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A CBS affiliate has been hit with a fine by the Federal Communications Commission for an alleged violation of the agency’s indecency rules. TVNewsCheck reports that the agency slapped a fine of $325,000 on Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va., station WDBJ-TV, owned by…
A game show that has been airing for three seasons will not be back for season four. TVNewsCheck reports that the syndicated program “Let’s Ask America” is shutting down. The report cites a spokeswoman for station group E. W. Scripps…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to weigh a case in which satellite provider DirecTV was hit with a class-action lawsuit from consumers over early termination fees, Variety reports. “The central question is whether DirecTV can force the litigation into…
History announced that it has a new scripted series in development that tracks the events surrounding the burning at the stake of the Knights Templar on Friday the 13th of October, 1307. Announcing the project, “Knightfall,” was Dirk Hoogstra, executive…
HBO has taken the wraps off a batch of eagerly awaited info on the early episodes of season five of its blockbuster “Game of Thrones.” The season will premiere Sunday, April 12, with the show’s overall 41st episode, “The Wars…
Press release from HBO, March 23, 2015: Jon Snow is struggling to balance the demands of the Night’s Watch with those of the newly arrived Stannis Baratheon, who styles himself the rightful king of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei scrambles to hold…
An actor with a busy career on television and in feature films — who’s best-known for his role in the “Austin Powers” movies — reportedly suffered a seizure while he was signing autographs. Starpulse reports that Verne Troyer, who plays…
The best and worst states in which to retire have been identified in a new study from consumer financial services company Bankrate.com. The best place to retire, according to the research, is Wyoming. The worst is Arkansas. The study examined…
Long-running series on two different broadcast networks hit all-time lows in a key metric for the week ending March 13. Citing figures reported by Soap Opera Network, TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the daytime staples “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives”…
After having its television audience measurement procedures audited for more than a year, the firm Rentrak has been denied accreditation by the industry ratings watchdog the Media Rating Council, MediaPost’s MediaDailyNews reports. In a statement announcing that Rentrak had failed…