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Fox’s ‘Grammer’ Sketch Show to Premiere March 13

Fox announced Friday “Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show” is scheduled to premiere Sunday, Mar. 13, at 9:30 p.m. (ET).The show is an adaptation of a British series produced by Avalon Television. The American version stars : Kaitlin Olsen, Mary…

TiVo Reaches 3 Mil Subscribers

Digital video recorder maker TiVo on Friday said its subscriber base surpassed the 3-million mark at the end of January, and that it doubled its subscribers during the fiscal year that ended Jan. 31. The Alviso, Calif.-based company said it…

Freedom Forum Honors C-SPAN Founder

C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb will receive the Freedom Forum’s 2004 Al Neuharth Free Spirit of the Year Award, it was announced Thursday. The Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, said the award is given annually to one…

‘Al Franken Show’ Returns to Sundance

Sundance Channel is bringing back “The Al Franken Show,” a televised version of the humorist’s weekday program on Air America Radio, the cable network said Thursday. The new season of “The Al Franken Show” will air weeknights beginning June 6…

Consumer Costs of Digital Conversion Worry Lawmakers

A controversial proposal to require broadcasters to switch to digital TV by 2006 appears to be giving an increasing number of lawmakers qualms, because it could end up forcing millions of consumers to buy digital-to-analog converters to keep analog-only receivers…

Rather Memoir Special Will Follow Final Broadcast

Dan Rather’s last appearance as anchor of “CBS Evening News” on Wednesday, March 9, will be followed at 8 p.m. by a memoir special, “Dan Rather: A Reporter Remembers,” in which he talks about his 24 years at the “Evening”…

‘Suze Orman’ Cleared in New York, Los Angeles

Twentieth Television’s new talk strip “The Suze Orman Show” has been cleared in New York and Los Angeles. Spokeswomen for WCBS-TV in New York and KNBC-TV in Los Angeles confirmed the show has been cleared on their stations for a…

ABC to Premiere ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ March 27

ABC’s new medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy” will premiere Sunday, Mar. 27, at 10 p.m. (ET), pre-empting “Boston Legal” for four weeks. “Boston Legal” will return Sunday, April 24, with all-original episodes for the remainder of the season.“Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen…

Changing of the Guard at CNN’s ‘NewsNight’

An executive producer change has been made on CNN’s weeknightly “NewsNight With Aaron Brown.” Former ABC News producer Sharon van Zwieten has left CNN and is being succeeded by “American Morning” executive producer Wil Surratt. CNN/U.S. President Jonathan Klein, who…

Tennis Channel Buys ATP Tournament

The Tennis Channel announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to purchase the ATP tennis tournament based in Scottsdale, Ariz., which will be renamed the Tennis Channel Open. Tennis Channel is buying the event from Scottsdale Tournament Productions, whose…