both TV and Internet services, ending the year with 2.9 million FiOS TV…

Lifetime Movie Huge Hit With Young Women

Lifetime Television’s latest made for the network movie has done exceedingly well in the women 18-34 demo category. "The Pregnancy Pact" was ad-supported cable’s most-watched film since 1994 among women 18-to-34, with 1.37 million viewers in that demographic. The movie, which aired…

Cartoon Network Working With ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, but Not on a Cartoon

Singer and comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic is developing a live-action made-for-TV movie for Cartoon Network, B&C reports. The film will center on a teenager; Yankovic would have a supporting or guest role. He would also direct, if it gets picked…