Thursday night’s presidential address on the current economic crisis and rescue plan was watched by 52.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media numbers. President George W. Bush’s speech aired from about 9 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. EST on broadcast networks…
Comcast will make the three presidential debates and the vice presidential debate available via its on-demand service, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The debates will become available the day after each debate. Comcast already provides VOD footage of major speeches from…
Since becoming MSNBC’s top anchor for the remainder of the election a few weeks ago, David Gregory finally gets his first major gig in that post tonight when Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have their first debate in Oxford,…
Sci Fi Channel has tapped actor Steve Valentine to host its new reality competition series “Estate of Panic.” Mr. Valentine played Dr. Nigel Townsend for six years on NBC’s “Crossing Jordan” and has had guest roles on shows like “Chuck”…
Guest stars of HBO’s “True Blood” have been made regular members of the cast, the Hollywood Reporter says. Mehcad Brooks, Todd Lowe, Deborah Ann Woll and Michelle Forbes will join the show full-time beginning next season, with all four appearing…
TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Sarah Michelle Gellar, is set to star in a new pilot for HBO from writer Charles Randolph,
Investor Mario Gabelli says his company may nominate potential directors for Cablevision Systems Corp. and Media General Inc., Dow Jones reports. Gabelli, whose Gamco Investors owns 8.5% of Cablevision, wants the company to buy back stock and sell assets to…
TNT is working on two cop procedural dramas, one from Jerry Bruckheimer and Danny Cannon and the other from Jon Avnet and Donnie Wahlberg, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network is in final negotiations on a pilot order for the…
Mike Huckabee will unveil his new Fox News Channel show, “Huckabee,” this Saturday and Sunday night, the Associated Press reports. The former Republican presidential hopeful, who dropped out of the race in March, joined the network in June to serve…
Oxygen will get its chance to work the runway, having purchased the off-network rights for repeats of “America’s Next Top Model,” TelevisionWeek reports. Oxygen, which also airs reruns of “The Tyra Banks Show,” acquired the rights from CBS TV Distribution…