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Ryan versucht sich in der Schwarzenegger schaffte es vom "Terminator" bis zum Gouverneur von Kalifornien. Melodie Express.The process will finish in February, after which Ofcom will publish its findings. It is reported that the BBC has submitted its news coverage of the police raid on a property belonging to Cliff Richard in July for best news story at the Royal Television Society journalism awards.
Former Baywatch actor Jeremy Jackson is removed from the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother after he got drunk and pulled open fellow contestant Chloe Goodman 's dressing gown the previous day.
Two weeks after receiving its British television premiere, Skyfall airs again on ITV as part of its Saturday night schedule. After the woman, who was marching with the crowd, had expressed her concern that the persecution of Jews was "back to the days of the s in Europe", Willcox had replied "Many critics though of Israel's policy would suggest that the Palestinians suffer hugely at Jewish hands as well".
Willcox says the question was "entirely unintentional". Former Coronation Street actor Ken Morley is removed from the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother for using "unacceptable and offensive language" after Ofcom received complaints about his behaviour.
The decision was taken to remove him from the house after he called fellow contestant Alexander O'Neal a "negro". ITV confirms that it is to axe its s crime drama Foyle's War , the second time the series has been cancelled.
Ed Miliband , Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage , the three respective leaders of Labour , the Liberal Democrats and the UK Independence Party , have written to Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron to say that they will still take part in the planned pre-election televised debates even if he is not present.
They will call for the various broadcasters holding the debates to include an empty podium, enabling Cameron to be included if he changes his mind.
Comedian Al Murray confirms his intention to stand for the Thanet South constituency at the general election, where one of his fellow candidates will be UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage.
The visit will be filmed, marking the first time television cameras will have been allowed inside the building. A report from the House of Lords Communication Committee suggests there are "simply not enough" women in broadcasting and that more should be done to increase their number.
Andy Wilman , the executive producer of Top Gear tells Broadcast magazine that the BBC has lost confidence in the programme following an "annus horribilis".
Soul singer Alexander O'Neal becomes the third Celebrity Big Brother contestant to leave the series without being evicted via a public vote after walking out.
He had previously been reprimanded for using homophobic language towards another housemate. Comedian Richard Blackwood will join the cast of EastEnders as a villain, it is announced, making his debut in February's 30th anniversary live episode.
Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna walks out of an interview with Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan after criticising him for asking about a letter that Eric Pickles , the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government had sent to British mosques urging them to make greater efforts to combat Islamic extremism.
Umunna had not read the letter at that stage. Katie Redford, who was scheduled to play year-old Bethany Platt in Coronation Street , is dropped from the series after claiming to be younger than her actual age.
An ITV press release had given her age as 19, but users of the Digital Spy website discovered evidence suggesting she is Anne Kirkbride , who played Coronation Street ' s Deirdre Barlow for 42 years, dies in a Manchester hospital following a short illness.
Production of the series is suspended the following day as a mark of respect to her. The television adaptation of Hilary Mantel 's novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies debuts on BBC Two to much critical acclaim, but viewers quickly take to social media to complain about the poor lighting in the series.
Figures reveal that an episode from the third series of Sherlock from January was the most watched programme on BBC iPlayer during , with an audience of 4.
New proposals are published by the UK's major broadcasters to include the leaders of more political parties in the forthcoming televised debates. Coronation Street actress Barbara Knox who plays Rita Sullivan in the series is banned from driving for twelve months after pleading guilty to a drink driving charge.
The BBC announces sixteen new shows that will be exclusive to iPlayer. Interior designer Kelly Hoppen announces she is leaving Dragons' Den after two years.
The BBC announces that Atlantis will not be renewed for a third series. The second part of series two is scheduled to be screened in the spring.
A BBC report recommends improvements to local and international news coverage, as well as digital content, if the broadcaster is to maintain its relevance in the modern climate.
BBC Sport signs a new three-year deal with the Premier League to air football highlights up to the end of the —19 season. The agreement will see the launch of a new midweek football programme, as well as the continuation of Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2 at weekends.
An Ofcom report on subtitling highlights the difficulties caused by voice recognition software that can fail to recognise speech patterns during live subtitling of programmes such as the news, sometimes rendering the translated text almost impossible to decipher.
Examples of such goof ups include words such as "sauces" instead of "sources", and an instance when Manchester United footballer Adnan Januzaj 's name was translated as Janet Jazz Jazz Jam.
BBC and ITV both decline a request from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to be included in the forthcoming leadership debates because both broadcasters feel it would be impartial for only one of the Northern Ireland parties to participate.
Channel 4 announces a reduction in the number of planned episodes of its forthcoming series Immigration Street after documentary makers encountered protests while filming the series in Southampton.
EastEnders producers announce that Denise van Outen will have a guest role in the soap later in the year. Global Radio , the owners of pop music channel Heart TV , are reprimanded by Ofcom after the channel played 72 seconds more than the permitted amount of advertising during one particular hour in October Global says the incident occurred when a commercial break was pushed to the end of an hour, creating too much advertising time for the following hour.
Dominic Treadwell-Collins , the Executive Producer of EastEnders , says he will not introduce minority characters into the series just to fulfil diversity quotas.
Reinventing the Royals , a BBC Two documentary pulled from the 4 January schedule because of concerns over the broadcasting rights of archive footage, is rescheduled for 19 February.
BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead says there is public support for the establishment of an independent body to oversee setting the level of the television license fee.
Sky reports an increase of more than , customers in the UK and Ireland in the second half of , its highest growth for nine years. Ed Balls , the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer , laughs off an appearance on the previous evening's edition of Newsnight in which he could not remember the surname of a senior Labour Party donor, claiming "it's an age thing".
Government plans to decriminalise non-payment of the television license are defeated in the House of Lords , which votes to maintain the status quo until at least The Office is named the "Best programme of the last 20 years" at this year's Broadcast Awards , with BBC One being honoured "Channel of the year" and Match of the Day receiving a special recognition award.
Respect Party MP George Galloway makes a controversial appearance on Question Time during which he is asked a question about the rise in antisemitism in the UK , and whether he bears some responsibility for its increase.
Galloway's appearance on the show had been criticised ahead of its broadcast by several individuals and groups, including Times of Israel columnist Alex Klineberg because of Galloway's outspoken views on Israel.
Galloway later claims to have been set up, and that chair David Dimbleby apologised to him privately over the tone of the question. Katie Price wins the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother.
Joey Essex wins the second series of The Jump. Australia is to be allowed to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest to celebrate the contest's 60th year.
The Australian entry will be fast tracked to the final, and allowed to compete again in should it win, but in the event of an Australian win the contest would still be held in Europe.
Linda Henry who plays Shirley Carter in EastEnders is cleared of racially aggravated behaviour following a hearing at Bexley Magistrates.
Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman apologises after describing on Twitter how she was "ushered" out of a south London mosque. She had, in fact, been at the wrong venue.
Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot is convicted of indecently assaulting two boys while he worked at a school in Greater Manchester, and remanded in custody to await sentence.
He is cleared of a further eight charges. The BBC unveils a series of new arts programmes, which will air in primetime slots. Channel 4 News are censured by Ofcom for misleading viewers in a report about possible police corruption from March , after it is revealed that interviewees who were presented as members of the public were in fact pre-selected and had ties with the broadcaster.
Channel 4 airs the docudrama UKIP: The First Days , a programme imagining a election victory for the UK Independence Party , which mixes archive footage with scenes involving actors, and depicts scenes of civil unrest following the fictitious election win.
By the following day it has collectively attracted more than 1, complaints to Ofcom and Channel 4. Television presenters Ant and Dec are interviewed about politics by The Times and offer their opinion on the prospect of Ed Miliband becoming Prime Minister.
BBC One airs the first of four EastEnders episodes to feature live inserts throughout its 30th anniversary week. The editions also feature actor Himesh Patel tweeting in character as Tamwar Masood during the show's live segment, a first for British television.
Teletubbies creator Anne Wood expresses her dismay that the series is to be remade in a Radio Times interview. A groundbreaking party election broadcast in which Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson is seen with her partner Jen Wilson is aired on television in Scotland.
Gillian Taylforth makes a surprise and unannounced return to EastEnders as Kathy Beale , a role which she played from the show's inception in to , despite the character having been said to have died in a car crash in South Africa in Ofcom launches an investigation into Channel 4's docudrama UKIP: The First Days amid concerns it may have breached rules regarding "offensive material, misleadingness and due impartiality" after 5, viewers complained about the programme.
Television presenter Phillip Schofield criticises the BBC for selling its Television Centre studios, an action he describes as criminal.
An independent report into events surrounding the Summer police raid on a property belonging to Cliff Richard , which was compiled by Andy Trotter , the former chief constable of British Transport Police , concludes that South Yorkshire Police should not have released "highly confidential" details of the raid to the BBC.
ITV confirms Broadchurch will return for a third series. Immigration Street , the follow up programme to the controversial documentary series Benefits Street , airs on Channel 4.
Originally conceived as a series, after protests from local residents in Southampton where it was filmed, the planned series was reduced to a single episode.
A report by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee suggests that the TV licence has no long-term future and will be replaced by a new system within fifteen years.
The BBC confirms that its Political Editor Nick Robinson will take time off while he undergoes surgery to remove a tumour from his lung, but plans to be back at work in time to cover the general election.
An inquiry in Rwanda recommends the country's government should initiate legal proceedings against the BBC over its This World documentary, Rwanda's Untold Story , which questioned official accounts of the Rwandan genocide.
EastEnders executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins tells London's Student Pride of his plans to introduce the soap's first transgender character, and that he would like a transgender actor to play the role.
Ofcom has launched an investigation into an item that appeared on the 3 February edition of This Morning in which the presenters discussed bondage with a sex expert.
Rolf Harris is stripped of his CBE following his conviction on several accounts of indecent assault last year.
Several BBC local radio stations are launched on Freeview , with ten of the 40 local stations in England now broadcasting on the platform.
They can be found on channels to BBC Two airs the Storyville documentary India's Daughter which includes an interview with the man convicted over the Delhi gang rape.
David Cameron is accused of "cowering" from the public as he confirms that he will only take part in one televised debate ahead of the general election , rejecting proposals for a head-to-head with Labour leader Ed Miliband.
June Whitfield and Jan Harvey will make cameo appearances in EastEnders later in the year, it is confirmed. The UK's major broadcasters have said they will press ahead with plans for three television debates, even though David Cameron has said he will participate in only one of them.
Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he will take David Cameron's place in the forthcoming television debates if Cameron is unwilling to participate.
The pitch is invaded by Villa fans celebrating the team's victory towards the end of the game, prompting a Football Association investigation into the incident.
Ed Miliband says that a future Labour government would introduce legislation to make televised debates a permanent feature of future general election campaigns, meaning politicians could not attempt to prevent them from taking place through self-interest.
David Cameron says he will not change his mind about appearing in only one of the forthcoming general election debates.
Prior to its broadcast, the Daily Record publishes an interview with Eileen Gallagher, one of the series' co-creators, who describes its axing as "a lost opportunity" for Scottish television.
She argues that Scotland should have a continuing drama in the same vein as Holby City or EastEnders that would attract and nurture Scottish talent.
The broadcaster also announces that the upcoming episode of Top Gear , due to air on Sunday 15 March, will not be shown.
Speaking to the Radio Times , comedian Jason Manford praises the BBC's decision to ban all-male panels on its programmes, but says they should not have publicised the move.
Television executive and Conservative peer Michael Grade warns that broadcasters are breaching impartiality rules if they stage televised debates without David Cameron being present.
His comments come as the organisers of an online debate offer to move forward its planned date to the end of March to accommodate the prime minister, who has said he would participate in one debate only.
Footage emerges of an upcoming Channel 4 documentary in which UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he would scrap much of the legislation that prevents race discrimination.
Downing Street describes the comments as "deeply concerning". The BBC is to give away a million mini computers to all pupils starting secondary school in September as part of the Make it Digital scheme, an initiative to make the UK more digital.
Bean starring Rowan Atkinson. Coronation Street executive producer Kieran Roberts tells the Digital Spy website that the soap plans an on-screen farewell to the character Deirdre Barlow , played by Anne Kirkbride , later in the year, but are consulting with the actress's family first.
Kirkbride's name will also remain on her dressing room door as a permanent tribute to her. Following his guilty verdict on 13 February, former TV weatherman Fred Talbot is sentenced to five years in prison.
Ofcom adds the UK Independence Party to its list of major political parties, entitling them to at least two Party Election Broadcasts during the run-up to the election.
Ofcom reprimands local channel Made in Leeds after its launch programme on 6 November included an expletive, which aired before the watershed.
The Traveller Movement says it will complain to Ofcom after the BBC Trust committee ruled that the use of the word " pikey " in an episode of Top Gear that aired in February was not offensive.
David Cameron confirms he has accepted an offer from the major broadcasters to participate in a seven-way televised debate at the beginning of April.
However, the full details of this are yet to be confirmed. Cast members of Australian soap Neighbours hold a 30th anniversary celebration for the series in London.
Channel Five airs the Neighbours 30th anniversary special the following day. The BBC announces it has commissioned Abused: The Untold Story , a documentary investigating the impact of child abuse on its victims, which will include an examination of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
A man dressed as The Stig from Top Gear hands in a million-strong petition to Downing Street calling on the BBC to reinstate Jeremy Clarkson, as footage emerges of the presenter speaking at a fundraising dinner in which he says that he expects to be fired by the broadcaster.
The UK's major broadcasters say they have agreed to hold a seven-party televised leaders debate on 2 April, which will be staged by ITV and chaired by Julie Etchingham.
However, there will be no head-to-head between David Cameron and Ed Miliband, with them instead taking part in separate question and answer sessions aired jointly by Sky News and Channel 4 on 26 March.
It is announced that comedian Frankie Boyle will present his own unique analysis of the general election for Frankie Boyle's Autopsy , a programme that will be available on the BBC iPlayer from 17 May.
The show will be similar to one he did for the Scottish independence referendum. ITV confirms that the upcoming sixth series of Downton Abbey will be the last.
The acclaimed US crime series Breaking Bad will have its first full run on UK terrestrial television with the upcoming channel Spike set to air it when it launches later in the year.
