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The co-chairman and co-chief executive of News Corp.'s NWSA +1.27% Fox Filmed Entertainment, Tom Rothman, will step down at the end of the year, he and the company said Friday. "I love Fox and all of you," Mr. Rothman said in an internal email. Following Mr. Rothman's departure, the film unit will be led by Jim Gianopulos, currently his fellow co-chairman and co-CEO. Mr. Gianopulos, who has led alongside Mr. Rothman since 2000, will assume sole possession of those titles.

CBS, NBC and Fox will face Dish in court starting Monday over its commercial-skipping feature AutoHop, which works on TV network programs recorded on DVRs.

The season's second episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" was up from last Thursday's premiere and gave FOX a huge advantage in young viewers and a slim lead overall on Wednesday night.

Thursday was a big day at Fox. In the morning, the network got word from Nielsen that — after Wednesday night’s Top 5 performance show — “American Idol” had regained its throne as the No. 1-rated entertainment series among younger viewers, who are the currency of broadcast TV ad sales. To accomplish that, “Idol” had to edge past NBC’s singing competition, “The Voice.”

Last night featured two season finales and a time-slot premiere. Fox’s Raising Hope, which has already been renewed for next fall, wrapped its second season with a 1.9/5 in adults 18-49, even with last week’s fast national (up a tenth from the final). Its lead-in, New Girl (2.7/7), was down a tenth from last week, while Glee (2.4/7) was down 11% to a series low.

Twentieth Century Fox is changing its marketing strategy for the film “Neighborhood Watch” in the wake of the killing of a teenager by a community watch participant.

Jermaine Jones is apparently out on "American Idol." The 25-year-old vocal instructor from Pine Hill, N.J., tweeted Tuesday night that he would no longer be on the Fox singing contest. He wrote on his official "Idol" Twitter account: "Ahttp://www I will no longer b on the show," but the post was later deleted.

Fox Broadcasting said it doesn't plan to order a second season of the dinosaurs epic "Terra Nova," potentially ending one of the most expensive new TV series ever made.

The fate of the show on the network has been rocky. Last year's renewal came just days before Fox's upfront presentation.

By the time the second season premiere of “The Voice” starts after the Super Bowl, we’re well-acquainted with the four judges, thanks to many ads during the big game. Plus, Blake Shelton sang “America the Beautiful” with his wife, Miranda Lambert, before kickoff.