NBC News is going to contribute an anchor, MSNBC’s Alex Witt, and a lot of NBC News content to cable channel Retirement Living TV’s “Daily Cafe” as the noon weekday hour starts its third season Tuesday. Continuing with the show…
FX has canceled reality show “30 Days,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The series and its fish-out-of-water premise, where participants lived in unfamiliar cultures or lifestyles for 30 days, was the last remaining unscripted show on the cable network. A spokesperson…
Fox News Channel’s Greta Van Susteren has won the first post-election sit-down interview with the former Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The widely sought interview, to be taped in Alaska starting this weekend, is expected to dominate Monday’s…
Dylan McDermott will play the lead character in Jerry Bruckheimer’s drama pilot for TNT titled “The Line,” the Hollywood Reporter says. McDermott plays a veteran undercover LAPD officer running a secret unit, the trade paper says. —Jon Lafayette
Cablevision Systems says it is no longer actively considering the sale of assets including the cable networks in its Rainbow Media division, the Wall Street Journal says. Declarations by the Dolan family, which controls the cable operator, that it would…
With the election over, the personalities at MSNBC are again taking pot shots at one another, TVBarn.com says. Joe Scarborough and Chris Matthews had one exchange, and the network’s comet, Rachel Maddow, was reportedly being compared to Ashleigh Banfield (remember…
No more pet food and kitty litter as sponsors on Animal Planet, Advertising Age says. The channel has toughened up its programming and is creating customized vignettes to attract advertisers including Pizza Hut, Honda and Mattel, the paper says. —Jon…
One of E!’s “Girls Next Door” is getting married, and it isn’t to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, the Associated Press reports. Hefner announced that Kendra Wilkinson, 23, is engaged to Philadelphia Eagles receiver Hank Baskett. Last month, Hefner and “No….
The ballots had barely been counted when “South Park” took a swipe at president-elect Barack Obama, the New York Post says. The Comedy Central cartoon Thursday night made fun of the bullet-proof glass surrounding the Democrat as he gave his…