The group won its spot by singing a diverse set: "As Long as We've Got Each Other" (the theme from Growing Pains), the Elvis Presley chestnut "Can't Help Falling in Love," and the Beyoncé hit "Halo."
"I think no show does for a cappella what The Sing-Off does," says Crandle, 21, mindful of how Fox's Glee has boosted the show-choir's profile.
The five-night Sing-Off will premiere at 8 p.m. Dec. 6.
In the media
NBC10 will launch its 24-hour digital channel, Nonstop, at noon Monday. Station execs are tight-lipped about the local programming, though it is known that G-N Kang, Deanna Durante, Terry Ruggles, and Dawn Timmeney will host shows, and that Lori Wilson, Vai Sikahema, and Glenn Schwartz will host a 7 p.m. newscast. Nonstop will be shown on Comcast Channel 248, on FiOS Channel 460, and over the air at 10.2.
For his Comcast SportsNet show, Inside Golf, Harry Donahue sat down with Jack Whitaker, who told tales from his 40-plus years with ABC and CBS Sports. Whitaker recalled why he was banished from CBS's broadcasts from Augusta National in 1966 simply for referring to a "mob scene" around the 18th green. The episode will be on at 5 and 10 a.m. Sunday, 4:30 p.m. Monday, and 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Former Inquirer staffer Murray Dubin and current Inquirer Pennsylvania editor Dan Biddle will talk about their book, Tasting Freedom, about Philly civil rights leader Octavius Catto, on NPR's All Things Considered at 5:40 p.m. Sunday on WHYY (90.9).
The circuit
A town car pulled up at 17th and Lombard Streets Thursday night, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright emerged to have dinner at Fish. She had the skate with truffle spaetzle and diplomatically excused herself to catch the Phillies-Giants game.
