The 2011 Cable Show is in full gear in Chicago, and as usual a number of high-profile TV news personalities are in attendance to moderate panels, host shows and sign autographs.

Fox News Channel’s Steve Doocy made an appearance at the Fox networks booth, where he signed miniature couches for guests (pictured right). Fox Business Network’s Lou Dobbs was also signing autographs earlier this week, though according to one report his Fox Soccer colleague Cobi Jones had the longer line.

CNN had Candy Crowley and Erin Burnett in town to sign autographs and moderate panels, while MSNBC’s Tamron Hall broadcast her program live from the show floor.

On CNBC, Becky Quick interviewed her boss, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, who was o the Cable Show floor:

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Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, formerly of Real World/Road Rules Challenge fame, shocked the world (we guess?) Monday night when he won the WWE championship on Monday Night Raw. This, of course, isn’t exactly newsworthy… but couldn’t you make the argument he’s the most successful of all the MTV reality stars? That’s an accomplishment in some sense.

We’ll let the announcers do our talking for us: “Ladies and gentlemen, the era of awesomeness has begun on Monday Night Raw.” Sure, that’s one way to put it.

(Snagged from Bill Simmons‘ Twitter feed.)