POLITICS BUZZ: Barack Obama has purchased 30 minutes of airtime on both NBC and CBS, set to air Wednesday, October 29 - less than a week before Election Day. Speculation about what’s going to happen during the Obama TV Show is mixed. Regardless, I’d personally like to extend my sincere thanks to Barack and his campaign for kicking episodes of “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Knight Rider” off the air that night.

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1. Obama buys half-hour of network primetime
2. Obama Buys Your TV, Cancels ‘Knight Rider’
3. Obama Buys Network Time for a 30-Minute TV Special
4. Barack Obama buys time on CBS and NBC on Oct. 29th

POLITICS BUZZ: CBS reporter Dean Reynolds is complaining about how bad it is to be on the campaign trail with Obama, what with the unpredictable schedule and a plane that “smells terrible most of the time.” He also openly pines for the days of covering McCain, with his handy bound itineraries and clean plane.

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1. Reynolds’ Reporter’s Notebook: WAHHH
2. Oh, The Inconvenience!
3. “Excuse me, but the buckwheat blinis and caviar should be served with crème fraîche, and not sour cream, you barbarians.”

BUSINESS BUZZ: CBS is buying CNET for $1.8 billion. In a surprise move, the broadcast giant is snapping up CNET’s large network of online sites.

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1. Is This CBS’s YouTube, or Something Worse?
2. CBS Makes Its Offer for $11.50 a Share
3. Why CBS Bought CNET, And Not The Other Way Around
4. “The Internet Suckers Another Old Media Company”

TV BUZZ: A new CBS drama about suburban swingers set in the ’70s debuts June 5th. The network known for catering to old folks with shows like Murder She Wrote and Matlock just got a whole lot racier. Wife swapping, ’70s fashion and a soundtrack curated by Liz Phair, I’m in.

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1. Swingtown Promises Sex And Nostalgia, Mostly Delivers Cliches (Review Roundup)
2. “Take My Wife. Please. I’ll Take Yours. “
3. “Swingtown experiment is on for CBS “
4. “‘Swingtown’ Could Open Eyes to CBS “
5. Good Times and Polyester Clad Debauchery
6. Swingtown on CBS
7. Swingtown
8. Swingtown - The Trailer
9. First Look: Swingtown on CBS
10. Coming Attraction: Swingtown
11. If You Do It and You’re Still Unhappy, Then You Know That the Problem Is You
12. Swingtown, Foot Massage Image