Golden oldies . . . Veteran Chicago media reporter Robert Feder — who covers the TV beat like a glove — is reporting in Time Out Chicago that NBC-owned stations, including Ch. 4, will replace their digital channel (NonStop New York here) with something called COZI TV. The move, according to Feder, will be made in January.
Much like Tribune’s digital-tier Antenna TV — which I haven’t been able to see for the past seven weeks, thanks to Tribune’s ongoing tussle with Cablevision — COZI TV will air repeats of old chestnuts like “Lassie,” “The Lone Ranger,” “The Virginian,” “The Red Skelton Show” and “Marcus Welby, M.D.”
I e-mailed Ch. 4 officials yesterday for a comment, but never heard back.
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’Net gain: Brian Lane (“MacGyver” “Star Trek: The Next Generation”) and Dana Cohen have taken to indiegogo.com to help raise funding for their new quirky sci-fi comedy series, “Secret Bedfellows,” which will stream on notmymotherstv.net. Over the next two months, they’re hoping to get 125,000 network members to pony up $6 apiece, which will help pay for the completion of the show’s first season. “And that also gives us funding for infrastructure so that you — the viewers, the fans — can provide direct advice as to casting and creative content, and pitch us your own ideas for additional series for next season and future seasons,” says a message from Lane and Cohen on indiegogo.com.
You can watch the 30-minute pilot of “Secret Bedfellows,” starring comedian Michael Rayner, at indiegogo.com/secretbedfellows.
More . . . Meanwhile, YouTube’s mockumentary series, “MyMusic” — presented by brothers Benny Fine and Rafi Fine, features Adam Busch (“Buffy”) and Tania Gunadi (“Transformer Prime”) in what’s described as “a hilarious vibe mixing ‘30 Rock’ with ‘The Office.’ ”
The MyMusic Channel, which premiered last April, airs four shows each week: “MyMusic Sitcom” (Sundays), “Record Live Performance” (Mondays), “Music News” (Wednesdays) and “The Mosh” (on Fridays). MyMusic currently has over 220,000 subscribers and 14 million views. It’s at youtube.com/mymusicshow.
Somewhere, Aggie Yu smiles.
And, today on My Damn Channel, there’s a new episode of “Co-op of The Damned” while on Wednesday, Oct. 24, Hannah Hart, Tyler Oakley, Chris Gethard and Daily Grace join Beth on My Damn Channel LIVE!
Over on YouTube’s WIGS channel (youtube.com/wigs), they’re getting ready for the Nov. 12 premiere of “Kendra,” an eight-episode series starring Jason Isaacs (“Harry Potter,” “Awake”). In the series, written and directed by Jon Avnet (“Black Swan”), Isaacs plays a guy who undergoes surgery and comes to in the post-op room where he groggily admits his marital infidelities to a nurse, Kendra (Sarah Jones)and his wife.
Hate when that happens.
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Last, but not least:
* That was People PR maven Julie Farin in the “Showbiz Tonight” green room yesterday chatting with Current TV’s John Fugelsang (they’re both huge Beatles fans) . . . “My Shopping Addiction” premiered to 660,000 total viewers Monday (11 p.m.) on Oxygen, posting double-digit timeslot growth in key demos . . . The PBS series “Call the Midwife” (Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Miranda Hart) has its own companion book, “The Life and Times of Call the Midwife,” which hits stores next Tuesday, Oct. 23 . . . Over three-quarters of US households now have an HDTV set — up 14 percent from last year, according to Nielsen .