Currently on a hot streak with 'Family Guy' and spinoff 'The Cleveland Show' earning strong ratings on Sunday nights, Seth MacFarlane is stepping in front of the camera to star in a variety special for Fox next month.
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The national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, Roy Innis, has come to the defense of suspended Variety editor Peter Bart.
Cahners Publishing, whose trade publications include Variety and Broadcasting & Cable, said Wednesday that it is pink-slipping 140 employees, representing about 3 percent of its work force. The company also eliminated an honor-system policy of allowing employees to leave at 1: p.m. on Fridays, provided that they make up the missed time during the rest of the week. The company said that it was reacting to current economic conditions.