Debut on Channel 4 of Coalition , a film telling the story of how the Conservative—Liberal Democrat coalition government was formed in May BBC Scotland airs the second leaders debate in 24 hours, this time from Aberdeen.
An Ofcom report indicates that the 72 UK channels required to provide subtitling, audio description and signing "met or exceeded" their targets in Britain's Got Talent returns for its ninth series.
The season five premiere of Game of Thrones airs on Sky Atlantic , giving the channel its highest viewing figures to date with an audience of 1.
Sue Perkins , who presents The Great British Bake Off , announces she is taking a break from Twitter after receiving death threats following reports she was in the running to succeed Jeremy Clarkson as host of Top Gear.
Evan Davis chairs a Northern Ireland leaders debate with representatives from five Northern Ireland parties.
Paula Tilbrook , who played Betty Eagleton in Emmerdale for 21 years, announces her retirement. Ofcom clears This Morning over an item discussing bondage equipment and sex toys that appeared on the show's 3 February edition.
Ofcom have launched an investigation into the BBC One daytime soap Doctors for use of offensive language after an edition aired on 27 February in which a character used the word " pussy " as an insult.
Channel 4 announces that its entertainment channel E4 will close for the day on 7 May in order to encourage more young people to vote.
Actor Robert Downey, Jr. Simon Wood wins the series of MasterChef. BBC One airs the series finale of Poldark , which overnight figures later indicate was watched by 5.
Claude Littner is unveiled as Nick Hewer 's replacement in the board room for series eleven of The Apprentice. The debate is also aired nationally on ITV, and viewed by an audience of 27, After agreeing a deal with Endemol, Irish commercial channel TV3 announce they will broadcast Big Brother , the sixteenth series of which begins airing from 12 May.
The film is watched by a peak audience of 4. It is reported that Ofcom is investigating Top Gear for its use of the word "pikey" in an episode broadcast in February , the matter having previously been dismissed by the BBC Trust.
More4 airs a live performance of James Graham's play, The Vote , which is set in a London polling station, and staged at the Donmar Warehouse.
BBC Sport NI announce their coverage of the North West motorcycle race to be held later this month, which will air on radio and television across Northern Ireland, as well as online.
Channel 4's Alternative Election Night was seen by 1. An audience of , tuned into Sky News in the first hour to watch coverage presented by Adam Boulton.
Filming took place on the morning of 8 May, against the backdrop of unfolding events, something that requires a runner to twice dash on stage to inform the panel of breaking news events—the resignations of Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband as the respective leaders of the Liberal Democrats and Labour Party.
Responding to a suggestion from Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne that British television should be more like television in the United States , the BBC head of drama, Ben Stephenson, warns that the Corporation's drama department is "at tipping point" because of cuts that have been made at the BBC, and calls for the licence fee to be increased.
Cleveland Police are to view footage from the second series of Channel 4's Benefits Street after the programme, which began its second run the previous evening, allegedly showed scenes of criminal activity and drug misuse.
Prince Charles 's press secretary, Kristina Kyriacou , intervenes when Channel 4 News reporter Michael Crick tries to question the Prince ahead of the release of the Black spider letters he sent to ministers of the Blair government a decade ago.
She then gives the reporter a smile as she disappears into the shop. Shayne Ward , winner of the second series of The X Factor , is to join Coronation Street as the character Aidan Connor after signing a one-year contract.
The BBC confirms that its international subscription-based version of the iPlayer will close on 26 June. Filming on Coronation Street and Emmerdale is delayed, while the day's edition of Loose Women is pre-recorded.
ITV are announced as the broadcaster that will provide coverage of the official celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II 's 90th birthday in Anne Kirkbride is honoured at the British Soap Awards with a special award for outstanding achievement, which is presented at the ceremony to her husband by former colleague William Roache.
BBC One airs the feature length finale of Atlantis , which is watched by an average audience of 2. The series, aired over three consecutive nights, focuses on the investigation into historical sex crimes committed by disc jockey Ray Teret , and his subsequent trial and conviction for those offences.
The film had attracted in excess of 6, complaints, many of them as part of an orchestrated campaign from the far-right Britain First movement.
The pair asked Farage about his chances of being elected as MP for South Thanet, but did not reflect the positions of other candidates standing in the constituency.
The interview is Clarkson's first since leaving the programme. Comedian Miranda Hart tells BBC News that reports she would be hosting a rebooted series of The Generation Game were "massively blown out of order in the press" after she held an informal discussion with the BBC about the viability of making a modern version of the show.
The Generation Game will not be returning to television any time in the near future. Big Brother contestant Aaron Frew has been removed from the series for inappropriate behaviour after flashing at a fellow housemate the previous evening, it is confirmed.
The BBC defends the series, claiming it is a "serious social experiment". ITV hires former BBC Panorama editor Tom Giles as its new head of current affairs, replacing Ian Squires , who announced he would be leaving the position after 20 years following the recent general election.
Dan Taylor-Watt , the head of BBC iPlayer, posts a blog on the BBC website defending the popularity of the service after figures showed a decline in its viewership in recent months.
Taylor-Watt stresses that iPlayer is more popular in the winter. Overnight figures suggest the coverage to have been watched by 7.
Amid a subsequent public backlash, the show's producers say they should have made it clearer a different dog was being used, while Ofcom considers an investigation into whether phone voters were misled.
Ward issued an on-air apology for his use of the phrase after being unaware that it can be used as a derogatory term for lesbians.
The BBC launches an internal investigation after international news outlets wrongly reported that Queen Elizabeth II had been hospitalised following a rogue tweet sent by one of its reporters during an obituary rehearsal.
While a guest on the day's edition of The Daily Politics , founder of the CoolEdMiliband Twitter account, Richard Biggs, is forced to apologise after saying that "Ed Miliband's too good for this fucking country to be honest".
Mock the Week reaches its 10th anniversary. Daniel Radcliffe and Lena Headey are among signatories from the world of film and television to put their name to a petition urging the BBC Trust to reverse its decision to turn BBC Three into an online only service.
BT Sport announces that it will introduce charges for viewers to watch top-flight European football from August. The programme will also be renamed Wimbledon 2Day.
Ofcom says that 1, people have so far complained about an interview Sky News presenter Kay Burley did on 3 June with the chief executive of Alton Towers following a roller-coaster accident at the theme park.
Burley pressed Nick Varney to confirm whether one of the people injured in the crash had lost a leg.
In addition to the Ofcom complaints, 27, have signed a change. Channel 4 airs a one-off edition of Chris Evans's chat show TFI Friday to celebrate its 20th anniversary, which is watched by 3.
Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby warns of "enemies" who wish to diminish the BBC, and urges against any cuts to the licence fee as the time approaches for the renewal of the BBC's Charter.
A pre-election interview with UKIP leader Nigel Farage in which he was asked about his chances of winning a parliamentary seat is also deemed to have not breached the rules.
Sky Atlantic airs the season five finale of Game of Thrones. Overnight figures suggest it to have been watched by 1. After four years of airing the British Comedy Awards , Channel 4 announces that it has dropped the ceremony from its schedule in order to focus on other projects.
BBC Two airs the first in a series of televised debates ahead of the Labour Party leadership election which sees the potential candidates hoping to succeed Ed Miliband go head-to-head in front of a studio audience.
Jeremy Clarkson tells The Sun the BBC offered him a new contract to return to Top Gear shortly before Chris Evans was announced as the show's new presenter, but that he rejected the idea because there would have been too much interference from executives.
Responding to the claims the BBC says that Clarkson was not offered a chance to return to his former presenting role. Vice Media announces it has agreed a deal with Unilever to launch Broadly , a new TV channel aimed at women.
Ofcom have received over 1, complaints from viewers about an edition of Big Brother from the previous day in which contestant Helen Wood compared her fellow housemate Brian Belo to a rapist and murderer.
Belo left the show following the incident, while Wood and another housemate received a formal warning from the programme's producers. News at Ten is returning to its single-presenter format from the autumn, with Julie Etchingham and Rageh Omaar presenting in Bradby's absence.
By 29 June, West's use of bad language during the performance has prompted 44 complaints to Ofcom. After its broadcast Clarkson says that he is "so sad and sorry it's ended like this".
The BBC is reviewing its use of the term " Islamic State " when reporting news items about the Islamic extremist group that has established a self-declared caliphate in the Middle East, after receiving a letter signed by MPs, and supported by Prime Minister David Cameron, expressing concern that media use of the term legitimises the group.
The letter calls on media outlets to adopt the name Daesh instead, a term used by media in other countries such as Turkey and France. The deal applies from in the UK, where hours of Olympic coverage must be provided free-to-air.
Ofcom rejects viewer complaints about the outfits worn by Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon during the final of Britain's Got Talent.
Viewers had complained that the dresses were too revealing for a programme aired before the 9. Ofcom introduces changes to the way phone-in competitions and votes on television and radio shows are advertised in an attempt to make them easier to understand.
Overnight figures suggest it was watched by 1. The BBC announce 1, job cuts to make savings because of a shortfall of income brought in from the licence fee.
A block of auditions for the next series of The X Factor that were scheduled to begin in Manchester are cancelled following the death of Simon Cowell 's mother.
BBC Three announces a season of programmes focusing on people with disabilities. The Defying the Label season begins on 20 July, and will feature fifteen programmes including drama, documentaries, current affairs programmes and a comedy panel game show.
Following reports that appeared in the previous day's Sunday newspapers, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale confirms that the BBC will fund free TV licences for people over the age of 75 from , the cost having previously been covered by the Treasury.
Plans to introduce a legal requirement for a licence in order to view the BBC iPlayer service will also be brought forward.
It is reported that former television presenter Michael Barrymore has launched legal proceedings against Essex Police over his arrest following the death of Stuart Lubbock , who was found dead in the swimming pool of Barrymore's house.
Deirdre was written out of the series following the death of Kirkbride earlier this year. He will also report on news and current affairs for radio and television.
John Whittingdale announces the establishment of an eight-person advisory board to carry out a fundamental review of the BBC ahead of its charter renewal.
Overnight figures suggest the episodes were watched by an average of 7. The Government publishes its green paper on the future of the BBC.
In the wake of its publication, Shadow Culture Secretary Chris Bryant calls for an investigation into whether sources at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport leaked details of the document's content to the media after several suggestions made in the green paper were reported in the press prior to its publication.
Chloe Wilburn wins the sixteenth series of Big Brother. Rain during the first two days of the Open Championship requires the contest to be extended for an extra day, and BBC One to schedule an extra day of coverage at the eleventh hour.
Ofcom reveals that it has received 48 complaints about an episode of EastEnders that featured an intimate scene between two gay characters at a funeral home.
The BBC announces The Hunt , a major new nature series exploring the relationship between predator and prey, which will be presented by David Attenborough.
Content on iPlayer is viewable to UK internet users only, but can be seen elsewhere by using a proxy server to mask the viewer's actual location [].
Kimberly Wyatt wins the series of Celebrity MasterChef. Speaking to the Radio Times ahead of the launch of her new panel show, If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World , former The Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins says that she is in favour of introducing euthanasia vans because there are "far too many old people".
Good Morning Britain presenters Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway are forced to apologise to viewers after guest Helen Mirren describes how it "pissed with rain non-stop" during a camping trip while being interviewed by the pair.
Meirion Jones , the former head of investigations at Newsnight claims that he and other journalists who tried to expose Jimmy Savile were forced out of the Corporation, an allegation rejected by the BBC.
The programme will be produced by former Top Gear producer Andy Wilman, and begin airing in The match sees Chelsea beat Notts County 1—0.
The death is announced of singer and television presenter Cilla Black , who is believed to have died from natural causes at her home in Spain.
The documentary will air on 4 August, while Cilla will air over three consecutive nights beginning on 4 August. BT Sport apologises after some viewers were unable to access its coverage of the FA Community Shield via online streaming or through its sports app because of high demand.
An autopsy has determined that Cilla Black died from a stroke during a fall at her Spanish home, her family confirms.
The BBC announces that its Saturday night game show, Prized Apart , has been axed after one series because of disappointing ratings.
Previous plans to show the film, which alleges abusive practices at the Church of Scientology 's US headquarters, were shelved by Sky amid legal concerns as the film will be viewable in Northern Ireland, which is not subject to the Defamation Act The BBC is forced to deny claims made in a Daily Mail article that its creative director, Alan Yentob , attempted to influence a Newsnight report into the troubled children's charity Kids Company , of which he is chairman, hours before it was broadcast.
Sky Sports confirms it has signed a three-year deal with Spain's La Liga to retain the rights to show matches from the Spanish league.
Reece Shearsmith and Rufus Hound are among those to be making guest appearances in the ninth series of Doctor Who , which returns on Saturday 19 September.
Ofcom launches an investigation into complaints that Sky has been ignoring requests from its customers who wish to cancel their contracts.
The BBC announces plans for a docudrama about the death of Mark Duggan that will seek to challenge the media portrayal of him as a gangster. Alan Yentob is interviewed by Channel 4 News ' s Matt Frei , where he is questioned about financial mismanagement at Kids Company and whether he attempted to influence a Newsnight report about the charity.
He vehemently denies any wrongdoing, and later apologises for becoming emotional. ITV announces it has axed the afternoon chat show Mel and Sue after one series because of poor ratings.
Senior Church of England figures defend the BBC's decision to record an episode of Songs of Praise in a Calais migrant camp after the Daily Express and The Sun carried articles criticising it as a waste of licence fee payers money.
Channel 4 announces that it has taken a minority stake in Whisper Films, a sports production company part-owned by Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard.
The announcement comes a day after Jones claimed he had been axed from the series without consultation. Ofcom rules that Britain's Got Talent misled viewers after a second dog was used in the act that won the series final.
ITV have offered to refund viewers who voted for the act, or to donate the cost of any calls to charity. Ofcom rules that BBC World News and CNN International broke UK broadcasting rules regarding sponsorship and funded content after airing programmes funded by foreign governments, charities and other organisations.
Viewers were unaware of the origin of the content that was broadcast between and A new forecaster will be announced later in and take over in , although the on air presenting team is not expected to change, and Met Office severe weather warnings will continue to be used by BBC Weather.
