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Obama Campaign Buys First Ads in Arizona

Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is taking the unprecedented step of launching its first advertising in rival John McCain’s home state of Arizona. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe announced the advertising buy this morning, saying the campaign also would relaunch advertising…

ABC Radio Networks Adds Content From E!, Style, G4

The Comcast Entertainment Group said Friday it made a deal with ABC Radio Networks that will bring content from E! Entertainment, Style Network and G4 to radio listeners. E! is expected to create celebrity and entertainment content for radio. Style…

Negative Ads Rule as Campaign Nears End, Study Shows

As the presidential campaign moved into its closing weeks, negative ads continued to dominate the airwaves. But Barack Obama’s ads have turned more negative while Republican John McCain has mixed in some positive messages to his earlier all-out-attack strategy. A…

Fox Votes ‘American’ Into Fifth Season

Fox is waving the flag for “American Dad,” renewing the Seth MacFarlane-produced animated series for a fifth season. The renewal had been expected by executives at 20th Century Fox Television, which produces the show. Fox has ordered 22 episodes of…

‘King of the Hill’ Canceled

Fox has canceled long-running animated comedy “King of the Hill.” The show’s most recent episode order of 13 half-hours will be its last, a Fox spokesman said Thursday. Given the lead time for animation, it’s likely the series will air…

Bravo Turns Up the Flame on Fashion

Bravo announced a slew of projects in development at the network, in addition to the pickup of new fashion competition series “The Fashion Show.” Shows in development include the topical “Fashionality,” featuring some of New York’s biggest “tastemakers” as they…

Discovery Goes ‘Inside the Target Car’ on JFK Anniversary

Discovery Channel will air “JFK: Inside the Target Car” on Nov. 16 to mark the 45th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The special employs cutting-edge forensics and film archives to prove that the only bullets fired…

Soggy World Series Slips to Lowest Ratings Ever

Bad weather led to bad ratings as the 2008 World Series on Fox drew the smallest audience in its history. The five-game series concluded with the Philadelphia Phillies beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in the conclusion of Game 5,…

Obama Drives ‘Daily Show’ to Record Ratings

Sen. Barack Obama’s appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” last night was the program’s most-watched episode ever. The episode attracted 3.6 million total viewers and a 2.6 household rating, besting its previous record—when Michelle Obama was…

Obama Ad Draws 33.5 Million Viewers

More than 33.5 million viewers turned in to see Sen. Barack Obama’s paid political advertisement last night, which ran on seven networks in prime time, including NBC, Fox, CBS, MSNBC, BET, TVOne and Univision. The total beats the last political…