[Updated Dec. 21, 2011, 10:40 a.m., to add link to video of Pat Robertson’s comments.] A "Saturday Night Live" skit about Tim Tebow that featured a Jesus character telling the outspoken Christian football player to "take it down a notch"…
The BBC announced the discovery of footage of a rock icon that was believed to be lost almost 40 years ago, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The footage, from 1973, is of David Bowie performing "Jean Genie," the story reports….
Fans of an NBC series are organizing a flash mob at the network’s headquarters at New York City’s Rockefeller Center, with the goal of keeping the show on the air, reports TheWrap.com. The flash mob in support of “Community” is…
A cable channel has scored a victory over cable giant Comcast, the New York Post reports. A Federal Communications Commission judge ruled that Comcast discriminated against The Tennis Channel by putting it on a pricier sports package, according to the…
A top media analyst says Cablevision Chief Executive Jim Dolan should explain why the company is losing Chief Operating Officer Tom Rutledge, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. News broke this week that Rutledge will take the job…
"Fear Factor" has lost a large chunk of its audience from its debut last week, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The show on Monday attracted 6.3 million viewers, down from the 8.5 million people…
CNN host Piers Morgan, testifying via video from Los Angeles before the Leveson Committee of the British Parliament, said the suggestion that he authorized hacking while working at U.K. newspapers was "nonsense," reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog….
Lowe’s is sticking to its decision to pull ads from TLC’s reality show "All-American Muslim" after clergy in the company’s home base of Charlotte delivered a petition with 200,000 signatures, reports Deadline.com. Executives from Lowe’s met with the clergy and…
ABC will meet with representatives from two groups that are protesting an upcoming series on the network, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The show is "Work It," which features two manly men who wear drag to find…
Dish Network may be a target for AT&T, after the telecommunications company failed in its attempt to purchase T-Mobile USA, reports Bloomberg, citing an analyst report. AT&T is "desperate for spectrum,’ notes Stifel Nicolaus analyst Christopher King, according to the…