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Keith Olbermann's exit from MSNBC appeared abrupt to viewers of his show, but the talk-show host and his network were involved "in a relationship that's been failing for a long time," an NBC Universal executive said Saturday....

Despite outrage from the Parents Television Council and concerns that 'Skins' might be in danger of violating federal child porn statutes with its risque content, MTV insists its new teen show isn't crossing any linesEXCLUSIVE: GM Ads on 'Skins' Without OKDr.

Taco Bell has pulled its commercials from MTV's controversial teen drama "Skins."

Reports say regulators are on the verge of approving purchase of 51% stake in media giant from General Electric.

The debut of MTV's Teen Mom spinoff got off to a solid start. Teen Mom 2 was on par with the original series' Season 2 premiere, drawing 3.6 million viewers at 10 p.m. Compared with the original series debut (2.1 million) in December 2009, the premiere was up significantly.

Sarah Palin and Kate Gosselin have helped Eileen O'Neill get a big new job at Discovery Communications.

After two months on the air, Conan O'Brien's late-night talk show is the favorite of younger viewers - that is, when DVR usage is factored in, according to basic-cable network TBS.

It was on the first day of her job as the co-host of Bravo's upcoming new reality show "Going Platinum" that Jewel received the happy news.

It appears CNN has hit another speed bump on its road to reinvention. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the cable network is quietly considering replacing conservative Kathleen Parker as co-host on the show currently titled Parker Spitzer. The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, along with her co-host, former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, has failed to drum up the sort of buzz the news operation is after, much less garner ratings to make it competitive with rivals Fox News and MSNBC. (A CNN spokesperson told Forbes it “does not comment on speculation.”)

Sunday's season finale of Sarah Palin's Alaska is said to be the show's last episode, Entertainment Weekly reports.