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Fox cancels 'Terra Nova'updated: Tue Mar 06 2012 10:35:00

Guess we'll likely never find out what the Badlands were all about.

J. Lo's 'Idol' revelationsupdated: Tue Feb 07 2012 10:58:00

HLN's A.J. Hammer sits down with Jennifer Lopez to talk about the new season of "American Idol."

Fox explains 'X Factor' shakeup, defends 'Idol' ratingsupdated: Tue Feb 07 2012 10:58:00

The changes to Fox's singing competition shows have only just begun.

SI.com: Richard Deitsch: NFL's most indispensable broadcasting talentsupdated: Wed Jan 11 2012 16:14:00

Evaluating sports broadcasting talent is subjective. We each have our favorites. I like Mike Mayock. You like Phil Simms. We all dislike Craig James. While discussing NFL broadcasters over coffee a couple of months ago, James Andrew Miller, the author of the best-selling "These Guys Have All The Fun: Inside The World Of ESPN," and I decided it would be fun to pick the 10 people in NFL broadcasting circles who we considered the most indispensable to their networks. (You can follow Miller on Twitter at @ESPNBOOK).

Justices appear to lean toward FCC in case over broadcast TV 'indecency'updated: Tue Jan 10 2012 17:07:00

The Supreme Court appeared ready to give government regulators the continuing authority to regulate profanity and sexual content on broadcast television after a lively hour of arguments Tuesday.

Justices tackle free speech dispute over broadcast TV 'indecency'updated: Fri Jan 06 2012 18:35:00

It's a Tuesday night at Nell and Matt Dillard's suburban Washington home, and the family of four is watching "Glee," a scripted Fox television program.

Midseason TV shows heat up winterupdated: Fri Jan 06 2012 10:57:00

Good things come to those who wait.

SI.com: Jeff Wagenheim: MMA predictions for 2012updated: Thu Dec 29 2011 11:46:00

1. Big-stage backlash. Now that the UFC is on network TV, with so many more viewers able to see the fights, it's inevitable that the wrong eyes will catch a glimpse. A curious football fan or let's-see-what's-on channel surfer will click over to Fox at the precise moment when a fighter suffers a broken limb, like Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria did at UFC 140, or when one drops to the mat lifelessly after being choked unconscious, as Lyoto Machida did that same night. Or maybe the cringe-worthy moment will be a bloodbath like the first Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar fight, a bout legendary for MMA diehards but probably too brutal for the uninitiated to bear.

SI.com: Richard Deitsch: NFL, networks win in extended rights dealupdated: Thu Dec 15 2011 15:22:00

If you are looking to determine the winners and losers from Wednesday's announcement that the NFL had extended television deals with CBS, Fox and NBC, we'll make it easy for you:

SI.com: Grant Wahl: Commissioner Don Garber: 'It's been a very good year' for MLSupdated: Fri Nov 18 2011 22:47:00

LOS ANGELES -- MLS commissioner Don Garber is a busy man, especially in the days before Sunday's MLS Cup final between Los Angeles and Houston (9 p.m. ET, ESPN, Galavisión). But Garber always finds a way to make time for a one-on-one conversation with SI.com about the league during MLS Cup weekend.

SI.com: Grant Wahl: Lots of questions about Fox's World Cup coupupdated: Fri Oct 21 2011 21:05:00

Big news in the world of U.S. soccer came on Friday when FIFA awarded the U.S. broadcast rights for 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Fox (English language) and Telemundo (Spanish language). The Sports Business Journal reported the total rights fee for the U.S. to be between $1.05 billion and $1.1 billion, an increase of at least 147 percent over the combined $425 million that ESPN and Univisión paid for the rights to the '10 and '14 tournaments.

Funny fare dominates fall TVupdated: Wed Oct 19 2011 10:30:00

One need look no further than the Nielsen Top 25 to see that funny fare is doing some serious damage this fall TV season.

'Simpsons' producers agree to pay cutsupdated: Thu Oct 06 2011 10:18:00

Several top-level producers of "The Simpsons" have agreed to take pay cuts to keep the long-running animated show on the air, sources confirm.

CNNMoney: Netflix scores exclusive DreamWorks streaming dealupdated: Mon Sep 26 2011 13:06:00

Two of the key players in the battle for online streaming market, Netflix and Amazon, announced Monday that they've acquired new weapons for their content arsenals.