American glamour model Tila Tequila is ejected from the sixteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother on the series' second day of transmission after pictures emerged of her posing in front of Auschwitz concentration camp dressed in a Nazi uniform.
BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull confirms his intention to leave the programme after fifteen years. ITV issues an apology after viewers complained about a poll conducted by the daytime chat show Loose Women asking whether rape was ever a woman's fault.
Tracey , the often seen but silent Queen Vic barmaid played by Jane Slaughter , is to finally have a speaking role in a major EastEnders storyline later this month, it is revealed.
Tracey will be heard on screen when she is contacted by her friend, Kathy Beale Gillian Taylforth , who was believed to have been killed in a car crash in As Strictly Come Dancing returns for its thirteenth series , Eggheads panellist CJ de Mooi claims he was rejected from becoming a contestant in the programme after asking for a same-sex dance partner.
Neil Hunt, the chief product officer with Netflix tells the Digital Spy website that the streaming service rejected the idea of signing up the former presenters of Top Gear because "it wasn't worth the money".
BBC Director-General Tony Hall sets out the coming decade's plans for the Corporation that include collaborating with its commercial rivals, allowing rival broadcasters to take advantage of iPlayer, and new services for Russia and North Korea.
However, he stresses that the strategy is not "expansionist". Police have charged businessman Doug Richard , one of the original Dragons' Den panellists, with three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Maxine Peake will play Rebekah Brooks in a new Comic Strip film that re-imagines the News International phone hacking scandal as a s Watergate -style controversy.
Provisionally titled The Comic Strip Presents The Red Top! The Countryside Alliance have called on the BBC to sack presenter Chris Packham after he criticised leading conservation groups for sitting on the fence over fox hunting, badger culling and the plight of hen harriers in a recent article published by BBC Wildlife magazine.
Sky and BT have secured a three-year extension to their deal with the Scottish Premier League , enabling them to show at least thirty games per season from Scotland until Presenter Emma Lee introduces the programme as follows: "Thank you so much for coming in for an emergency landing with us tonight.
Hope you enjoyed the movie there on ITV. Now though, it is time for you to sit tight and enjoy our games. Lee issues an on-air apology after being made aware of the situation, and claims she had not known of the film's content.
Jackpot subsequently launches an investigation into the matter. Ofcom has launched an investigation into Fighting Terror with Torture , an edition of BBC One's Panorama aired on 3 August that showed graphic reconstructions of CIA interrogation methods that have been condemned as torture.
They included scenes of a reporter locked inside a blackout box, walling and waterboarding. While the BBC has confirmed that stand-in presenters will be used to record the remainder of the current series of Bargain Hunt they have not commented on the situation with Wonnacott.
Whittingdale also criticises BBC One for failing to include enough distinctive programming in its schedule. During an appearance on BBC One's Question Time newly appointed Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell apologises for a speech in which he called for members of the IRA to be honoured for the bombings that brought the British government "to the negotiating table" during the peace process , and for a joke he made in about wishing he could go back in time to assassinate Margaret Thatcher.
Brendan Cole wins the first series of Flockstars with sheepdog partner Hoggy. Overnight figures suggest it was watched by an average of 4.
Ofcom finds Fox News in breach of its regulations over comments made by presenter Steve Emerson in January, when he claimed that Birmingham was a "no go zone" for non-Muslims.
A caller to Channel 5's The Wright Stuff is reprimanded for his choice of language and taken off air after making reference to Piggate , a scandal involving allegations about Prime Minister David Cameron, during a debate about the possibility of Labour MPs unhappy with the election of Jeremy Corbyn as the party's new leader defecting to the Liberal Democrats.
This date marks the 60th anniversary of the launch of ITV. An edition of Big Brother's Bit on the Side is taken off air ten minutes ahead of schedule after a fight between two of the guests.
Former housemate Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace is seen to apparently throw champagne at current series contestant Farrah Abraham. ITV airs an hour-long live episode of Coronation Street as part of the channel's 60th anniversary celebrations.
Viewers are also given the chance to view the episode as it would be seen by the film crew with a special online stream from cameras positioned around the set.
The government is forced to reaffirm its position that no decision has been made on the future of Channel 4 after a senior official was photographed in possession of a document that sets out plans for the privatisation of the publicly funded commercial broadcaster.
James Hill wins the sixteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother. England 's first round Rugby World Cup match against Wales , which sees England dramatically beaten by their Home Nations rival, draws a peak audience of On average the game was seen by 8.
Lord Burns will step down as chairman of Channel 4 on 27 January , it is announced. Ofcom had recommended he remain in the post for another year while the government decides the broadcaster's future, and his departure has fuelled speculation that Channel 4 will be privatised since it was an option not favoured by him.
Ofcom takes the unusual step of launching an investigation into a programme that received no viewer complaints.
The matter concerns an edition of Channel 4's Dispatches that aired on 23 February and concerned a "cash for access" sting involving former Foreign Secretaries Jack Straw and Malcolm Rifkind , both of whom were cleared of wrongdoing following an Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority investigation.
The refreshed look ditches the '4' logo, with it now only seen in print advertising and on the DOG on the HD channel. The BBC announces that it is to relinquish its live coverage of the Open Championship a year earlier than planned.
From Sky will carry live footage of the competition while the BBC will air highlights. The BBC's radio and online coverage will continue to be live, however.
The final decision will be taken by a professional panel and, for the first time since , the public. Morning Has Broken , a comedy by Julia Davis and starring David Schwimmer as a US radio presenter brought in to revitalise a failing breakfast show is among programmes commissioned by Channel 4 for , the broadcaster has announced.
Speaking at Big Think , an event held in London by TV marketing body Thinkbox, comedian Lenny Henry says that television has taken "baby steps" towards improving the representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic people, but questioned whether the policy of having quotas of different groups of people was the right way forward.
The match, aired by ITV, is seen by an average of 8 million viewers a BBC One airs a long-awaited Panorama investigation into allegations of the existence of a Westminster-based paedophile ring.
The programme attracts criticism from the Metropolitan Police , which say it could jeopardise their investigation into the allegations.
The Advertising Standards Authority bans a television commercial for a Clairol hair colouring product featuring Mad Men actress Christina Hendricks because of its "exaggerated capability of the product".
Channel 5's The Wright Stuff becomes the victim of a Twitter hoax after a fake account invites viewers to phone in to a discussion on the show that poses the question "Are people that take selfies more likely to join ISIS?
Doctors have told him to rest for a week; the show will be presented instead by Alexander Armstrong , who was originally lined up to appear as a guest.
EastEnders announces the introduction of the soap's first transgender character, who will be played by a transgender actor. Riley Carter Millington will join the cast as Kyle by the end of the year.
The BBC warns that it may have to axe EastEnders if government reforms went ahead requiring that it would only make a programme if it could not be made by a commercial rival.
X Factor contestant Tom Bleasby withdraws from the twelfth series of the talent contest "due to personal reasons". Waitrose chief executive Mark Price will replace Lord Burns as interim chair of Channel 4 when Burns steps down from the role at the end of January ; Price's appointment will be on a temporary basis while another chair is found.
The first edition attracts an audience of 1. ITV confirms that Piers Morgan will join Good Morning Britain as a regular member of the presenting team, joining Susanna Reid to present the programme three days a week.
Stephen Fry announces he will step down as presenter of QI at the end of Series M ; he will be succeeded by Sandi Toksvig , who will become the first female host of a mainstream comedy panel show on British television.
Having won the prize she is offered the chance to swap her box with Box 23 , which can for example double, half or null the winning amount, and inadvertently accepts the offer by answering "deal no" rather than "no deal".
She is then given a second opportunity by the Banker to accept or decline the offer due to the confusion of her reply; Box 23 is opened to reveal she would have won nothing, which is one of the five potential outcomes.
Manchester City Council 's planning committee votes to give developers Allied London the go ahead to demolish the former Coronation Street set in Manchester.
Campaigners had hoped to preserve the street. During an edition of BBC One's Question Time , an audience member berates Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd about government plans to cut child tax credits for working families, highlighting concerns about the proposals and forcing the government to defend its position.
TFI Friday returns for its first full series since Get Me Out of Here Now! ITV airs a second advert containing material from Adele 's much awaited forthcoming third album as part of a commercial break during an edition of The X Factor.
Sutton, who was on her way to the northern Iraqi city of Irbil , was discovered hanged at Istanbul 's Atatürk Airport after missing a connecting flight from London on 17 October.
The circumstances of her death are unclear. By the following day the first episode has attracted complaints because of its scenes of graphic violence, which include a man being bludgeoned to death within the first minute, and would normally not be seen before 9.
In response ITV says it has no plans to move the rest of the series to a post-watershed slot, but will begin airing it half an hour later from 1 November.
The series also comes with a warning that some scenes may be unsuitable for some viewers. The BBC have commissioned The A Word , a six-part drama series about a family struggling to cope when the youngest son is diagnosed with autism , and based on Pilpelim Tsehubim , a series that aired on Israeli television in The series will star Christopher Eccleston.
The BBC are in talks with a German broadcaster to produce a German version of Citizen Khan , it is reported, with the series centred around a Turkish immigrant family.
It is reported that police have used counter-terrorism laws to seize a laptop belonging to Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani after he is understood to have been in communication with a man in Syria claiming to be a member of Islamic State , and who has featured in Newsnight reports.
Prosecutors in Argentina order a judge to reopen an investigation into the Top Gear Patagonia Special amid allegations that a car's number plates were illegally switched to intentionally make reference to the Falklands conflict.
An item described as "a world-famous piece owned by a sporting institution" has become the most expensive object to be valued by BBC One's Antiques Roadshow during filming in Harrogate, it is reported.
Barbara Windsor apologises after telling a Sky News journalist that anyone who doesn't want to wear a poppy can "sod off for all I care".
She was speaking at the launch of this year's British Legion Poppy Appeal, and had been asked if she had anything to say to people who refuse to wear a poppy.
Windsor had not realised she was speaking on live television. BBC Two debuts Simply Nigella , the first cookery programme to be presented by Nigella Lawson since her personal life was the subject of a high-profile court case.
Having attracted an audience of 2. The show will return to its usual time once Simply Nigella has finished.
Louis Theroux is to make a follow up to his When Louis Met A commercial for the BMW 3 series that featured a car being driven at high speed along a coastal road is banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for encouraging dangerous driving.
At its annual general meeting in London BSkyB announces the appointment of 21st Century Fox Chief Financial Officer John Nallen as a non-executive director, prompting shareholders to raise concerns about the number of Fox executives appointed to the Sky Board.
Prime Minister David Cameron refuses to rule out the prospect of privatisation options for Channel 4 after being asked about the issue at Prime Minister's Questions.
The service is launched with 70, hours worth of programming, including episodes of Doctor Who and Dad's Army , with plans to add more content over time.
A technical glitch delays the evening's National Lottery draw, meaning it cannot be aired live. Instead the draw takes place an hour later than scheduled in front of an independent adjudicator.
Outgoing Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns criticises government plans to privatise the broadcaster as of "little financial benefit", and questions Culture Secretary John Whittingdale's handling of the job.
Ofcom decides not to launch an investigation into an edition of Strictly Come Dancing from October in which judge Bruno Tonioli used the phrase "the bull's bollocks" to describe Jay McGuinness 's dance performance, because presenter Tess Daly had quickly apologised for the remark and the show's live element.
Ofcom had received nineteen complaints following the incident. George Alagiah presents the BBC News at Six for the first time since announcing his treatment for colorectal cancer has ended.
It is his first broadcast since April , and he ends the bulletin by telling the viewers "It's good to be back with you".
UK news outlets begin providing live coverage from Paris after the city is hit by a series of terrorist attacks. Viewing figures released on 16 November indicate that over the days following the attacks the BBC's coverage of events received the larger audience share, while an extended evening bulletin of ITV News on 14 November is seen by slightly more viewers than its BBC rival airing at the same time, with ITV receiving 4.
Children in Need airs on BBC One, with Terry Wogan absent from the role as its presenter for the first time since its launch in Instead Dermot O'Leary steps in at the last minute after Wogan is advised to pull out following a back operation.
The Guardian reports that the BBC is under pressure from its Scottish executives to commission a flagship Scottish Six news programme to help address growing complaints about its weak coverage of Scottish affairs.
Eurosport introduces its largest rebranding since its launch in in order to change its image as a second-tier sports channel.
Changes include a new logo and strapline. The edition is seen by 4. I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham warns that news and current affairs output, as well as groundbreaking drama, would suffer under privatisation as the broadcaster would most likely be sold to a private equity firm that would asset strip before selling it on.
Sky unveils Sky Q , a new premium set-top box with touch screen technology that will allow viewers to access web streamed content.
Sarah Smith is appointed as the BBC's first Scotland editor, and will take up the role in early ITV confirms that filming will soon begin on a new eight-part series of its comedy drama, Cold Feet , which will air in Channel 5 confirms that episodes of Neighbours will air on the same day as they are broadcast in Australia from January , ending the current time lag of several weeks.
This Week presenter Andrew Neil uses the opening monologue of his programme to launch a two-minute verbal attack against Islamic State for the terrorist attacks on Paris, describing the group as "Islamist scumbags" and "a bunch of loser jihadists [who] slaughtered a bunch of innocents in Paris to prove the future belongs to them, rather than a civilisation like France".
The British Film Institute reports the discovery of what it believes to be the first interracial kiss to appear on British television.
Comedy Central is rapped by Ofcom for airing trailers for Inside Amy Schumer and South Park that featured explicit language before the 9. Ofcom decides not to investigate the Doctor Who episode The Zygon Inversion which showed a doppelgänger of the character Clara Oswald played by Jenna Coleman shooting down a plane, and was aired a week after the crash of Metrojet Flight Complaints were received from 31 viewers that the episode was inappropriate in the aftermath of the crash, but Ofcom concludes that "the science fiction nature of Doctor Who and the storyline created a sufficient distinction from recent events".
Kachroo will take up the newly created role of security editor for ITV News. BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead expresses her concern that the will of licence fee payers is being "drowned out" in the charter renewal debate, and warns that it risks turning the BBC into a "perpetual plaything of the political classes".
