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Experts and guests seem grounded in reality on Oprah's new cable channel, OWN, which feels like a video women's magazine.You have to love a woman who says she's chosen a "slow roll-out" for her new television network and then promptly goes head-to-head with the Rose Parade to begin it. But that admirable and infuriating mixture of humility and hubris is precisely what has made Oprah Winfrey one of most culturally influential people of her time. Her latest project, the Oprah Winfrey Network (convenient acronym, OWN), debuted Jan.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc said it has been unable to reach a programming agreement with Time Warner Cable Inc, meaning millions of homes could lose some of their local stations on New Year's Eve.

The head of the Federal Communications Commission proposed regulatory conditions Thursday to ensure that cable giant Comcast Corp. cannot stifle video competition once it takes control of NBC Universal....

After years of promises and false starts, TV commercials targeted at individual homes may finally be ready for prime time. DirecTV Group is planning the biggest rollout yet of "addressable ads," allowing advertisers to reach close to 10 million homes with commercials tailored to each household. Dog owners, for instance, could see ads for dog food, not kitty litter, while families with children could be shown minivan spots.

David Hasselhoff has been beached by the A&E Network.

Kate Gosselin is not a happy camper. On this week's edition of "Sarah Palin's Alaska," she and her brood make a much-anticipated guest appearance. But don't expect it to reveal her inner Daniel Boone.

MTV's "Teen Mom" Amber Portwood faces felony domestic violence charges in her Indiana hometown because of incidents on her reality TV show -- where she is seen shoving, punching, slapping and choking her boyfriend, a police spokesman said.

Time Warner Cable is experimenting with a lower-priced cable-TV package that excludes ESPN, Comedy Central, TNT and many other channels.

Sarah Palin hit two home runs Monday when her new TV reality series set a ratings record for TLC and a mash-up word she made famous was named "word of the year" by the New Oxford American Dictionary.

The eight-part TLC series “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” largely shows the former governor and vice-presidential candidate exploring the outdoors in her home state.