People.com: Zooey Deschanel's New Girl: Love It or Hate It?updated: Wed Sep 21 2011 18:10:00

The actress plays sensitive and silly Jess, who moves in with three men on the new comedy

Gordon Ramsay scores new Fox reality show: 'Hotel Hell'updated: Wed Sep 21 2011 09:59:00

Gordon Ramsay is expanding beyond cooking and setting his sights on a new makeover target: Hotels.

Supreme Court to look at government regulation of broadcast profanityupdated: Mon Jun 27 2011 13:44:00

The Supreme Court said Monday it will take another look at government efforts to regulate profanity and sexual content on broadcast television.

'American Idol' finale? Who caresupdated: Tue May 24 2011 15:55:00

"American Idol" is drawing to a close for its 10th season and you don't even care, do you?

'American Idol' finale: Who cares?updated: Tue May 24 2011 11:41:00

"American Idol" is drawing to a close for its 10th season, and you don't even care, do you?

Administration files another appeal over 'indecency' on broadcast TVupdated: Fri Apr 22 2011 14:54:00

The Obama administration has asked the Supreme Court to take another look at government efforts to regulate profanity and sexual content on broadcast television.

Is 2011 the year of the animation invasion?updated: Thu Apr 14 2011 20:45:00

He's made more money at the movies this year than Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, invading aliens and yes, even Justin Bieber. His name is Rango, a strange-looking lizard with the voice of Johnny Depp, and he's the current king of the box office.

'Fringe' renewed: Can fan passion trump ratings?updated: Mon Mar 28 2011 18:15:00

Not so long ago, TV shows like "Firefly," "Wonderfalls," "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and "Dollhouse" were mourned by science fiction fans as having been canceled before their time, due -- as it always is -- to low ratings.

SI.com: Richard Deitsch: Guide to Super Bowl XLV broadcastupdated: Thu Feb 03 2011 12:24:00

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Of all the numbers floating around town this week, from $3 million (estimated price of a 30-second commercial for Super Bowl XLV) to $15,946 (the cost for a seventh-row seat on the 50-yard line at Cowboys Stadium, according to the NFL Ticket Exchange by Ticketmaster) to nine (the low in degrees on Wednesday, the coldest temperature in Jerry Jones country since 1989), here is the one that Fox Sports executives have their eyes on:

Republicans, Democrats spell out spending strategiesupdated: Sun Jan 23 2011 15:50:00

Republican leaders called Sunday for immediate and significant cuts in government spending, while Democrats warned such a strategy could harm economic recovery.

SI.com: NFL Playoff Schedule 2011updated: Mon Jan 03 2011 01:34:00

Saturday, Jan. 8 • New Orleans at Seattle (NBC), 4:30 p.m. ET • New York Jets at Indianapolis (NBC), 8 p.m. ET

CNNMoney: World Series blackout ends for N.Y. cable customersupdated: Sat Oct 30 2010 20:07:00

Cablevision Systems Corp. said Saturday it has agreed to pay higher fees to carry Fox Networks' programming, ending a dispute that caused millions of New Yorkers to miss the first two games of the 2010 World Series.

The fall TV season that never wasupdated: Fri Oct 22 2010 12:06:00

One month into the season, three shows have been canceled and at least nine more are on life support. So what went wrong?

CNNMoney: Fox channels go dark amid financial disputeupdated: Sat Oct 16 2010 11:56:00

News Corp. pulled the plug on Cablevision customers Saturday, blacking out more than 3 million households in the New York area over a programming fee dispute.

J. Lo, Steven Tyler new 'Idol' judgesupdated: Thu Sep 23 2010 12:31:00

Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler join Randy Jackson on the "American Idol" panel of judges.

People.com: Jennifer Lopez: I Won't Be a Diva on Idolupdated: Thu Sep 23 2010 10:28:00

The singer's been calming nerves at the network; a producer denies she made outrageous demands

Beck says he wanted to reclaim civil rights 'from politics'updated: Sun Aug 29 2010 13:41:00

Conservative commentator Glenn Beck says his weekend revival-style rally at the Lincoln Memorial was meant to reclaim the U.S. civil rights movement "from politics," arguing that the movement was about "people of faith."

