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Mojo HD Shut Down by Cable Companies

The cable companies that own In Demand have decided to close down their high-definition service Mojo HD, In Demand confirmed Tuesday. The shutdown affects about 10 million subscribers. Some cable systems have already begun notifying viewers that Mojo will cease…

NBCU Assails FCC on a la Carte

NBC Universal asked the Federal Communications Commission to keep from intervening in a la carte carriage deals between content owners and pay-TV distributors, Multichannel News reports. NBCU filed a motion on Monday, saying “there’s no legal or factual basis for…

FX Orders Up More ‘Anarchy’

FX has renewed its original series “Sons of Anarchy” for a second season, TelevisionWeek reports. The network has placed a 13-episode order for next year. The show’s first season has average 5.4 million viewers per week, with 3.5 million of…

Three Cast in Parker’s HBO Pilot

Rachael Taylor, Amanda Walsh and Bitsie Tulloch have been tapped to star in Sarah Jessica Parker’s HBO’s comedy pilot “The Washingtoniennes,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The project, based on Jessica Cutler’s semi-autobiographical book, will follow three 28-year-old women and their…

Borgnine Does Hallmark Project

Ernest Borgnine is set to star in his 200th film, “The Wishing Well,” a movie for Hallmark Channel, the Hollywood Reporter says. The film will also star Jordan Ladd and Sally Kellerman in a story about a journalist sent to…

Fox News Focuses on Obama Associations

As Republicans attacked Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama for his past relationships to activists, Fox News Channel Sunday ran a show with a similar theme called “Obama & Friends: The History of Radicalism,” the New York Times notes. Sean Hannity…

FX Picks Up Second Season of ‘Sons of Anarchy’

FX said it has ordered a second 13-episode season of its original drama “Sons of Anarchy.” The network said the show has been its most consistent first-year drama since “Rescue Me” and has been averaging a cumulative audience of 5.4…

Holloway Movie in the Works at LMN

Lifetime Movie Network is currently in pre-production on a television movie based on the disappearance of teenager Natalee Holloway, the Hollywood Reporter says. The production, tentatively titled “The Natalee Holloway Story,” is based on the real-life story about the 2005…

Michelle Obama Visiting ‘The Daily Show’

Michelle Obama will be making her first visit to Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The wife of Sen. Barack Obama will appear Oct. 8 on the political comedy show. The senator has visited…

‘Clone Wars’ Sets Premiere Record

“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” became Cartoon Network’s most-watched series premiere ever with its debut Friday night, the TelevisionWeek says. The airing averaged 4 million total viewers, 1 million more than the previous recorder holder, “Ben 10: Alien Force,” according…