Bob Saget is back on TV. The former “Full House” star and “America’s Funniest Home Videos” host has signed with A&E to star in the reality series “Bob Saget’s Strange Days.” The series will follow the actor and comedian as he travels around the country in search of strange and unusual subcultures.

The new Discovery Communications-Hasbro children’s network doesn’t yet have a name, but it has four new executives. The network, which launches in late 2010, has named Amber Fredman-Tarshis chief marketing officer, Dan Pimentel chief financial officer, Brooke Goldstein senior vice president of ad sales, and Lorrie Copeland senior vice president of consumer insights and research. Fredman-Tarshis was previously vice president of marketing at Victoria’s Secret, while Pimentel was vice president of finance for Discovery’s commerce division, Goldstein was managing partner at Mediacom Communications, and Copeland was senior vice president and head of consumer insights at Hasbro.

TNT has signed on former “My Name is Earl” star Jason Lee for its pilot “Delta Blues, which will be executive produced by George Clooney. Lee will play a police officer who lives with his mother in Memphis and has a side gig as an Elvis impersonator.

Gretchen Mol has joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming “Boardwalk Empire,” where she’ll play a showgirl in a recurring role. Mol most recently appeared on ABC’s short-lived “Life on Mars.”

The About Group, the New York Times Co.-owned outfit that runs About.com, has named Jeff Moriarty senior vice president of product management and Evan Minskoff vice president of marketing. Moriarty had been vice president of new media at The New York Times Co. Regional Media Group, while Minskoff was vice president and director of marketing at Digitas.

ABCNews.com has made a pair of promotions, elevating Deirdre Michalopoulos to senior managing editor for shows and show integration and Ed O'Keefe to managing editor in charge of daily production. Both will report to ABCNews.com vice president Jon Dube.

Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma earlier this month and has already begun chemotherapy. Allen, who overcame Hodgkin’s disease 25 years ago, will continue to work at his company, Vulcan.

“I’ll hang up and listen.” Chef Emeril Lagasse could be hearing plenty of that as of Nov. 30, when he will launch “Cooking with Emeril,” a live call-in radio show on Sirius XM. The show will air twice weekly on Martha Stewart Living Radio.

Food Network Magazine has made three promotions, moving Allison Home from integrated marketing manager to director of integrated marketing, Nikki Zila from marketing coordinator to associate manager of integrated marketing, and Julie Mahoney from marketing manager to director of promotions and merchandising. The title has also hired Fabian Castro as director of brand development. Castro was previously director of strategic marketing and promotions at People en Español.

Scott Van Camp is getting back into the public relations business. He’s been named editor of PR News, after a five-year stint with VNU Business Publications. Before that Van Camp was a corporate communications manager at MarketBridge.

Anne Triece has joined Guitar Aficionado magazine, becoming its national sales director. Triece had been publisher at Jewish Living.

“The View’s” Elisabeth Hasselbeck can breathe a sigh of relief. A federal judge in Massachusetts has thrown out the plagiarism lawsuit brought against her by self-published author Susan Hassett, which claimed Hasselbeck lifted passages for her book “The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide.” The judge dismissed the suit because Hassett’s attorney decided not to pursue it.

Jim Joseph is changing agencies. Joseph has joined Lippe Taylor, becoming partner and president. He was previously managing director at Saatchi and Saatchi Wellness.