JLo, Steven Tyler new 'Idol' judges?updated: Mon Aug 02 2010 18:33:00

In a major "American Idol" shakeup, Randy Jackson could be the only original judge left. CNN's Brooke Anderson reports.

SI.com: Brian Cazeneuve: Sprinter to go the distance, FOX wants Olympics and other Olympic notesupdated: Tue May 11 2010 16:34:00

The greatest sprinter of all time is ready to run his first marathon. Carl Lewis says he will celebrate his 50th birthday by running the open portion of the 2012 Houston Marathon.

People.com: POLL: Are New Plus-Sized Lingerie Ads Too Racy for Primetime?updated: Fri Apr 23 2010 19:08:00

Lane Bryant accuses networks of not wanting to air their footage of full-figured women

Conan O'Brien on TBS? Surprising move, tough competitionupdated: Tue Apr 13 2010 21:54:00

Of all the theories floating around as to where Conan O'Brien was going to end up post-NBC -- on Fox, on Comedy Central or skipping television and doing something different altogether -- no one was placing bets that he would end up on TBS.

Conan O'Brien chooses cable for comebackupdated: Tue Apr 13 2010 21:54:00

Singing and dancing his way to cable, Conan has crowds going cuckoo for "Coco." CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

Countdown to 'Glee' ticks awayupdated: Tue Apr 13 2010 17:44:00

Right after Tuesday's "American Idol" -- at 9:28 p.m., to be exact -- "Glee's" four-month hiatus will come to an end. At this point, even those who aren't die-hard Gleeks probably knew that already.

SI.com: Richard Deitsch: Media Power Rankings for Decemberupdated: Tue Jan 12 2010 19:59:00

1. Doug Glanville, New York Times op-ed columnist: The most illuminating piece of writing on Tiger Woods last month came from a man once traded for Mickey Morandini:

Fox, NBC take different tacks in quest for audiencesupdated: Tue Jan 12 2010 16:47:00

With shows such as "American Idol" and "Glee," network executives at Fox appear to be tapping into the types of programming that television audiences want.

Simon Cowell leaving 'American Idol'updated: Mon Jan 11 2010 18:48:00

Longtime "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell said he'll be leaving the popular Fox talent show at the end of the season, the network announced Monday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California.

CNNMoney: Why cable is going to cost you even moreupdated: Sat Jan 09 2010 20:19:00

Your cable bill is going up this year -- and next year, and the year after that -- with no end in sight.

CNNMoney: Fox stands firm in Time Warner Cable fee disputeupdated: Fri Jan 01 2010 10:51:00

A midnight deadline passed Friday, but the Fox network has still not resolved its differences with Time Warner Cable on a deal to keep its channels on the air in several major cities.

CNNMoney: Time Warner Cable, Fox negotiations near 11th hourupdated: Thu Dec 24 2009 11:11:00

Time Warner Cable's customers could see Fox disappear from their televisions if the two companies fail to resolve a fee standoff by Dec. 31.

Holiday TV: Get out of the re-run rutupdated: Wed Dec 09 2009 08:15:00

The holidays are a grim time for television fans as popular prime time shows begin airing reruns through the New Year.

SI.com: Richard Deitsch: Fox goes light on Favre fawningupdated: Mon Nov 16 2009 14:04:00

Each week SI.com's Richard Deitsch will report on newsmakers from the world of TV, radio and the Web.

SI.com: Richard Deitsch: Media Power Rankings for Octoberupdated: Mon Nov 09 2009 13:55:00

1. Fox Sports right-field pole camera: After Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez bonked a drive to right field off a Fox camera overhanging the fence at Citizens Bank Park in Game 3 of the World Series, the camera became a leading player in the drama. Major League Baseball officials said the camera should have never been hanging over the fence and ordered it beyond the fence.

Looking back at TV's one-episode wondersupdated: Thu Oct 08 2009 15:02:00

A few weeks into the fall TV season, and already one show is down for the count.

'Glee' banks on risky strategyupdated: Tue Sep 22 2009 11:42:00

When Fox aired a sneak-peek episode of its new series "Glee" four months before the show actually premiered, it took a big chance that the audience would still care.

'Glee' cast sings 'Gold Digger'updated: Tue Sep 22 2009 11:42:00

Scenes from the first season of the show, starring Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith.

