Imus returns to TV as well as radio

Cranky and -ahem- “outspoken” yakker Don Imus has inked a five-year deal with RFD-TV to go back on the small screen when he returns to the radio waves in early December. Owned by Rural Media Group, Inc, RFD produces shows from its Nashvillle studios like “The Cattle Show,” “National Tractor Pulling” and the “Largent and Sons Hereford Cattle Auction” that reach 30 million homes via on-demand services. Imus will be doing a morning drive-time show from New York City on WABC-AM, RFD isn’t worried about the city slicker. “Don’s passion and understanding of rural America fits in so well with our ongoing effort to bridge city and country folks with this channel,” said Patrick Gottsch, Rural Media Group’s founder and president. If you could hear my mocking lisp, the tale of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse would sound like “City Mouth and the Country Mouth.”