Capaldi also narrates the story of the "Sprout Boy", who embarks on a journey to find friendship at Christmas.
Channel 4 News confirms that it has turned down an interview with Prince Charles after being asked to agree to the terms of a fifteen-page contract of restrictions and limitations about the questions which could be asked, a document that it has described as "draconian".
Alan Yentob resigns from his position as Creative Director at the BBC in the wake of the controversy surrounding his role as chairman of collapsed charity Kids Company.
ITV apologises after footage of chef Ainsley Harriott is incorrectly featured during a news item about the knighthood of Lenny Henry.
ITV News claim the mistake was due to "an error in the production process". After Ellis was seen in the crowd at a match against Everton on 21 November, commentator Steve Wilson remarked "Great to see Doug Ellis here in his Villa scarf", but his words were translated as "Great to see Doug Ellis here with Hezbollah" by the voice recognition software used to produce subtitles.
BBC Northern Ireland journalist Andy West says that he has been suspended by the broadcaster after an online post about the Tyson Fury controversy in which he said he was "ashamed" to work for the BBC "when it lacks bravery to admit it is making a mistake".
Ratings for this year's final are also lower than the 9. Simon Schama , Mary Beard and David Olusoga are unveiled as presenters of Civilisation , a major ten-part documentary series for BBC Two about the history of art that is expected to air in late Controversial boxer Tyson Fury finishes in fourth place, just 7, votes behind Ennis-Hill.
Appearing on stage at Belfast's SSE Arena Fury apologises for recent comments he has made, saying that it was "all a bit tongue-in-cheek" and that he had not meant to offend anybody, winning him applause from the audience.
Joseph Valente wins the eleventh series of The Apprentice. As part of cost-cutting measures the BBC announces that it is "reluctantly" ending its contract to provide Formula One coverage three years early.
Channel 4 will take on Formula One coverage from the season. Following a review of the rules governing Party Political Broadcasts , the BBC announces that the UK Independence Party will be awarded three annual broadcasts outside election time, but that the Green Party will get none.
BBC One has commissioned a weekday spin-off of Countryfile following the programme's success in the Sunday evening schedules. Countryfile Diaries will air in spring , although a presenting team is yet to be announced.
John Cleese has reprised the character Basil Fawlty for a Specsavers commercial, it is reported. The Downton Abbey Christmas Special aired by ITV, and finale of the series, was the most watched programme on a single channel, with an audience of 6.
The Great British Bake Off. The final of the sixth series , which sees Nadiya Hussain crowned the winner.
The fourth episode of the sixth series which focused around baking desserts. The fifth episode of the sixth series which focused on 'alternative ingredients' for the first time in this series.
This week, eventual winner Nadiya Jamir Hussain ended Ian Cumming's reign as star baker by winning that weeks' episode.
The seventh episode of the sixth series, looking at 'Victorian baking'. Her last day on the show was February The event featured a serious PSA message from President Barack Obama , in which he spoke about domestic violence against women, and was followed by a plea from domestic violence advocate Brooke Axtell and singer Katy Perry performing her ballad " By the Grace of God " as a dedication to the victims of the crime.
The suspect, a housepainter Kraska had a dispute with, is captured hours later. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell , who also create The Bold and the Beautiful , sues CBS and Sony Pictures Television on charges of racial discrimination after she spoke out about a lack of African Americans on soap operas, which led to her contract not being renewed.
Just two weeks before its scheduled premiere, ten of the thirteen episodes of the third season of Netflix 's thriller series House of Cards were released for streaming.
Within minutes the episodes were taken down. NBC celebrated Saturday Night Live 's 40th anniversary with a live four and a half-hour event that included a red carpet pre-show followed by a live three and half-hour show featuring more than guest stars, a first ever mash-up of classic sketches, a SNL Weekend Update gathering of former anchors Jane Curtin , Tina Fey and Amy Poehler , and for the first time since leaving the series in , Eddie Murphy made his brief return.
This special became NBC 's most-watched prime-time entertainment telecast since the ER season finale in ESPN confirms its coverage of the Duke-North Carolina men's basketball game two days later will not include commentator Dick Vitale for the first time in the network's year history.
Vanilla Ice is arrested in Lantana, Florida for burglary and theft tied to items that were stolen from a home that was located next door to a home he was renovating during an episode of his DIY Network program The Vanilla Ice Project.
Just two days after appearing on the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special , Norm Macdonald reveals through a series of tweets that Eddie Murphy backed out of the Celebrity Jeopardy sketch because he felt uncomfortable impersonating Bill Cosby whom Murphy had done during his stint with SNL , resulting in Kenan Thompson replacing Murphy at the last moment.
Cosby would later tweet his thanks to Murphy for not doing the impersonation. For the first time since the death of her mother Joan in , Melissa Rivers returns to the front of the camera as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight , where she will do special interviews for the series while continuing as producer on E!
A report by Mother Jones challenges claims made by Bill O'Reilly about his reporting on the Falklands War for CBS News in , particularly that he had to rescue his cameraman from unrest in the streets of Buenos Aires after Argentina surrendered to the United Kingdom, and that several deaths occurred during the post-war protest.
Meanwhile, Eric Engberg , who also covered the Falklands conflict for CBS, posted on Facebook that he knew nothing of a cameraman being injured in Buenos Aires or that the protest had even gotten out of hand.
Further allegations that O'Reilly fabricated stories surface in the following days, with claims that he did not witness the suicide of George de Mohrenschildt or the execution of nuns in El Salvador as he has stated in the past.
In response to the death of actress Carol Ann Susi in November , her recurring character on The Big Bang Theory , Debbie Wolowitz , dies as well, with the main characters toasting her in the final scene of this night's episode.
Back9Network temporarily suspends operations due to lack of funding. ESPN suspends Keith Olbermann for a week after offering contentious responses on Twitter towards Penn State students, faculty and alumni regarding the university's annual " THON " fund-raising dance marathon held to fight pediatric cancer, telling them that the school were "pitiful" referring to filling in the end of the school's well known "We Are Penn State!
Olbermann later apologized for his actions. His commentary upon the return to his daily series on March 2 offers further apologies for his actions and the mentions of St.
Jude's Children's Hospital and the Make A Wish Foundation to contribute to ending pediatric cancer, along with his end of "batting practice", where he offered up short and brusque responses to critics and trolls responding to him on Twitter.
Modern Family makes history as their episode " Connection Lost " became the first American prime-time television program to be shot almost entirely on Apple devices including iPhone 6 , iPad Air and MacBook Air products.
Giuliana Rancic issues an apology to K. The incident causes co-host Kelly Osbourne to threaten quitting the series via her Twitter account her departure is confirmed by E!
A Saturday Night Live commercial spoof on an ad for Toyota which depicted a female United States Army soldier being dropped off at the airport by her father [69] , stirs up outrage from viewers over its depiction of a female high school graduate played by guest host Dakota Johnson who leaves her family to join ISIS , with the father played by Taran Killam replying "Death To America" after instructing one of the militants played by Kyle Mooney to watch over her.
CBS Television Distribution and Judge Judith Sheindlin extend their contract for her courtroom show Judge Judy for three seasons, adding to her current contract which was set to expire after the —17 season , meaning it will be on the air until at least the spring of The new contract also includes a second season renewal for her executive-produced judge panel show Hot Bench.
OWN's original shows will begin taping at their West Hollywood studios starting in Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon dies at the age of 59 from colon cancer.
For the second time in 13 months, The Weather Channel is removed by a major television provider. Eastern Time replaced by AccuWeather Network , which launched on that date, as well as a widget with weather content provided by WeatherBug , after the two parties were unable to come to terms on a new carriage agreement.
Verizon downplaying claims that the removal resulted from a carriage dispute between it and TWC cited consumer use of the internet and mobile apps to receive weather forecasts as the reason behind the removal.
In response, The Weather Channel released a statement citing its live, real-time coverage of severe weather events as an integral part of its programming, and urged FiOS subscribers to urge the provider to restore the channel.
Nancy Snyderman leaves NBC News as a result of controversy stemming after she was caught violating the terms of a self-imposed quarantine after being potentially exposed to the Ebola virus, in which she was spotted outside the restricted area in New Jersey in October , a precaution she and other staffers took after an NBC News freelance cameraman contracted the disease while Snyderman and a team were in Liberia.
Univision fires Rodner Figueroa a fashion correspondent and co-host of the Spanish-language network's entertainment newsmagazine Sal y Pimienta after remarking on the previous day's edition of El Gordo y la Flaca that Michelle Obama looked "like she's part of the cast of Planet of the Apes " while the First Lady 's image was shown side by side with that of Paolo Ballesteros who became popular earlier in the year for his transformations into various female celebrities during a live segment about the make-up artist.
In a statement, Figueroa stated the comment was not meant to be racist, instead a reference to the job Ballesteros had done to make himself into Mrs.
Obama, and claimed he was let go after The White House complained to Univision, a claim that a Univision executive denied.
After appearing in only seven shows, Kathy Griffin announces that she has decided to leave E! One night before a HBO documentary series, The Jinx , airs its final episode, the subject of that show, Robert Durst , is arrested in New Orleans as part of the investigation of the death of family friend Susan Berman , which is profiled in the series along with two other deaths, including the unsolved disappearance and murder of Durst's wife.
Though Durst has maintained his innocence, The Jinx ' s finale features audio of Durst recorded following an interview for the series while Durst's microphone was still turned on that appears to implicate himself in the deaths.
The Simpsons season 26 episode 17 " Waiting For Duffman " airs which features a dedication to series co-creator Sam Simon who died on March 8 from colon cancer.
The National Football League announces a suspension of its decades-long blackout policy , allowing games that do not sell out in the season to air in the game site's market.
WDBJ's owner Schurz Communications plans to challenge the fine, contending the images were fleeting only three seconds in length and small enough to not be visible for many viewers.
Tom Hanks and Mila Kunis are Corden's inaugural guests. Barker, who hosted the show from to , ceded hosting duties to current host Drew Carey for the remainder of the show.
Just three days after it was announced that the project had begun production, Will Ferrell announced that a Lifetime movie that he and producer Gary Sanchez had been working on, A Deadly Adoption , was scrapped after details of the project were leaked to the press.
Rumored to be an April Fools' Day prank, a teaser would be unveiled on June 11; the actual movie aired on June The television film stars Ferrell and Kristen Wiig as a couple whose plans to adopt a young woman's unborn child takes a tragic turn, which coincided with Lifetime's 25th anniversary of producing original made-for-cable movies the story reportedly includes tongue-in-cheek nods to classic Lifetime movies.
Her resulting blooper had since went viral in social media and on YouTube. Through , subsequent championship games in even-numbered years are scheduled to be on TBS, with CBS retaining the game in odd-numbered years.
Coinciding with the fifth-season premiere of Game of Thrones airing five days later on April 12, HBO launches HBO Now , an over-the-top subscription video on demand service featuring original programming and feature film content from the Time Warner -owned premium channel.
The service, which does not require a subscription to the linear HBO channel through a conventional pay television provider differing from the similar TV Everywhere service HBO Go , was initially made available for purchase through Apple which unveiled the service at a press event on March 9 and Cablevision 's Optimum TV service.
A series of DirecTV advertisements featuring actor and spokesperson Rob Lowe as himself and various alter-egos is removed as planned for a new campaign featuring model Hannah Davis , but not before the National Advertising Division , following up on a complaint made by Comcast , finds DirecTV's claims about customer satisfaction, quality and ranking in the Lowe series of ads are not true.
Chris Harrison will succeed Crews in September. Benton later died on May 26 at the age of The digital subchannel network Laff commences programming.
Scripps Company. ESPN suspends reporter Britt McHenry for one week after an incident that was caught on video in which she berated a towing company employee after her car was towed from a lot in suburban Washington, D.
The video featured McHenry using profanity and insults towards the woman who was about to tow the car. McHenry has since apologized for her actions.
Based in Orlando and airing mainly on independent or CW - or MyNetworkTV -affiliated stations, Buzz ' s demise comes after a financial backer of the show's producers, Mojo Brands Media, pulls their funding for the company.
Fox Sports announces the addition of Pete Rose to its Major League Baseball broadcasting team as a guest analyst, over 25 years after the all-time leader in hits with 4, received a lifetime ban from the sport for betting on games while managing the Cincinnati Reds.
Netflix announces it has ordered 13 episodes of an original series titled Fuller House , which will be a sequel of Full House , with several members of the original cast reprising their roles.
Just one year after announcing what would have become the largest cable operator in the United States, only to face increasing opposition from federal regulators, members of the U.
House and Senate, and media watchdog groups, Comcast withdraws its plans to acquire Time Warner Cable , whose deal would have faced more scrutiny after regulators were to take the companies' proposed plans that were called into question to a judge before a decision could have been made.
Hours after the news was leaked out in the upcoming edition of Entertainment Weekly to some subscribers of the magazine who receive it early, Patrick Dempsey confirmed that his character on Grey's Anatomy , Derek Shepherd , will die from a car accident and his wife Meredith Grey Ellen Pompeo will take him off life support in the episode "How to Save a Life", which aired on this date.
The news also coincides with Dempsey's decision to leave the series after eleven seasons despite having signed on for a 12th. On April 25, E!
The ceremony airs on Pop , marking a return to conventional TV for the Daytime Emmys the ceremony aired online-only.
ESPN sues Verizon for breach of contract after they "unbundled" its channels by placing them into a different package than previously agreed upon.
Local media outlets in the Baltimore market and the major cable news outlets air live coverage of the riots that breaks out hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray , a year-old male who died of suspicious spinal cord and neck injuries while in police custody after being arrested for possession of what was suspected to be an illegal knife that later turned out was legal under Maryland state law, which lead to six Baltimore Police Department officers being placed on paid suspension and were later charged with second degree murder and manslaughter charges upon review of an investigation , which forces the move of network primetime to digital subchannels on WMAR , WBAL , WJZ and WBFF for breaking news coverage.
At least 34 people were arrested, and 15 officers were injured. ET curfew , with a third on April 29 being played during the day in an empty stadium setting at Oriole Park at Camden Yards , though still televised in the Baltimore and Chicago markets, a first ever in Major League Baseball 's year history.