Entertainment Weekly's Picks of the Weekupdated: Sun Sep 06 2009 08:29:00

Do you find yourself occasionally slipping into a Liverpudlian accent? Hankering after a pair of granny glasses? Arguing with your friends about the best Beatles songs of all time?

SI.com: Peter King: NFL closing in on deal with Comcastupdated: Sun May 17 2009 18:48:00

The NFL is about to solve one very, very large television headache, and get some momentum it hopes to carry over into negotiations for a new labor contract with the players.

Commentary: Save this 'Terminator'updated: Tue May 05 2009 11:30:00

Everything you know about the world of Arnold Schwarzenegger's most famous character has changed.

Fortune: The networks' new advertising modelupdated: Mon May 05 2008 07:36:00

In the aftermath of the writer's strike - and with ever-increasing competition from the Internet, cable channels and digital video recorders - primetime network television isn't the all-powerful medium it used to be.

Feds sue to get TV indecency finesupdated: Fri Apr 04 2008 21:42:00

Government lawyers Friday sued FOX Television and eight of its stations to force payment of FCC fines imposed for broadcasting "titillating and shocking" sexually oriented material during prime time.

CNNMoney: Fox scoops up ousted NBC execupdated: Mon Jul 09 2007 07:43:00

The Fox Broadcasting Co. Monday named Kevin Reilly, the recently ousted programming chief at rival television network NBC, as entertainment president, pairing him with his former cable TV boss, Peter Liguori.

Business 2.0: Sly Fox?updated: Sat Jul 01 2006 00:01:00

Halfway through the most important presentation of his career, with media baron Rupert Murdoch sitting in judgment, Ross Levinsohn had the troubling sensation that he was about to blow it.

CNNMoney: No false 'Idol' for Foxupdated: Mon May 22 2006 09:13:00

Whether you're a member of the "Soul Patrol" or if you've got a bad case of "McPheever", one thing is for certain: regardless of who winds up being named this year's "American Idol" on Wednesday night, Fox will be a big winner.

CNNMoney: Big media: Time to play gamesupdated: Tue Apr 25 2006 11:39:00

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Video games aren't just for sullen, antisocial teens. And big media companies have taken notice.

Business 2.0: How to avoid making bad hiresupdated: Tue Mar 07 2006 10:31:00

For job candidates, it can come as a welcome relief -- or an unbearable annoyance. Call it the gasbag syndrome: the all-too-human tendency of interviewers to prattle on about themselves and their companies rather than give airtime to the person who wants the job.

Business 2.0: Babbling Interviewer Diseaseupdated: Fri Feb 24 2006 15:50:00

For job candidates, it can come as a welcome relief--or an unbearable annoyance. Call it the gasbag syndrome: the all-too-human tendency of interviewers to prattle on about themselves and their com...

CNNMoney: Will Murdoch out-Fox competitors online?updated: Thu Feb 16 2006 11:44:00

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Did you miss last week's episode of "Desperate Housewives" or "The Office?" You can buy them on iTunes for $1.99. Forget to record last week's "CSI" and "Survivor?" Go to Google Video.

A sweep for 'The Incredibles'updated: Mon Jan 31 2005 09:21:00

It was an incredible night for "The Incredibles."

CNNMoney: Stocks manage a gainupdated: Mon Jan 10 2005 09:46:00

Technology rallied Monday, boosting the Nasdaq and dragging the broader market higher as investors tiptoed back into stocks after last week's big selloff.

CNNMoney: Cautious at the openupdated: Mon Jan 10 2005 09:27:00

Stocks were mixed at the open Monday, as investors eyed rising oil prices and a spate of deal news, but showed caution after last week's big selloff.

CNNMoney: FCC fines Fox $1.2M for indecencyupdated: Tue Oct 12 2004 18:00:00

U.S. regulators have proposed nearly $1.2 million in indecency fines against Fox for its reality program "Married By America," the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Tuesday.

CNNMoney: Stocks to watch Thursdayupdated: Wed Aug 11 2004 17:01:00

Thursday will be a day of retail as the world's largest corporation posts its earnings, and economic data on sales is set for release.

CNNMoney: Fox: Reality bitesupdated: Wed Jul 14 2004 10:43:00

Still fretting over the missed evening gown episode of "The Swan"? Worry no more.

showbuzzupdated: Mon Feb 09 2004 16:14:00

After traumatizing parts of northwest Arkansas, Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are taking on the rest of the country.

