After Fox canceled the long-running "King of the Hill" last week, sources say rival network ABC might be interested in picking it up -- a move that would make sense for the latter network. One of ABC's most promising upcoming shows is the animated comedy "The Goode Family," which just happens to come from comes from "King" executive producers Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky. Picking up the Fox show would give ABC a strong lead-in to "Goode." Another reason it could make sense: Just three days after Fox canceled the show, "King" posted its best …

Election night is the closest thing all-news outlets have to the Super Bowl, as friends gather in homes and bars around the country to watch the returns. So CNN, Fox, MSNBC and others will be unveiling some wild gizmos and gimmicks to spice up their coverage on Tuesday night. In what is probably the goofiest of all gimmicks, the Rockefeller Center skating rink will be turned into a giant map of the country, courtesy of NBC. Skaters clad in blue or red will be called onto the ice as states are called in favor of either candidate. Meanwhile, …

With all the media layoffs last week, one of the most important items got lost: Google settling a lawsuit brought by book publishers over the digitization of their publications. Google will pay $125 million to the plaintiffs, and a pricing protocol will be established to continue the scanning of books and making them available online. So why aren't newspapers and magazines going after Google for making their content available for free online via its powerful search engine? After all, Google has just conceded, with a very large payment, that information is not free, and newspapers and magazines are …

If the polls are right, the country will wake up tomorrow with a federal government dominated by the Democratic Party -- one empowered to effect considerable change in the nation's laws. One possible change that hasn't yet gotten much attention: the return of the Fairness Doctrine. The doctrine, which dates back to the 1950s, requires broadcasters to air both sides of controversial issues in equal measure. The FCC repealed the law in the 1980s, but given the conservative dominance of talk radio, Democrats may want to use their newfound muscle to bring it back. "As things …

When Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore took the stage to deliver the keynote address at this year's ABC Circulation Conference on Friday at New York's Waldorf-Astoria, she was quick to acknowledge the elephant in the room, and adjust accordingly. "Given the news of Time Inc.'s latest reorganization...I've changed my remarks for this morning," she said. Moore attempted to walk attendees through the reasons behind the massive reorganization. "By this October, it was looking like 1931," she said. "[Time Inc.] has never had so many advertising clients in trouble at the same time. The declines are stunning." Moore added …

With less than 24 hours to go before Election Day 2008, the polls are just about closed for newspaper endorsements -- and the Obama Biden ticket is running away with it in a landslide. Not only did the Democratic team win by far the greatest number of newspaper endorsements -- 241 to McCain Palin's 114 -- it won the circulation race by a huge margin as well. The circulation of the Obama-backing papers stands at over 21 million, compared with McCain's 7 million. Obama also was endorsed by The Anchorage Daily News. Of course, he who wins …

Heading into Election Day, Barack Obama appears to have it all sewn up. But what if he doesn't? If Obama loses, aside from one seriously shocked nation, would be an unprecedented fallout for media pundits and pollsters, nearly all of whom would be proven very wrong in their predictions. All 159 major polls taken in the last six weeks have put Obama in the lead, and good luck finding a pundit on the Sunday morning news programs who didn't think Obama had this one well in hand. But nothing is finished yet, and if they turn out to …

Life isn't happy at Condé Nast, which is experiencing cutbacks. The home of the glitziest magazines in the business was expecting to cut more than 100 people last Friday, the biggest cut in the company's history. The first casualty -- Men's Vogue is cutting back to two issues a year from 10 and will now be a standalone supplement to Vogue magazine. Portfolio, headed by Joanne Lipman, is being downsized by 20%, and the Web team will carry on with five staffers.

CBS usually draws older viewers, but for the first few weeks of the new season, the network has more shows in the Top 20 that appeal to young adults than its rivals. Chairman of CBS, Leslie Moonves, says the answer is "comfort food." CBS is running crime shows where the bad guys are always caught, like "The Mentalist" and sitcoms that help distract a worried country from a bad economy and job losses, like "Gary Unmarried" and "Worst Week." "When the road gets rocky, the center is the best place to be," said Kelly Kahl, the chief scheduler …