MSNBC and msnbc.com have launched a new Web site for “The Rachel Maddow Show” at www.rachel.msnbc.com. Visitors to the site can watch “The Rachel Maddow Show” on any platform whenever they want, embed segments into their own Web sites and…
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….
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…
Despite earlier reports to the contrary, E! Entertainment is bringing back “Denise Richards: It’s Complicated” for a second season, the network said Wednesday. Production of the new season is slated to begin early next year. The first episode drew 1.8…
VH1 Classic will premiere “That Metal Show” on Nov. 15. The half-hour heavy metal and hard rock discussion show will be led by hosts Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson. They will be joined by special guests in their…
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts on Wednesday declared that the nation’s largest cable operator is ready for the economic downturn. In the face of a worsening economy, Mr. Roberts, speaking on the company’s third-quarter earnings conference call with analysts, asked, “Is…
Despite a worsening economy and a drop in basic subscribers, the nation’s biggest cable operator, Comcast Corp., said Wednesday that its third-quarter earnings rose 38%, TVWeek says. Net income was $771 million, or 26 cents a share, up from $560…
MSNBC boss Phil Griffin still carries the ID card he carried when he worked for CNN in the early 1980s, a sign that he’s been in cable news almost since its beginnings, the New York Observer reports. These days, Griffin…
Despite being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Patrick Swayze is putting 12-hour days on the set of “The Beast,” a new series for A&E, the New York Times reports. So far, the “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” star has missed only a…