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Russell Brand, the British comedian, has resigned from his radio show on the BBC after an on-air prank.

Numb3rs 10 p.m., Channel 4 Ah, so it's the old shipping-company-specializing-in-expensive-goods-gets-robbed-and-our-favorite-numerical-detectives-are-helped-in-their-fast-paced-investigation-by-a-savant-like-employee-of-said-shipping-company plot twisterooni. Good one, "Numb3rs." Pictured (from left): Sophina Brown, David Krumholtz, Navi Rawat, and Peter MacNicol.

AP - "King of the Hill" is over the hill at Fox, which is canceling the long-running animated comedy.

AP - As the presidential campaign nears its end, late-night TV hosts aren't letting up. A selection of jokes from Friday, with Halloween a favorite topic:

AP - Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

Got cable? What do you when you lose service 90 minutes before the World Series and Penn State games? You call your service provider, right?

It is probably the second-most pressing question circulating among Washington's media elite: Who will be the permanent host of NBC's "Meet the Press" after interim host Tom Brokaw steps down?

Fox News and CNN have developed shows featuring Mike Huckabee and D. L. Hughley, respectively, to cash in on the new, younger viewers drawn to cable news - and comedy shows - this election year.

TV News: Sean Penn narrates, exec produces 'Hunt' -- MSNBC Films and Submarine Entertainment have finalized a North American television deal for Dana Nachman and Don Hardy's "Witch Hunt," narrated and exec produced by Sean Penn.

TV News: Total revenue dips 3% to $3.3 billion -- CBS Corp. posted solid third-quarter earnings and declared that the looming Writers Guild work stoppage would have "no material impact" on its business.