Television

It appears that the Comedy Central network is going have mercy on the legion of "Chappelle's Show" fans out there.


The uber-popular channel, most famous for being the home of the wildly irreverant "South Park," will air four episodes' worth of sketches Chappelle filmed before he walked off the mega-successful show last Spring.

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Cable network HBO on Friday said it will produce eight bonus episodes of its hit mob drama "The Sopranos" to air from January 2007 in a surprise move likely to delight fans of hot-tempered crime boss Tony Soprano.

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Good news for fake news guy Stephen Colbert.


The Daily Show correspondent is moving on up in the world with a Comedy Central show of his very own, dubbed The Colbert Report.

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for March 7-13. Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

Despite endorsements by the nation’s top communications lawmakers, outbound Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell isn’t in favor of extending indecency regulations to satellite radio and cable TV.

Seth MacFarlane's animated comedy Family Guy - which will be revived on FOX this May after gaining a cult following on Cartoon Network’s late-night feature “Adult Swim” - is also heading to East and West coast stages this April.

Wednesday marked the veteran journalist's final broadcast as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News, 24 years to the day after he took over the job from Walter Cronkite.

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Feb. 28 to March 6. Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

There are an abundant amount of CD's and DVD's released each week, so in an effort to make your selection process easier, here are the Stony Brook Independent Arts and Lifestyle section's picks for March 2005:

LOS ANGELES - "Fat Actress" isn't a label many people in Hollywood would embrace, but former "Cheers" star Kirstie Alley is reveling in it.

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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Feb. 21-27. Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

Network broadcasting giant CBS is all geared up to create interactive components for a select group of its primetime programs, beginning this Thursday on ratings giant "Survivor: Palau."

NEW YORK - Darth Vader is coming to "The O.C." The trailer for "Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith" will premiere during the March 10 episode of the Fox show.

NEW YORK - "NYPD Blue" ended its 12-year run without bare butts, gimmicks or ghosts — just Detective Andy Sipowicz making a tough but morally correct decision that put his new job as commander in jeopardy.