Citing "the new realities of television viewing and philanthropic giving," the Muscular Dystrophy Association announces it will no longer produce its annual telethon , concentrating instead on digital and mobile fundraising platforms.
For the first time since , Showtime and HBO team up to co-produce a pay-per-view boxing broadcast , Floyd Mayweather 's round unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas the fighters are under separate contracts with the broadcasters, Mayweather with Showtime, Pacquiao with HBO.
Producers of the series, in which pastor and former police officer Kevin Brown sets up sessions with prostitutes only to use the time to persuade them to abandon the profession, had received withering criticism in features by On the Media and BuzzFeed for failing to follow up with the show's subjects or provide them with promised services.
The assailant, later identified as Scolatti's estranged husband, Nicholas, turns the gun on himself and dies in a Missoula hospital on May 8.
The purchase marks the return of SJL to Hawaii. Just two days after Fox announces that the show's 15th season in will be its last, Nick Fradiani is crowned the 14th season winner of American Idol.
Harry Shearer announces he will depart from the voice cast of The Simpsons due to a contract dispute. The dispute would be resolved by July 7, when Fox announces Shearer had accepted a new 2-year deal with the same terms as his fellow cast members to remain with the show and continue to provide the voice of Ned Flanders , Mr.
Burns , and several other notable characters. For the first time since its inception in , ABC 's soap opera General Hospital airs live episodes for two days Friday, May 15 and Monday, May 18 , becoming the first American daytime soap opera to do so in 40 years since As the World Turns and The Edge of Night , both of which were transitioned to being taped from live broadcasts.
As a result of the revelation and admission, Stephanopoulos removed himself from moderating the Republican presidential primary debate in February.
ABC has a policy that bars reporters from contributing to political groups, except for charities, such as the Clinton Foundation. The Billboard Music Awards which premiered the TV cut of Taylor Swift 's music video for " Bad Blood " at the start of the broadcast breaks its own record for having the most viewers tuning in with Tom Bergeron ends his run as host of America's Funniest Home Videos after fifteen seasons the longest hosting tenure to date in the year history of the ABC series.
The 25th-season finale, which was taped at Disneyland as part of the show's annual "Grand Prize Spectacular", closed with Bergeron being carted off the set by original host Bob Saget.
On May 19 formally announced during an appearance on the season finale of Dancing with the Stars , which Bergeron will continue to host , Alfonso Ribeiro was named the new host of AFV , starting with the 26th season in September.
The ABC reality dating series The Bachelorette opens its 11th season with two female contestants both of whom competed in season 19 of parent series The Bachelor vying to become the sole courter of 25 male participants.
In the second episode of the two-part premiere on May 19 , Kaitlyn Bristowe was named the season's sole Bachelorette over Britt Nilsson in a majority vote by 24 of the suitors a 25th was eliminated prior to the vote announcement due to alcohol-induced inappropriate conduct with Bristowe and some of the male contestants.
This marked the first such selection by vote in the history of the series and the second in the Bachelor franchise overall Byron Velvick was selected over Jay Overby by contestant vote in season 6 of The Bachelor.
Rumer Willis is crowned the 20th season winner of Dancing with the Stars. With retrospective clip packages, cameo appearances by former presidents George H.
Bush , Bill Clinton and George W. TLC suspends broadcasts of the series 19 Kids and Counting in the wake of revelations against Josh Duggar , the oldest child of the child family.
The revelations allege that Duggar, as a teenager, engaged in unspecified inappropriate acts of incest with his sisters and others; he would later also be outed as an adulterer after his account on Ashley Madison was exposed in the Ashley Madison data breach.
The American version of Red Nose Day makes its inaugural debut. The charity event, organized by Comic Relief, Inc. It also became the most social charity special of the —15 season with more than , tweets and set a viewership record of 3.
CBS reveals that copies of Supergirl ' s pilot episode were leaked to unauthorized and pirated websites ahead of the series' November debut.
An estimated , illegal downloads took place, mainly from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. After a four-month "soft launch" of series marathons for early affiliates, Decades makes its formal debut.
A digital subchannel network co-owned by CBS Television Stations and Weigel Broadcasting , Decades features classic TV shows and movies as well as original content, highlighting on a particular year or decade each day.
It had been available only to TWC customers, as Charter and other pay television providers had previously balked at TWC's per-subscriber fee for the channel.
Live Well Network , a lifestyle digital subchannel network owned by ABC Owned Television Stations which had ended most operations on April 15, ends all national distribution, as Media General removes the network from their stations at the close of business on this day, though it continues to air in markets with an ABC owned-and-operated station.
Bob Schieffer moderates Face the Nation for the final time, retiring after a year run as the CBS News program's host and a year tenure with the network.
John Dickerson became Face ' s host on June 7. Buzzr debuts as a digital subchannel network, airing primarily on Fox-owned stations.
Owned by FremantleMedia and based on the YouTube channel of the same name, the network features content from Fremantle's library of classic game shows including the extensive Goodson — Todman Productions library that had previously served as the core of the Game Show Network lineup.
TBN Salsa , a faith-based, family-oriented digital subchannel network targeting English-speaking Hispanics , launches.
The latter two networks were combined into a single subchannel over-the-air, with Smile airing a reduced lineup of programming in the mornings and early-afternoons, though both services will maintain separate hour schedules via TBN's streaming services on its website, along with the network's mobile and digital media player apps.
After five seasons as a regular, Kim Richards departs the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to seek rehabilitation for alcoholism.
Although she would no longer serve as a full-time cast member, conflicting reports suggest the possibility of Richards making special appearances in future episodes.
Alexander and the former cast would later apologize to Swedberg after making that comment saying she was a great person to work with. A chair is left empty in honor of Gilmore patriarch Edward Herrmann , who had been the first to state his intention to attend the reunion, but died on December 31, of brain cancer.
True crime channel Investigation Discovery airs its first ever scripted production with the mini-series Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay which chronicled the investigation of convicted serial killer Ted Bundy.
The channel is producing a second installment titled Serial Thriller: The Chameleon about suspected serial killer Elaine Parent , set to debut in December.
The interview eventually goes viral and Dolezal becomes the major topic on news programs, which results in her stepping down as NAACP president and being removed from a police ombudsman commission.
Four months after Lester Holt was named interim weeknight anchor of NBC Nightly News in the wake of preceding anchor Brian Williams ' suspension for his misrepresentation of certain events, NBC News makes the move permanent, with Holt assuming full-time weeknight duties effective June Holt, who had previously anchored Nightly News ' Saturday and Sunday editions from until Williams' suspension, becomes the first African-American to serve as the sole lead anchor of a weeknight network newscast.
The th U. The major tournament is the first U. Open ever carried by Fox Sports as part of a year deal in which the sports division will hold the television rights to United States Golf Association championship events.
Following a sold-out performance at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City, Neil Meron and Craig Zadan announced that "Bombshell", which was the fictional musical that was basis for the setting in the former NBC series Smash for which they were the executive producers , would head to the Broadway stage as a real musical.
Meron and Zadan are set to executive produce the Broadway production. The CBS reality series Big Brother begins its 17th season , with contestant Audrey Middleton becoming the first transgender contestant to appear on the U.
Following comments about illegal immigrants from Mexico made by Donald Trump who had previously stepped down as host of NBC's The Apprentice and was dropped by Fox News as a contributor shortly before his declaration during his June 16 speech announcing his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination, Univision Communications terminates its contract with the Miss Universe Organization.
NBCUniversal which co-owned the Organization with Trump and Mexico media conglomerate Televisa which has a program-sharing agreement with Univision later announced on June 29, that they would join Univision in severing business ties with Trump and terminate their contracts to televise Miss USA cable channel Reelz later agreed to carry Miss USA on July 2, after initial confirmation by the Organization that it would be streamed via the pageant organizer's website and Miss Universe.
Just moments after the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a 5—4 ruling that made same-sex marriages legal in the United States based on its decision in Obergefell v.
The Gannett Company formally separates its assets; the broadcasting and digital media assets are split off into Tegna Inc. With the split, Tegna also seeks to gain control of stations owned by Sander Media in markets with Gannett newspapers due to cross-ownership rules.
Just 20 days after beginning to air repeats of The Dukes of Hazzard , TV Land immediately pulls the series from its schedule as a response to the Charleston church shooting on June 17 and the controversy surrounding the modern display of the Confederate flag which is displayed on the rooftop of the Dodge Charger , known as the " General Lee ", in the show.
The shooter, Dylann Roof , had used the flag in his photos to display his plan to start a race war, thus igniting the controversy.
One week prior, Warner Bros. Television and its co-owned consumer products division decided to stop production of products that featured the flag related to the series or franchise.
CMT continues to air the series under the same syndication contract between Warner Bros. The three suspects, last seen driving away in a black BMW, are still at large.
An estimated The combined audience of Showtime launches an over-the-top subscription video on demand service featuring a wide selection of original programming and feature film content, as well as live streams of the CBS Corporation -owned premium channel's linear East and West Coast television feeds.
Subway and its spokesman Jared Fogle mutually agree to part ways after the FBI raided his Zionsville, Indiana home during a follow-up investigation regarding the arrest of the former head of his foundation, who was charged with possession of child pornography in April.
Fogle pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and having sex with a minor a month later. Just one day after a judge orders the release of documents from his lawsuit involving a sexual harassment case that revealed that Bill Cosby had admitted to acquiring Quaaludes in order to have sex with women by drugging them, two African-American focused networks immediately drop his sitcoms from their lineup, with cable channel Centric pulling repeats of The Cosby Show and the digital multicast network Bounce TV removing his — series Cosby from their schedules.
After only one year as an online subscription video streaming service, The Sarah Palin Channel announced that it would be ceasing operations on August 1.
ESPN announces that Keith Olbermann will part ways with the network after two years due to a breakdown in negotiations to renew his contract, which expires July The final program aired on July Epix 3, Epix 's sister channel is renamed Epix Hits.
News after 10 years, but will continue to serve as host of Fashion Police and Live from the Red Carpet specials at the network.
A rebroadcast later aired on ESPN, which aired the pre-show. An ad after the film promotes a Twitter campaign offering fans the chance to decide her fate with the hashtags " AprilLives" or " AprilDies", with the results to be revealed in Sharknado 4.
She ends up surviving. World Wrestling Entertainment officially releases Hulk Hogan from his contract, dropped as a judge on WWE Tough Enough , and removes products, merchandise, and related images including his WWE Hall of Fame induction from their website after additional footage from a sex tape surfaced in which he made racially charged rants that he would rather see his daughter Brooke date an African American, whom he suspected of dating at the time, as well as a separate comment involving Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Hogan has since apologized for his actions. With no advanced notice to its affiliates and a rebranding process still ongoing days after, Spanish-language broadcast network MundoFox rebrands as MundoMax.
The network has struggled since its August launch against competition from established competitors such as Univision and Telemundo, as well as a lack of higher-profile affiliates in key markets with much of its affiliate body consisting of low-power stations and digital subchannels; Fox Television Stations carried the network only on a few of its owned-and-operated stations as third or fourth digital subchannels, mainly to simulcast a local affiliate to allow some kind of must carry cable carriage unavailable to the stations themselves in major markets.
In addition to the rebrand, RCN abruptly shuts down MundoMax's news division , resulting in the layoffs of 35 of its 36 staffers; company representatives stated that news programming was "never part of the plan" for the network.
With the move, the Jonesboro market now offers in-market affiliates of all four major commercial broadcast networks. Citing its lower-tier position in covering the tournament resulting in airing matches in less-than-attractive early morning time slots , ESPN announces it will end its relationship with the French Open tennis tournament.
The network had been a primary rights-holder or sub-licensee from the Tennis Channel of French Open telecasts since It was seen by 24 million viewers, making the debate the most watched live broadcast in cable news history.
Due to the number of candidates running for nomination, Fox News aired two separate debates, with the less popular candidates going first, followed by the top 10 candidates with more support in the 'prime time' debate.
Its first offering under this banner will be the documentary Walk Tall: The Journey of Sugarland 's Kristian Bush , which is scheduled to air in syndication in September.
HBO signs a five-year programming and development agreement with Sesame Workshop , granting the premium channel rights to much of the company's archive, along with the first-run broadcast rights to Sesame Street.
PBS will retain broadcast reruns of the half-hour version of Sesame Street , including episodes that air 9 months after their initial HBO broadcast. As a result, Sesame Workshop subsequently announces on August 14 that it would phase out in-house streaming service, Sesame Go, as a standalone subscription offering.
WOIO, which has been producing newscasts since via an arrangement with the existing news department of then- LMA partner WUAB which becomes one of many MyNetworkTV affiliates that have stopped utilizing the programming service's branding , also shifts away from the tabloid-style Action News format introduced in under former news director Bill Applegate toward a more traditional news format with a continued emphasis on investigative journalism.
ESPN suspends Curt Schilling from his duties as analyst for its Little League World Series coverage following a tweet which he subsequently deleted attached with a picture which made a comparison between Muslim extremists and Nazis.
The former Major League Baseball pitcher , who has also served as a color analyst on the network's Sunday Night Baseball telecasts since , later apologized following extensive criticism, calling the move to post the photo a "dumb decision.
The stations return to the satellite provider one day later, hours after FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler meets with both sides in an effort to resolve the dispute.
ABC announces that Joy Behar will return as a panelist on The View , reportedly at the behest of the talk show's creator and executive producer and original moderator Barbara Walters.
Behar previously served a panelist from The View ' s debut in until Behar will join fellow additions Candace Cameron Bure who will balance her duties with her role as D.
Sweeney succeeded Caroline Rhea the original host of the weight loss -focused reality competition series from its debut as host in , and had balanced her duties with her role as Sami Brady on the network's soap opera Days of Our Lives until The assailant, who died that afternoon at a local hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as he was approached by police , was Vester Flanigan II, who worked as a multimedia journalist at WDBJ under the professional name Bryce Williams from to Flanigan was briefly visible in footage of the on-air shooting after Ward dropped his camera, and later posted personal phone video of him shooting the three victims on his since-suspended Twitter account, along with a page manifesto faxed to ABC News ' New York offices about his reasoning for the shooting.
