This past summer we reported that 63 percent of PBS stations continued to carry "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" when it was sent out to stations daily. Now that PBS is sending just one episode each week, 60 percent of PBS stations continue to carry "MRN," according to PBS.

But the frequency of its airing has decreased.

In May, 90 percent of the stations carrying the show aired it on weekdays and 10 percent on weekends only. Now those figures have nearly reversed. In October, after PBS went to one-episode weekly distribution, 35 percent carried it weekdays and 65 percent on weekends only.

Family Communications Inc., Rogers' Oakland-based company, continues to develop ideas with PBS for a successor series to "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." (Rob Owen, Post-Gazette TV editor)

"Ghost Whisperer" star David Conrad and series executive producer Kim Moses will sign copies of the "Ghost Whisperer Spirit Guide" at Joseph-Beth at SouthSide Works, 7 p.m. Friday.

Armstrong has added the following channels to the free HD tier: WPCW (Channel 110), Weather Channel (117), Disney Channel (140), Hallmark Movies (150). NHL Network (173) and Golf Channel (174) has been added to the HD Advantage tier. (R.O.)

"The White House: Behind Closed Doors" repeats on History Channel at 10 p.m. Jan. 19. ... Want to see the Summer Olympics opening ceremony again? NBC is airing a cut-down, packaged version of the telecast again tomorrow, 8-10 p.m. (R.O.)

Dick Wolfe, executive producer of NBC's evergreen crime drama "Law & Order," proclaims he's never going to run out of stories. "It's unfortunately a constantly renewable resource. When [Brandon Tartikoff, then chief of NBC] bought the show way back in the last century, he said, 'What's the Bible' [the source of material]? And I said, 'The front page of the New York Post.'

"And it has not been a bad piece of source material because, for better or worse, we can't come up with stories better than a headless body found in a topless bar ... " (Luaine Lee, McClatchy-Tribune News Service)

Glenn Close, Ricky Gervais and Jake Gyllenhaal are bringing their star power to the Golden Globes.

The three actors are set to serve as presenters at the 66th annual awards ceremony, to be broadcast live on Jan. 11 on NBC. They'll join previously announced presenters Salma Hayek, Drew Barrymore, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jennifer Lopez, Amy Poehler, Simon Baker and Seth Rogen.