Good morning ... Good news for castle fans, bad news for HBO
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER: In a drive to restore William Randolph Hearst's vast art collection, a nonprofit group is auctioning an overnight stay for two at the mansion on the scenic Central Coast that once played host to star after star. "Joe P. Average was not going to be invited to the castle," said Carol Schreiber, director of Friends of Hearst Castle. "Now the attitude is more: 'This is the people's castle.' " Steve Chawkins has details.
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... AND FINALLY, ANOTHER BAD DAY AT HBO: After engineering a massive, multimillion-dollar marketing campaign to promote "True Blood," the new vampire series from Alan Ball, Sunday's premiere drew just 1.44 million viewers. That's bad news for the cable channel, which hasn't been able to launch a new one-hour drama to any kind of ratings fanfare in some time. Without one of its previous powerhouse lead-ins ("The Sopranos," "Sex and the City") its new shows have floundered.
-- Shelby Grad
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