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QuickTakes: What Can Be Done to Improve Cable’s 60% Customer Satisfaction Rating?

What can be done to improve cable’s 60% customer satisfaction rating? “As a consumer, customer service still is a problem, particularly as it relates to service calls and billing problems, and I am always amazed at the lack of product…

‘SportsCenter’ Goes Behind Game

ESPN Segment Traces Path of Former Tennis Champ Jaeger

Bringing Story Home

ESPN Deportes Tracks Survivors of Devastating Plane Crash in ‘Sobrevivientes’

Palin vs. Biden Debate Pulls in 69.9 Mil Viewers

The television turn-out for the vice presidential debate Thursday night between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin totaled 69.9 million viewers, according to national data from Nielsen Media Research. The lone debate between the two contenders was carried live…

Sundance to Air ‘Globe,’ Documentaries

A new reality series focusing on the world of antiques is coming to Sundance Channel, Multichannel News reports. “Man Shops Globe” will star antiques buyer Keith Johnson as he searches tirelessly for the world’s most coveted antiques. The network also…

Sergei Enlists for ‘Army Wives’

Ivan Sergei has been cast as the nephew of Betty, played by Patricia French, on Lifetime’s “Army Wives,” TV Guide reports. Sergei’s character will show up on the season finale at Betty’s Bar & Grill. Sergei’s television credits include roles…

Winkler, Burns Get ‘Wonderful’ Roles

Henry Winkler, Brooke Burns and Warren Christie will star in Hallmark Channel’s original holiday movie “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” the Hollywood Reporter says. In the movie, Burns plays a single mom who no longer enjoys the holidays…

LIN Stations Pulled From TWC Systems

LIN TV pulled the signal for its local stations from Time Warner Cable systems in 11 markets after retransmission consent negotiations failed on Thursday. A Time Warner Cable spokeswoman said active talks continued Friday as the weekend approached. TV station…

Discovery to Air Fossett Documentary

Discovery Channel will air a documentary special about billionaire adventure Steve Fossett, who has been missing since September 2007, Daily Variety reports. “Steve Fossett: What Went Wrong” documents the discovery of Fossett’s airplane wreckage and belongings in the California mountains…

Winter Joins TLC as Senior VP, Marketing

New TLC President Eileen O’Neill has hired fellow Planet Green veteran Amy Winter as senior VP of marketing-creative and operations. Ms. Winter will be part of the replacement for marketing Executive VP Regina DiMartino, who left the network shortly after…