Robot — which was originally scheduled to air that evening — to September 2, citing a graphic scene in the episode similar to the shootings inflicted by Vester Flanigan.
The Los Angeles Dodgers announce that Vin Scully will continue to call games on television and radio for the season, his 67th as a broadcaster for the team dating back to its days in Brooklyn.
The news is revealed during the Dodgers' game against the Chicago Cubs in Los Angeles by way of a sketch featuring comedian Jimmy Kimmel on the Dodger Stadium video board.
At a news conference the following day, the year-old Scully indicated he would likely leave the broadcast booth at the end of It will offer a select bundle of games that would previously have been broadcast by GamePlan and Full Court and the package is much less promoted or available than it has been in the past with the drawing down of pay-per-view to select special events; all of Full Court's events are available through WatchESPN via various ESPN3 streams without cost through TV Everywhere authentication.
As a result, RCN shut down KWHY's news department immediately canceling the station's weekday evening newscasts , and laid off 50 to 60 positions within its news, marketing and sales staffs about 40 of which belonged to the news department.
It is the first television station acquisition in Iowa for Gray, and marks the Cedar Rapids-based Gazette Company's exit from broadcasting it continues to operate Cedar Rapids' daily newspaper, The Gazette.
TV households. Eastern timeslot, pulling in a 4. For the first time since she relinquished the title of Miss America to Suzette Charles after nude photos were released, Vanessa Williams returned as a judge for the telecast of Miss America , which aired on ABC.
Williams and her mother Helen Williams also received an on-air apology from Sam Haskell, the executive chairman of the Miss America pageant, over her being stripped of her title and how his predecessors handled the situation during Williams' reign.
Schurz will retain its publishing, cable television and digital media assets including flagship newspaper, the South Bend Tribune. In a separate move on the same day, NBC taps Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as the new host of Trump's former show, The Apprentice , when it returns in the —17 season.
It originated on Chilean television in before moving to Miami and joining Univision in The night's significant winners include outstanding series wins for HBO 's Olive Kitteridge limited series , Game of Thrones drama , Veep comedy , the first cable series to win that award , and The Voice Reality-Competition , their second win in the category after ; the first two Emmys for Amazon Jeffrey Tambor as lead comedy actor and Jill Soloway for comedy directing , both for Transparent ; and notable acting wins for Jon Hamm his first, for Mad Men ' s final season and Viola Davis the first African-American to win in the lead drama series actress category, for How To Get Away With Murder.
Comedian Tracy Morgan makes his first public appearance since his June auto accident, presenting the final award of the evening for Outstanding Drama Series.
This marks a return to MSNBC for Williams, who will anchor its breaking news coverage Williams anchored one of the cable network's early programs, The News , from its launch until Williams' addition is also part of a transition for MSNBC, which will emphasize breaking news coverage during the daytime hours and limit its generally progressive - and liberal-leaning opinion shows to early mornings and weeknights.
Huang, who wrote the autobiographical memoirs on which the show is based, had long taken issue with the direction of the series. With Huang's departure, the show, which premiers its second season on this date, will no longer regularly utilize any form of narrative voiceover.
Following criticism of the incident via email and social media, WGN general manager Greg Easterly and news director Jennifer Lyons issue a joint apology for the graphical mistake, acknowledging that the badge image was lifted from an image bank by a station graphics department staffer for use in the story.
Sportscaster Dick Enberg announces the season will be his last as play-by-play voice for the San Diego Padres , and that he intends to retire.
The Nick Jr. Debuting amid controversy in due to the inclusion of adult content on a kids-oriented channel , NickMom aired in late primetime and catered to young mothers with a mix of comedic and lighthearted content, both original and acquired the latter including Parenthood.
Nick Jr. Nine months after joining the Comedy Central news satire program as a contributor, and eight weeks after previous host Jon Stewart departed, Trevor Noah takes over as host of The Daily Show , with Kevin Hart appearing as his first guest.
Music channel Fuse TV merges with Latino-targeted general entertainment channel NuvoTV , with the combined channel's programming lineup being refocused to feature original music, comedy, culture and lifestyle programming.
A new music-oriented cable channel, FM , takes over the channel space vacated by Nuvo. Due to financial issues with that station, Gray will acquire KYES through a failing station waiver, in order to form a duopoly with NBC affiliate KTUU-TV one of the stations involved in Gray's September 14 purchase of Schurz Communications, with the deal announced alongside a series of trades in four markets where both Gray and Schurz own television stations to comply with FCC ownership regulations that otherwise restrict duopolies in markets with fewer than eight distinctive full-power station owners.
The renaming of the Fox Sports Networks outlet — which serves Georgia , Tennessee , Alabama , Mississippi , South Carolina and parts of North Carolina — was due to viewer confusion cited in research surveys that was caused by its sister network's rebranding to Fox Sports South , as part of the regional networks' rebranding under the Fox Sports umbrella prefix.
Eastern Time. Former U. All other newscasts on WLBZ had already originated at WCSH under the shared "NewsCenter" brand , and are simulcast in both markets; the change allows the WLBZ newsroom to provide more content to all of the shared newscasts instead of focusing primarily on a single local newscast.
WLBZ continues to produce its own weather segments on weeknights. Most of WSEE's staff is either laid off or reassigned to other positions as a result.
Although she is expected to be arraigned on November 5, Miller will continue work on Dance Moms , which is currently shot in Los Angeles. Tracy Morgan returns to Saturday Night Live as host of that night's episode, marking his first comedic TV appearance since a multi-vehicle car crash in June that left him in a coma for two weeks and resulted in several months of physical rehabilitation afterward and killed his friend, comedian James McNair.
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Brown's Boys to have been the most watched programme on Christmas Day , with an average audience of 9. However, viewing figures were lower than the previous year.
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom clears EastEnders of breaching its regulations over a storyline involving the rape of Queen Victoria pub landlady Linda Carter played by Kellie Bright.
Comedian and actor Stephen Fry confirms he is to marry his partner, Elliott Spender. Prime Minister David Cameron says he will not take part in planned debates ahead of this year's general election unless the Green Party is included.
Ofcom opens a consultation on whether any of the smaller political parties should be considered as major parties ahead of the election, a status that entitles them to be allocated at least two Party Election Broadcasts.
The regulator says it is minded to consider the UK Independence Party as a major party, but not the Greens. The process will finish in February, after which Ofcom will publish its findings.
It is reported that the BBC has submitted its news coverage of the police raid on a property belonging to Cliff Richard in July for best news story at the Royal Television Society journalism awards.
Former Baywatch actor Jeremy Jackson is removed from the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother after he got drunk and pulled open fellow contestant Chloe Goodman 's dressing gown the previous day.
Two weeks after receiving its British television premiere, Skyfall airs again on ITV as part of its Saturday night schedule.
After the woman, who was marching with the crowd, had expressed her concern that the persecution of Jews was "back to the days of the s in Europe", Willcox had replied "Many critics though of Israel's policy would suggest that the Palestinians suffer hugely at Jewish hands as well".
Willcox says the question was "entirely unintentional". Former Coronation Street actor Ken Morley is removed from the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother for using "unacceptable and offensive language" after Ofcom received complaints about his behaviour.
The decision was taken to remove him from the house after he called fellow contestant Alexander O'Neal a "negro". ITV confirms that it is to axe its s crime drama Foyle's War , the second time the series has been cancelled.
Ed Miliband , Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage , the three respective leaders of Labour , the Liberal Democrats and the UK Independence Party , have written to Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron to say that they will still take part in the planned pre-election televised debates even if he is not present.
They will call for the various broadcasters holding the debates to include an empty podium, enabling Cameron to be included if he changes his mind.
Comedian Al Murray confirms his intention to stand for the Thanet South constituency at the general election, where one of his fellow candidates will be UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage.
The visit will be filmed, marking the first time television cameras will have been allowed inside the building.
A report from the House of Lords Communication Committee suggests there are "simply not enough" women in broadcasting and that more should be done to increase their number.
Andy Wilman , the executive producer of Top Gear tells Broadcast magazine that the BBC has lost confidence in the programme following an "annus horribilis".
Soul singer Alexander O'Neal becomes the third Celebrity Big Brother contestant to leave the series without being evicted via a public vote after walking out.
He had previously been reprimanded for using homophobic language towards another housemate. Comedian Richard Blackwood will join the cast of EastEnders as a villain, it is announced, making his debut in February's 30th anniversary live episode.
Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna walks out of an interview with Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan after criticising him for asking about a letter that Eric Pickles , the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government had sent to British mosques urging them to make greater efforts to combat Islamic extremism.
Umunna had not read the letter at that stage. Katie Redford, who was scheduled to play year-old Bethany Platt in Coronation Street , is dropped from the series after claiming to be younger than her actual age.
An ITV press release had given her age as 19, but users of the Digital Spy website discovered evidence suggesting she is Anne Kirkbride , who played Coronation Street ' s Deirdre Barlow for 42 years, dies in a Manchester hospital following a short illness.
Production of the series is suspended the following day as a mark of respect to her. The television adaptation of Hilary Mantel 's novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies debuts on BBC Two to much critical acclaim, but viewers quickly take to social media to complain about the poor lighting in the series.
Figures reveal that an episode from the third series of Sherlock from January was the most watched programme on BBC iPlayer during , with an audience of 4.
New proposals are published by the UK's major broadcasters to include the leaders of more political parties in the forthcoming televised debates. Coronation Street actress Barbara Knox who plays Rita Sullivan in the series is banned from driving for twelve months after pleading guilty to a drink driving charge.
The BBC announces sixteen new shows that will be exclusive to iPlayer. Interior designer Kelly Hoppen announces she is leaving Dragons' Den after two years.
The BBC announces that Atlantis will not be renewed for a third series. The second part of series two is scheduled to be screened in the spring. A BBC report recommends improvements to local and international news coverage, as well as digital content, if the broadcaster is to maintain its relevance in the modern climate.
BBC Sport signs a new three-year deal with the Premier League to air football highlights up to the end of the —19 season. The agreement will see the launch of a new midweek football programme, as well as the continuation of Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2 at weekends.
An Ofcom report on subtitling highlights the difficulties caused by voice recognition software that can fail to recognise speech patterns during live subtitling of programmes such as the news, sometimes rendering the translated text almost impossible to decipher.
Examples of such goof ups include words such as "sauces" instead of "sources", and an instance when Manchester United footballer Adnan Januzaj 's name was translated as Janet Jazz Jazz Jam.
BBC and ITV both decline a request from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to be included in the forthcoming leadership debates because both broadcasters feel it would be impartial for only one of the Northern Ireland parties to participate.
Channel 4 announces a reduction in the number of planned episodes of its forthcoming series Immigration Street after documentary makers encountered protests while filming the series in Southampton.
EastEnders producers announce that Denise van Outen will have a guest role in the soap later in the year. Global Radio , the owners of pop music channel Heart TV , are reprimanded by Ofcom after the channel played 72 seconds more than the permitted amount of advertising during one particular hour in October Global says the incident occurred when a commercial break was pushed to the end of an hour, creating too much advertising time for the following hour.
Dominic Treadwell-Collins , the Executive Producer of EastEnders , says he will not introduce minority characters into the series just to fulfil diversity quotas.
Reinventing the Royals , a BBC Two documentary pulled from the 4 January schedule because of concerns over the broadcasting rights of archive footage, is rescheduled for 19 February.
BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead says there is public support for the establishment of an independent body to oversee setting the level of the television license fee.
Sky reports an increase of more than , customers in the UK and Ireland in the second half of , its highest growth for nine years.
Ed Balls , the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer , laughs off an appearance on the previous evening's edition of Newsnight in which he could not remember the surname of a senior Labour Party donor, claiming "it's an age thing".
Government plans to decriminalise non-payment of the television license are defeated in the House of Lords , which votes to maintain the status quo until at least The Office is named the "Best programme of the last 20 years" at this year's Broadcast Awards , with BBC One being honoured "Channel of the year" and Match of the Day receiving a special recognition award.
Respect Party MP George Galloway makes a controversial appearance on Question Time during which he is asked a question about the rise in antisemitism in the UK , and whether he bears some responsibility for its increase.
Galloway's appearance on the show had been criticised ahead of its broadcast by several individuals and groups, including Times of Israel columnist Alex Klineberg because of Galloway's outspoken views on Israel.
Galloway later claims to have been set up, and that chair David Dimbleby apologised to him privately over the tone of the question.
Katie Price wins the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother. Joey Essex wins the second series of The Jump. Australia is to be allowed to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest to celebrate the contest's 60th year.
The Australian entry will be fast tracked to the final, and allowed to compete again in should it win, but in the event of an Australian win the contest would still be held in Europe.
Linda Henry who plays Shirley Carter in EastEnders is cleared of racially aggravated behaviour following a hearing at Bexley Magistrates.
Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman apologises after describing on Twitter how she was "ushered" out of a south London mosque.
She had, in fact, been at the wrong venue. Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot is convicted of indecently assaulting two boys while he worked at a school in Greater Manchester, and remanded in custody to await sentence.
He is cleared of a further eight charges. The BBC unveils a series of new arts programmes, which will air in primetime slots.
Channel 4 News are censured by Ofcom for misleading viewers in a report about possible police corruption from March , after it is revealed that interviewees who were presented as members of the public were in fact pre-selected and had ties with the broadcaster.
Channel 4 airs the docudrama UKIP: The First Days , a programme imagining a election victory for the UK Independence Party , which mixes archive footage with scenes involving actors, and depicts scenes of civil unrest following the fictitious election win.
By the following day it has collectively attracted more than 1, complaints to Ofcom and Channel 4. Television presenters Ant and Dec are interviewed about politics by The Times and offer their opinion on the prospect of Ed Miliband becoming Prime Minister.
BBC One airs the first of four EastEnders episodes to feature live inserts throughout its 30th anniversary week.
The editions also feature actor Himesh Patel tweeting in character as Tamwar Masood during the show's live segment, a first for British television.
Teletubbies creator Anne Wood expresses her dismay that the series is to be remade in a Radio Times interview.
A groundbreaking party election broadcast in which Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson is seen with her partner Jen Wilson is aired on television in Scotland.