Business 2.0: Rupert's Man In The Stands Why is Fox Sports giving ESPN a run for the fans' money? David Hill says it's because updated: Mon Dec 01 2003 00:01:00

It's an hour before Game 1 of the World Series, and David Hill, as is his wont, is happily mixing business and pleasure. Clad in shorts and a baseball shirt that says "Hyannisport Wiffle Ball," the...

Fortune: Murdoch's Prime Time His big media rivals in disarray, the News Corp. CEO rules a profitable, hit-making, updated: Mon Feb 17 2003 00:01:00

Seventy-one-year-old Rupert Murdoch permits himself a smile as he contemplates his future. The prize he has coveted for two decades, a satellite-TV platform in the U.S., finally appears to be withi...

Fortune: Will Fox Ever Grow Up? The company has reshaped TV with bold programs and business moves. Now it has to deliver updated: Mon Mar 04 2002 00:01:00

Has Amnesty International tuned to Fox lately? On a game show called The Chamber, contestants are strapped into a chair, sealed in a box, and quizzed while being roasted by 150-degree heat, blasted...

Fortune: National Geographic Adapts to New Habitatupdated: Mon Feb 05 2001 00:01:00

No one knows the danger of venturing into uncharted territory better than the 113-year-old National Geographic Society, which sent explorer Robert E. Peary to the North Pole and Hiram Bingham to ex...

Fortune: Has Murdoch's Network Been Out-Foxed? A TV SEASON WRAP-UP (WITH ONLY ONE MENTION OF WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE)updated: Mon Jun 12 2000 00:01:00

Puberty is never easy, but it has been particularly awkward for 13-year-old Fox. After years as the brash young upstart of network television, Rupert Murdoch's network has grown powerful enough to ...

Money Magazine: Word on the Street What's up with Avista, News Corp., Softbank, Wendy's, Bell & Howell and moreupdated: Mon May 01 2000 00:01:00

Why Bill Gates Likes The View From Avista

Fortune: The Rules According To Rupert Flouting tradition and betting billions, Rupert Murdoch built the Fox network and updated: Mon Oct 26 1998 00:01:00

Investment banker Herbert Allen's famed summer camp for media moguls wasn't the only high-powered gathering last summer in Sun Valley, Idaho. The week after Allen & Co. left town, 300 News Corp. ex...

Fortune: There's No Business Like Show Business In fact, it just may be the weirdest business on earth. Today a handful of powerful CEOs updated: Mon Jun 22 1998 00:01:00

All this spring along the Potomac, government lawyers and economists were trying to decide whether they should let News Corp. join forces with Time Warner and other cable operators to offer satelli...

Fortune: The Dream Factories Reborn Fifty years after the demise of the studio system, Hollywood's back lots are busier--and grander--thaupdated: Mon Feb 16 1998 00:01:00

Anthropologist Hortense Powdermaker, in her 1949 book Hollywood, the Dream Factory, writes that for all their glamour, the movie studios of her era were not too impressive: "They combine a bungalow...

Fortune: DOWN WITH IMPERIALISM, DRAWING THE LINE AT ACTORS, A NOTE ON DOLPHIN TAILS, AND OTHER MATTERS.updated: Mon Jan 16 1995 00:01:00

GROWTH SITUATION

Fortune: SMARTEST & DUMBEST MANAGERIAL MOVES OF 1994 HERE THEY ARE, THE DRAMATIC DEALS AND REMARKABLE RECOVERIES, THE COSTLY DELAYS Aupdated: Mon Jan 16 1995 00:01:00

Shake off that holiday torpor and rouse yourself for a year-in-review quiz (okay, okay, we won't make it that taxing): Which rich software company made a very rich offer for a competitor? Which not...

Fortune: NEWS CORP. THE FUTURE IS GLUED TO THE TUBEupdated: Mon Sep 21 1992 00:01:00

ON THE WALL of Rupert Murdoch's office at Twentieth Century Fox are four clocks, keeping track of the time in Los Angeles, London, Sydney, and Hong Kong. They remind visitors that here resides a gl...

Fortune: Fox has big plans for prime timeupdated: Mon May 26 1986 00:01:00

The U.S. will soon have what is billed as a fourth TV network. Fox Broadcasting Co., the subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. that operates the six TV stations formerly owned by Metromedia, wi...

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