Comcast’s top fundraiser held a dinner last month for presidential candidate Barack Obama that generated $6.1 million in campaign contributions, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. How much that will help Comcast, which is anti-union and on the opposite side of the…
A real railroad conductor, Matt Brown hosts History’s new series “Extreme Trains,” which premieres Tuesday, USA Today says. “Trains”‘ eight episodes are packed with the technology, history and tough blue-collar workers that have popularized History Channel shows such as ‘Ice…
The cable industry is counting on the high-definition TV experience being exciting enough to keep people from shutting off service and switching to Web-based video as recession-wary consumers look to cut back, attendees at the opening panel of the Cable…
“Saved by the Bell” alum Tiffani Thiessen will co-star in USA Network’s pilot “White Collar,” the Hollywood Reporter says. She will play the wife of an FBI white-collar crime unit investigator. Also, Spike TV has cast Matthew Marsden and Kevin…
After drawing record viewers during a rough and tumble election season, the Associated Press wonders if viewers will still tune in to cable news for the traditional honeymoon period afforded to new presidents. Frank Sesno, a former CNNer and now…
Bill Burke, who worked for Turner Broadcasting and ran the Weather Channel, has collaborated with Ted Turner on an autobiography called “Call Me Ted,” the New York Times says. “The good thing for me is that Ted likes to spend…
TV Land has ordered six episodes of a new hidden-camera series “Make My Day,” Daily Variety reports. The project, from Michael Davies and Sony Pictures TV and based on a British series, will feature unsuspecting subjects faced with outlandish events…
With a boxed set of “The Sopranos” coming out this week, David Chase has little to say about the series’ controversial ending, the Los Angeles Times says. “Every time I say anything about the ending, I just make things worse,”…
Spike TV has partnered with FremantleMedia Enterprises for the global financing, distribution and marketing for three of the network’s upcoming series “Jesse James Is Dead,” “Deadliest Warrior” and “Surviving Disaster,” Daily Variety reports. All three shows are expected to debut…
Katey Sagal has moved from being the vulgar Peggy Bundy on the Fox sitcom “Married…With Children” to the brutal yet vulnerable Gemma Teller on FX’s “Sons of Anarchy,” the New York Times says. “I wanted to do something different, to…