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When the National Football League broadcasts next week’s San Diego-Oakland game to theaters in three cities, it will mark the first time that the league has used 3-D technology during a live event. The game will be shot using special cameras and broadcast via satellite. CNET (11/24)

ABC Family on Dec. 5 begins a three-day marathon featuring the first four “Harry Potter” movies. The programming stunt, all part of the network’s 25 Days of Christmas event, includes an extended edition of “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” as well as a first look at this summer’s “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” Multichannel News (11/24)

The CW Network announced its new official Sunday evening schedule starting November 30: first season episodes of Everybody Hates Chris at 5p and The Game at 530p; two second season back-to-back episodes of The Drew Carey Show from 6-7p; first season episodes of Jericho at 7p; and MGM movies at 8p. Film titles from MGM include The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course on November 30 as well as Spaceballs, Carrie, Throw Momma From the Train, Mr. Mom and many others. (Cynopsis 11/25)

Alan Colmes, the liberal co-host of Hannity & Colmes for 12 years will exit the show at the end of 2008. Colmes said in a statement he wants to “develop new and challenging ways to contribute to the growth of the network.” He will continue to be a left-leaning commentator for Fox News and host his Fox radio show. The network has not announced Colmes’ replacement to sit opposite Sean Hannity. (Cynopsis 11/25)

A&E Network began production on a new reality series Steven Seagal: Lawman based on the action movie star’s nearly twenty year on/off stint as a New Orleans crime fighter. The series will follow Seagal as he works as a fully-commissioned deputy with the Jefferson Parish County Sheriff’s Office. A&E will roll out the new show late next year. (Cynopsis 11/25)

Despite the growth on online video, Americans watch an average of 8 hours and 18 minutes of television each day, according to a study from Nielsen. That’s up substantially from a decade ago — before Internet video was part of the culture — when Americans watched an average of 7 hours and 15 minutes each day. Los Angeles Times (free registration) (11/25) , The New York Times/The Associated Press (11/24)

Comcast will launch The Comcast Network by the end of the year in the Philadelphia/Pittsburgh and Washington/Baltimore markets as a way to concentrate on more targeted public affairs and sports programming. The Comcast Network will take the place of CN8, a multiregional channel launched in 1996 that reaches more than 9 million households along the East Coast. Broadcasting & Cable (11/24)

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