Gillian Taylforth makes a surprise and unannounced return to EastEnders as Kathy Beale , a role which she played from the show's inception in to , despite the character having been said to have died in a car crash in South Africa in Ofcom launches an investigation into Channel 4's docudrama UKIP: The First Days amid concerns it may have breached rules regarding "offensive material, misleadingness and due impartiality" after 5, viewers complained about the programme.
Television presenter Phillip Schofield criticises the BBC for selling its Television Centre studios, an action he describes as criminal.
An independent report into events surrounding the Summer police raid on a property belonging to Cliff Richard , which was compiled by Andy Trotter , the former chief constable of British Transport Police , concludes that South Yorkshire Police should not have released "highly confidential" details of the raid to the BBC.
ITV confirms Broadchurch will return for a third series. Immigration Street , the follow up programme to the controversial documentary series Benefits Street , airs on Channel 4.
Originally conceived as a series, after protests from local residents in Southampton where it was filmed, the planned series was reduced to a single episode.
A report by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee suggests that the TV licence has no long-term future and will be replaced by a new system within fifteen years.
The BBC confirms that its Political Editor Nick Robinson will take time off while he undergoes surgery to remove a tumour from his lung, but plans to be back at work in time to cover the general election.
An inquiry in Rwanda recommends the country's government should initiate legal proceedings against the BBC over its This World documentary, Rwanda's Untold Story , which questioned official accounts of the Rwandan genocide.
EastEnders executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins tells London's Student Pride of his plans to introduce the soap's first transgender character, and that he would like a transgender actor to play the role.
Ofcom has launched an investigation into an item that appeared on the 3 February edition of This Morning in which the presenters discussed bondage with a sex expert.
Rolf Harris is stripped of his CBE following his conviction on several accounts of indecent assault last year.
Several BBC local radio stations are launched on Freeview , with ten of the 40 local stations in England now broadcasting on the platform.
They can be found on channels to BBC Two airs the Storyville documentary India's Daughter which includes an interview with the man convicted over the Delhi gang rape.
David Cameron is accused of "cowering" from the public as he confirms that he will only take part in one televised debate ahead of the general election , rejecting proposals for a head-to-head with Labour leader Ed Miliband.
June Whitfield and Jan Harvey will make cameo appearances in EastEnders later in the year, it is confirmed. The UK's major broadcasters have said they will press ahead with plans for three television debates, even though David Cameron has said he will participate in only one of them.
Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he will take David Cameron's place in the forthcoming television debates if Cameron is unwilling to participate.
The pitch is invaded by Villa fans celebrating the team's victory towards the end of the game, prompting a Football Association investigation into the incident.
Ed Miliband says that a future Labour government would introduce legislation to make televised debates a permanent feature of future general election campaigns, meaning politicians could not attempt to prevent them from taking place through self-interest.
David Cameron says he will not change his mind about appearing in only one of the forthcoming general election debates.
Prior to its broadcast, the Daily Record publishes an interview with Eileen Gallagher, one of the series' co-creators, who describes its axing as "a lost opportunity" for Scottish television.
She argues that Scotland should have a continuing drama in the same vein as Holby City or EastEnders that would attract and nurture Scottish talent.
The broadcaster also announces that the upcoming episode of Top Gear , due to air on Sunday 15 March, will not be shown.
Speaking to the Radio Times , comedian Jason Manford praises the BBC's decision to ban all-male panels on its programmes, but says they should not have publicised the move.
Television executive and Conservative peer Michael Grade warns that broadcasters are breaching impartiality rules if they stage televised debates without David Cameron being present.
His comments come as the organisers of an online debate offer to move forward its planned date to the end of March to accommodate the prime minister, who has said he would participate in one debate only.
Footage emerges of an upcoming Channel 4 documentary in which UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he would scrap much of the legislation that prevents race discrimination.
Downing Street describes the comments as "deeply concerning". The BBC is to give away a million mini computers to all pupils starting secondary school in September as part of the Make it Digital scheme, an initiative to make the UK more digital.
Bean starring Rowan Atkinson. Coronation Street executive producer Kieran Roberts tells the Digital Spy website that the soap plans an on-screen farewell to the character Deirdre Barlow , played by Anne Kirkbride , later in the year, but are consulting with the actress's family first.
Kirkbride's name will also remain on her dressing room door as a permanent tribute to her. Following his guilty verdict on 13 February, former TV weatherman Fred Talbot is sentenced to five years in prison.
Ofcom adds the UK Independence Party to its list of major political parties, entitling them to at least two Party Election Broadcasts during the run-up to the election.
Ofcom reprimands local channel Made in Leeds after its launch programme on 6 November included an expletive, which aired before the watershed.
The Traveller Movement says it will complain to Ofcom after the BBC Trust committee ruled that the use of the word " pikey " in an episode of Top Gear that aired in February was not offensive.
David Cameron confirms he has accepted an offer from the major broadcasters to participate in a seven-way televised debate at the beginning of April.
However, the full details of this are yet to be confirmed. Cast members of Australian soap Neighbours hold a 30th anniversary celebration for the series in London.
Channel Five airs the Neighbours 30th anniversary special the following day. The BBC announces it has commissioned Abused: The Untold Story , a documentary investigating the impact of child abuse on its victims, which will include an examination of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
A man dressed as The Stig from Top Gear hands in a million-strong petition to Downing Street calling on the BBC to reinstate Jeremy Clarkson, as footage emerges of the presenter speaking at a fundraising dinner in which he says that he expects to be fired by the broadcaster.
The UK's major broadcasters say they have agreed to hold a seven-party televised leaders debate on 2 April, which will be staged by ITV and chaired by Julie Etchingham.
However, there will be no head-to-head between David Cameron and Ed Miliband, with them instead taking part in separate question and answer sessions aired jointly by Sky News and Channel 4 on 26 March.
It is announced that comedian Frankie Boyle will present his own unique analysis of the general election for Frankie Boyle's Autopsy , a programme that will be available on the BBC iPlayer from 17 May.
The show will be similar to one he did for the Scottish independence referendum. ITV confirms that the upcoming sixth series of Downton Abbey will be the last.
The acclaimed US crime series Breaking Bad will have its first full run on UK terrestrial television with the upcoming channel Spike set to air it when it launches later in the year.
Debut on Channel 4 of Coalition , a film telling the story of how the Conservative—Liberal Democrat coalition government was formed in May BBC Scotland airs the second leaders debate in 24 hours, this time from Aberdeen.
An Ofcom report indicates that the 72 UK channels required to provide subtitling, audio description and signing "met or exceeded" their targets in Britain's Got Talent returns for its ninth series.
The season five premiere of Game of Thrones airs on Sky Atlantic , giving the channel its highest viewing figures to date with an audience of 1.
Sue Perkins , who presents The Great British Bake Off , announces she is taking a break from Twitter after receiving death threats following reports she was in the running to succeed Jeremy Clarkson as host of Top Gear.
Evan Davis chairs a Northern Ireland leaders debate with representatives from five Northern Ireland parties. Paula Tilbrook , who played Betty Eagleton in Emmerdale for 21 years, announces her retirement.
Ofcom clears This Morning over an item discussing bondage equipment and sex toys that appeared on the show's 3 February edition.
Ofcom have launched an investigation into the BBC One daytime soap Doctors for use of offensive language after an edition aired on 27 February in which a character used the word " pussy " as an insult.
Channel 4 announces that its entertainment channel E4 will close for the day on 7 May in order to encourage more young people to vote.
Actor Robert Downey, Jr. Simon Wood wins the series of MasterChef. BBC One airs the series finale of Poldark , which overnight figures later indicate was watched by 5.
Claude Littner is unveiled as Nick Hewer 's replacement in the board room for series eleven of The Apprentice. The debate is also aired nationally on ITV, and viewed by an audience of 27, After agreeing a deal with Endemol, Irish commercial channel TV3 announce they will broadcast Big Brother , the sixteenth series of which begins airing from 12 May.
The film is watched by a peak audience of 4. It is reported that Ofcom is investigating Top Gear for its use of the word "pikey" in an episode broadcast in February , the matter having previously been dismissed by the BBC Trust.
More4 airs a live performance of James Graham's play, The Vote , which is set in a London polling station, and staged at the Donmar Warehouse. BBC Sport NI announce their coverage of the North West motorcycle race to be held later this month, which will air on radio and television across Northern Ireland, as well as online.
Channel 4's Alternative Election Night was seen by 1. An audience of , tuned into Sky News in the first hour to watch coverage presented by Adam Boulton.
Filming took place on the morning of 8 May, against the backdrop of unfolding events, something that requires a runner to twice dash on stage to inform the panel of breaking news events—the resignations of Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband as the respective leaders of the Liberal Democrats and Labour Party.
Responding to a suggestion from Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne that British television should be more like television in the United States , the BBC head of drama, Ben Stephenson, warns that the Corporation's drama department is "at tipping point" because of cuts that have been made at the BBC, and calls for the licence fee to be increased.
Cleveland Police are to view footage from the second series of Channel 4's Benefits Street after the programme, which began its second run the previous evening, allegedly showed scenes of criminal activity and drug misuse.
Prince Charles 's press secretary, Kristina Kyriacou , intervenes when Channel 4 News reporter Michael Crick tries to question the Prince ahead of the release of the Black spider letters he sent to ministers of the Blair government a decade ago.
She then gives the reporter a smile as she disappears into the shop. Shayne Ward , winner of the second series of The X Factor , is to join Coronation Street as the character Aidan Connor after signing a one-year contract.
The BBC confirms that its international subscription-based version of the iPlayer will close on 26 June. Filming on Coronation Street and Emmerdale is delayed, while the day's edition of Loose Women is pre-recorded.
ITV are announced as the broadcaster that will provide coverage of the official celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II 's 90th birthday in Anne Kirkbride is honoured at the British Soap Awards with a special award for outstanding achievement, which is presented at the ceremony to her husband by former colleague William Roache.
BBC One airs the feature length finale of Atlantis , which is watched by an average audience of 2. The series, aired over three consecutive nights, focuses on the investigation into historical sex crimes committed by disc jockey Ray Teret , and his subsequent trial and conviction for those offences.
The film had attracted in excess of 6, complaints, many of them as part of an orchestrated campaign from the far-right Britain First movement. The pair asked Farage about his chances of being elected as MP for South Thanet, but did not reflect the positions of other candidates standing in the constituency.
The interview is Clarkson's first since leaving the programme. Comedian Miranda Hart tells BBC News that reports she would be hosting a rebooted series of The Generation Game were "massively blown out of order in the press" after she held an informal discussion with the BBC about the viability of making a modern version of the show.
The Generation Game will not be returning to television any time in the near future. Big Brother contestant Aaron Frew has been removed from the series for inappropriate behaviour after flashing at a fellow housemate the previous evening, it is confirmed.
The BBC defends the series, claiming it is a "serious social experiment". ITV hires former BBC Panorama editor Tom Giles as its new head of current affairs, replacing Ian Squires , who announced he would be leaving the position after 20 years following the recent general election.
Dan Taylor-Watt , the head of BBC iPlayer, posts a blog on the BBC website defending the popularity of the service after figures showed a decline in its viewership in recent months.
Taylor-Watt stresses that iPlayer is more popular in the winter. Overnight figures suggest the coverage to have been watched by 7. Amid a subsequent public backlash, the show's producers say they should have made it clearer a different dog was being used, while Ofcom considers an investigation into whether phone voters were misled.
Ward issued an on-air apology for his use of the phrase after being unaware that it can be used as a derogatory term for lesbians. The BBC launches an internal investigation after international news outlets wrongly reported that Queen Elizabeth II had been hospitalised following a rogue tweet sent by one of its reporters during an obituary rehearsal.
While a guest on the day's edition of The Daily Politics , founder of the CoolEdMiliband Twitter account, Richard Biggs, is forced to apologise after saying that "Ed Miliband's too good for this fucking country to be honest".
Mock the Week reaches its 10th anniversary. Daniel Radcliffe and Lena Headey are among signatories from the world of film and television to put their name to a petition urging the BBC Trust to reverse its decision to turn BBC Three into an online only service.
BT Sport announces that it will introduce charges for viewers to watch top-flight European football from August. The programme will also be renamed Wimbledon 2Day.
Ofcom says that 1, people have so far complained about an interview Sky News presenter Kay Burley did on 3 June with the chief executive of Alton Towers following a roller-coaster accident at the theme park.
Burley pressed Nick Varney to confirm whether one of the people injured in the crash had lost a leg. In addition to the Ofcom complaints, 27, have signed a change.
Channel 4 airs a one-off edition of Chris Evans's chat show TFI Friday to celebrate its 20th anniversary, which is watched by 3. Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby warns of "enemies" who wish to diminish the BBC, and urges against any cuts to the licence fee as the time approaches for the renewal of the BBC's Charter.
A pre-election interview with UKIP leader Nigel Farage in which he was asked about his chances of winning a parliamentary seat is also deemed to have not breached the rules.
Sky Atlantic airs the season five finale of Game of Thrones. Overnight figures suggest it to have been watched by 1. After four years of airing the British Comedy Awards , Channel 4 announces that it has dropped the ceremony from its schedule in order to focus on other projects.
BBC Two airs the first in a series of televised debates ahead of the Labour Party leadership election which sees the potential candidates hoping to succeed Ed Miliband go head-to-head in front of a studio audience.
Jeremy Clarkson tells The Sun the BBC offered him a new contract to return to Top Gear shortly before Chris Evans was announced as the show's new presenter, but that he rejected the idea because there would have been too much interference from executives.
Responding to the claims the BBC says that Clarkson was not offered a chance to return to his former presenting role.
Vice Media announces it has agreed a deal with Unilever to launch Broadly , a new TV channel aimed at women. Ofcom have received over 1, complaints from viewers about an edition of Big Brother from the previous day in which contestant Helen Wood compared her fellow housemate Brian Belo to a rapist and murderer.
Belo left the show following the incident, while Wood and another housemate received a formal warning from the programme's producers.
News at Ten is returning to its single-presenter format from the autumn, with Julie Etchingham and Rageh Omaar presenting in Bradby's absence.
