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After FCC Ruling Striking Down Indecency Regulations, Primetime TV Is Set to Become Even Racier

With the FCC’s regulations on indecency being struck down this week by a federal appeals court, primetime television is about to become a lot racier, reports Elizabeth Guider in the Hollywood Reporter. Television has already been sliding into topics that…

Court Strikes Down FCC Indecency Rules

The FCC’s indecency policy was struck down Tuesday by a U.S. appeals court, which called the policy a violation of the First Amendment, according to The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The appeals panel called the Federal Communications Commission policy “unconstitutionally…

Fox Tells the FCC that the Agency’s Inquiry into ‘American Dad’ Is Unconstitutional

Fox has told the Federal Communications Commission that one of its inqueries is unconstitutional, B&C reports. Here’s what’s happened thus far: The FCC wanted Fox to supply it with a list of the stations that aired the Jan. 3 episode of "American Dad."…

TVWeek E-Newsletter Holiday Schedule

After today, Friday, July 1, the next day we will publish our three daily e-newsletters: TVBizWire, E-Daily and the Daily Viral Video, will be Tuesday, July 6th. Meanwhile if there is breaking news we’ll post it on our website and…

To Ease Diversity Concerns, Comcast Promises to Add Latino to Board After NBCU Merger; Also, Comcast Says It’s Has Resubmitted Data About Deal Per FCC Request

As part of a plan to ease concerns in the Latino community about diversity, Comcast said it will add a Latino to its board of directors after its merger with NBC Universal is completed, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company…

FCC Places Brakes on Comcast-NBCU Merger, Says Companies Returned Incomplete Responses

The Federal Communications Commission has placed the brakes on its process for vetting the Comcast-NBC Universal merger, saying the companies didn’t provide complete responses to a May request for information, B&C reports. The FCC also said the companies didn’t follow…

NBC Affiliates Ask FCC to Ensure Comcast Keeps Sports on Broadcast Network

NBC affiliates met with Federal Communications Commission staff and commissioners this week to ask that regulatory approval of the network with Comcast require the cable company to commit to keep sports on the broadcast network, the Los Angeles Times’ Company…

Bill Regulating Commercials Passes Senate Committee

A bill that would require commercials to tone it down when it comes to how loud they are broadcast–that has already passed the U.S. House of Representatives–has now passed the Senate Commerce Committee and will go to the full Senate for a vote, reports…

Congresswoman: Opponents of NBC Universal–Comcast Deal Fear Blacklisting if They Speak Out Against the Deal

Congresswoman Maxine Waters says opponents of the NBC Universal–Comcast deal are not speaking up because they are aftaid they’ll be blacklisted, reports The Hollywood Reporter. According to the article, Waters said, "It is somewhat troublesome that many independent and minority programmers,…

FCC Wants to Fine Fox Over ‘American Dad’ Segment

"The Federal Communications Commission is proposing to fine Fox $25,000 for failing to properly respond to its questions about the airing of a Jan. 3 episode of “American Dad” installment that drew 100,000 consumer complaints," writes our good friend and…