By 29 June, West's use of bad language during the performance has prompted 44 complaints to Ofcom. After its broadcast Clarkson says that he is "so sad and sorry it's ended like this".
The BBC is reviewing its use of the term " Islamic State " when reporting news items about the Islamic extremist group that has established a self-declared caliphate in the Middle East, after receiving a letter signed by MPs, and supported by Prime Minister David Cameron, expressing concern that media use of the term legitimises the group.
The letter calls on media outlets to adopt the name Daesh instead, a term used by media in other countries such as Turkey and France.
The deal applies from in the UK, where hours of Olympic coverage must be provided free-to-air. Ofcom rejects viewer complaints about the outfits worn by Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon during the final of Britain's Got Talent.
Viewers had complained that the dresses were too revealing for a programme aired before the 9.
Ofcom introduces changes to the way phone-in competitions and votes on television and radio shows are advertised in an attempt to make them easier to understand.
Overnight figures suggest it was watched by 1. The BBC announce 1, job cuts to make savings because of a shortfall of income brought in from the licence fee.
A block of auditions for the next series of The X Factor that were scheduled to begin in Manchester are cancelled following the death of Simon Cowell 's mother.
BBC Three announces a season of programmes focusing on people with disabilities. The Defying the Label season begins on 20 July, and will feature fifteen programmes including drama, documentaries, current affairs programmes and a comedy panel game show.
Following reports that appeared in the previous day's Sunday newspapers, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale confirms that the BBC will fund free TV licences for people over the age of 75 from , the cost having previously been covered by the Treasury.
Plans to introduce a legal requirement for a licence in order to view the BBC iPlayer service will also be brought forward.
It is reported that former television presenter Michael Barrymore has launched legal proceedings against Essex Police over his arrest following the death of Stuart Lubbock , who was found dead in the swimming pool of Barrymore's house.
Deirdre was written out of the series following the death of Kirkbride earlier this year. He will also report on news and current affairs for radio and television.
John Whittingdale announces the establishment of an eight-person advisory board to carry out a fundamental review of the BBC ahead of its charter renewal.
Overnight figures suggest the episodes were watched by an average of 7. The Government publishes its green paper on the future of the BBC.
In the wake of its publication, Shadow Culture Secretary Chris Bryant calls for an investigation into whether sources at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport leaked details of the document's content to the media after several suggestions made in the green paper were reported in the press prior to its publication.
Chloe Wilburn wins the sixteenth series of Big Brother. Rain during the first two days of the Open Championship requires the contest to be extended for an extra day, and BBC One to schedule an extra day of coverage at the eleventh hour.
Ofcom reveals that it has received 48 complaints about an episode of EastEnders that featured an intimate scene between two gay characters at a funeral home.
The BBC announces The Hunt , a major new nature series exploring the relationship between predator and prey, which will be presented by David Attenborough.
Content on iPlayer is viewable to UK internet users only, but can be seen elsewhere by using a proxy server to mask the viewer's actual location [].
Kimberly Wyatt wins the series of Celebrity MasterChef. Speaking to the Radio Times ahead of the launch of her new panel show, If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World , former The Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins says that she is in favour of introducing euthanasia vans because there are "far too many old people".
Good Morning Britain presenters Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway are forced to apologise to viewers after guest Helen Mirren describes how it "pissed with rain non-stop" during a camping trip while being interviewed by the pair.
Meirion Jones , the former head of investigations at Newsnight claims that he and other journalists who tried to expose Jimmy Savile were forced out of the Corporation, an allegation rejected by the BBC.
The programme will be produced by former Top Gear producer Andy Wilman, and begin airing in The match sees Chelsea beat Notts County 1—0.
The death is announced of singer and television presenter Cilla Black , who is believed to have died from natural causes at her home in Spain.
The documentary will air on 4 August, while Cilla will air over three consecutive nights beginning on 4 August. BT Sport apologises after some viewers were unable to access its coverage of the FA Community Shield via online streaming or through its sports app because of high demand.
An autopsy has determined that Cilla Black died from a stroke during a fall at her Spanish home, her family confirms.
The BBC announces that its Saturday night game show, Prized Apart , has been axed after one series because of disappointing ratings. Previous plans to show the film, which alleges abusive practices at the Church of Scientology 's US headquarters, were shelved by Sky amid legal concerns as the film will be viewable in Northern Ireland, which is not subject to the Defamation Act The BBC is forced to deny claims made in a Daily Mail article that its creative director, Alan Yentob , attempted to influence a Newsnight report into the troubled children's charity Kids Company , of which he is chairman, hours before it was broadcast.
Sky Sports confirms it has signed a three-year deal with Spain's La Liga to retain the rights to show matches from the Spanish league.
Reece Shearsmith and Rufus Hound are among those to be making guest appearances in the ninth series of Doctor Who , which returns on Saturday 19 September.
Ofcom launches an investigation into complaints that Sky has been ignoring requests from its customers who wish to cancel their contracts.
The BBC announces plans for a docudrama about the death of Mark Duggan that will seek to challenge the media portrayal of him as a gangster.
Alan Yentob is interviewed by Channel 4 News ' s Matt Frei , where he is questioned about financial mismanagement at Kids Company and whether he attempted to influence a Newsnight report about the charity.
He vehemently denies any wrongdoing, and later apologises for becoming emotional. ITV announces it has axed the afternoon chat show Mel and Sue after one series because of poor ratings.
Senior Church of England figures defend the BBC's decision to record an episode of Songs of Praise in a Calais migrant camp after the Daily Express and The Sun carried articles criticising it as a waste of licence fee payers money.
Channel 4 announces that it has taken a minority stake in Whisper Films, a sports production company part-owned by Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard.
The announcement comes a day after Jones claimed he had been axed from the series without consultation. Ofcom rules that Britain's Got Talent misled viewers after a second dog was used in the act that won the series final.
ITV have offered to refund viewers who voted for the act, or to donate the cost of any calls to charity. Ofcom rules that BBC World News and CNN International broke UK broadcasting rules regarding sponsorship and funded content after airing programmes funded by foreign governments, charities and other organisations.
Viewers were unaware of the origin of the content that was broadcast between and A new forecaster will be announced later in and take over in , although the on air presenting team is not expected to change, and Met Office severe weather warnings will continue to be used by BBC Weather.
American glamour model Tila Tequila is ejected from the sixteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother on the series' second day of transmission after pictures emerged of her posing in front of Auschwitz concentration camp dressed in a Nazi uniform.
BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull confirms his intention to leave the programme after fifteen years. ITV issues an apology after viewers complained about a poll conducted by the daytime chat show Loose Women asking whether rape was ever a woman's fault.
Tracey , the often seen but silent Queen Vic barmaid played by Jane Slaughter , is to finally have a speaking role in a major EastEnders storyline later this month, it is revealed.
Tracey will be heard on screen when she is contacted by her friend, Kathy Beale Gillian Taylforth , who was believed to have been killed in a car crash in As Strictly Come Dancing returns for its thirteenth series , Eggheads panellist CJ de Mooi claims he was rejected from becoming a contestant in the programme after asking for a same-sex dance partner.
Neil Hunt, the chief product officer with Netflix tells the Digital Spy website that the streaming service rejected the idea of signing up the former presenters of Top Gear because "it wasn't worth the money".
BBC Director-General Tony Hall sets out the coming decade's plans for the Corporation that include collaborating with its commercial rivals, allowing rival broadcasters to take advantage of iPlayer, and new services for Russia and North Korea.
However, he stresses that the strategy is not "expansionist". Police have charged businessman Doug Richard , one of the original Dragons' Den panellists, with three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Maxine Peake will play Rebekah Brooks in a new Comic Strip film that re-imagines the News International phone hacking scandal as a s Watergate -style controversy.
Provisionally titled The Comic Strip Presents The Red Top! The Countryside Alliance have called on the BBC to sack presenter Chris Packham after he criticised leading conservation groups for sitting on the fence over fox hunting, badger culling and the plight of hen harriers in a recent article published by BBC Wildlife magazine.
Sky and BT have secured a three-year extension to their deal with the Scottish Premier League , enabling them to show at least thirty games per season from Scotland until Presenter Emma Lee introduces the programme as follows: "Thank you so much for coming in for an emergency landing with us tonight.
Hope you enjoyed the movie there on ITV. Now though, it is time for you to sit tight and enjoy our games. Lee issues an on-air apology after being made aware of the situation, and claims she had not known of the film's content.
Jackpot subsequently launches an investigation into the matter. Ofcom has launched an investigation into Fighting Terror with Torture , an edition of BBC One's Panorama aired on 3 August that showed graphic reconstructions of CIA interrogation methods that have been condemned as torture.
They included scenes of a reporter locked inside a blackout box, walling and waterboarding. While the BBC has confirmed that stand-in presenters will be used to record the remainder of the current series of Bargain Hunt they have not commented on the situation with Wonnacott.
Whittingdale also criticises BBC One for failing to include enough distinctive programming in its schedule. During an appearance on BBC One's Question Time newly appointed Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell apologises for a speech in which he called for members of the IRA to be honoured for the bombings that brought the British government "to the negotiating table" during the peace process , and for a joke he made in about wishing he could go back in time to assassinate Margaret Thatcher.
Brendan Cole wins the first series of Flockstars with sheepdog partner Hoggy. Overnight figures suggest it was watched by an average of 4.
Ofcom finds Fox News in breach of its regulations over comments made by presenter Steve Emerson in January, when he claimed that Birmingham was a "no go zone" for non-Muslims.
A caller to Channel 5's The Wright Stuff is reprimanded for his choice of language and taken off air after making reference to Piggate , a scandal involving allegations about Prime Minister David Cameron, during a debate about the possibility of Labour MPs unhappy with the election of Jeremy Corbyn as the party's new leader defecting to the Liberal Democrats.
This date marks the 60th anniversary of the launch of ITV. An edition of Big Brother's Bit on the Side is taken off air ten minutes ahead of schedule after a fight between two of the guests.
Former housemate Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace is seen to apparently throw champagne at current series contestant Farrah Abraham. ITV airs an hour-long live episode of Coronation Street as part of the channel's 60th anniversary celebrations.
Viewers are also given the chance to view the episode as it would be seen by the film crew with a special online stream from cameras positioned around the set.
The government is forced to reaffirm its position that no decision has been made on the future of Channel 4 after a senior official was photographed in possession of a document that sets out plans for the privatisation of the publicly funded commercial broadcaster.
James Hill wins the sixteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother. England 's first round Rugby World Cup match against Wales , which sees England dramatically beaten by their Home Nations rival, draws a peak audience of On average the game was seen by 8.
Lord Burns will step down as chairman of Channel 4 on 27 January , it is announced. Ofcom had recommended he remain in the post for another year while the government decides the broadcaster's future, and his departure has fuelled speculation that Channel 4 will be privatised since it was an option not favoured by him.
Ofcom takes the unusual step of launching an investigation into a programme that received no viewer complaints. The matter concerns an edition of Channel 4's Dispatches that aired on 23 February and concerned a "cash for access" sting involving former Foreign Secretaries Jack Straw and Malcolm Rifkind , both of whom were cleared of wrongdoing following an Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority investigation.
The refreshed look ditches the '4' logo, with it now only seen in print advertising and on the DOG on the HD channel. The BBC announces that it is to relinquish its live coverage of the Open Championship a year earlier than planned.
From Sky will carry live footage of the competition while the BBC will air highlights. The BBC's radio and online coverage will continue to be live, however.
The final decision will be taken by a professional panel and, for the first time since , the public. Morning Has Broken , a comedy by Julia Davis and starring David Schwimmer as a US radio presenter brought in to revitalise a failing breakfast show is among programmes commissioned by Channel 4 for , the broadcaster has announced.
Speaking at Big Think , an event held in London by TV marketing body Thinkbox, comedian Lenny Henry says that television has taken "baby steps" towards improving the representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic people, but questioned whether the policy of having quotas of different groups of people was the right way forward.
The match, aired by ITV, is seen by an average of 8 million viewers a BBC One airs a long-awaited Panorama investigation into allegations of the existence of a Westminster-based paedophile ring.
The programme attracts criticism from the Metropolitan Police , which say it could jeopardise their investigation into the allegations.
The Advertising Standards Authority bans a television commercial for a Clairol hair colouring product featuring Mad Men actress Christina Hendricks because of its "exaggerated capability of the product".
Channel 5's The Wright Stuff becomes the victim of a Twitter hoax after a fake account invites viewers to phone in to a discussion on the show that poses the question "Are people that take selfies more likely to join ISIS?
Doctors have told him to rest for a week; the show will be presented instead by Alexander Armstrong , who was originally lined up to appear as a guest.
EastEnders announces the introduction of the soap's first transgender character, who will be played by a transgender actor. Riley Carter Millington will join the cast as Kyle by the end of the year.
The BBC warns that it may have to axe EastEnders if government reforms went ahead requiring that it would only make a programme if it could not be made by a commercial rival.
X Factor contestant Tom Bleasby withdraws from the twelfth series of the talent contest "due to personal reasons".
Waitrose chief executive Mark Price will replace Lord Burns as interim chair of Channel 4 when Burns steps down from the role at the end of January ; Price's appointment will be on a temporary basis while another chair is found.
The first edition attracts an audience of 1. ITV confirms that Piers Morgan will join Good Morning Britain as a regular member of the presenting team, joining Susanna Reid to present the programme three days a week.
Stephen Fry announces he will step down as presenter of QI at the end of Series M ; he will be succeeded by Sandi Toksvig , who will become the first female host of a mainstream comedy panel show on British television.
Having won the prize she is offered the chance to swap her box with Box 23 , which can for example double, half or null the winning amount, and inadvertently accepts the offer by answering "deal no" rather than "no deal".
She is then given a second opportunity by the Banker to accept or decline the offer due to the confusion of her reply; Box 23 is opened to reveal she would have won nothing, which is one of the five potential outcomes.
Manchester City Council 's planning committee votes to give developers Allied London the go ahead to demolish the former Coronation Street set in Manchester.
Campaigners had hoped to preserve the street. During an edition of BBC One's Question Time , an audience member berates Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd about government plans to cut child tax credits for working families, highlighting concerns about the proposals and forcing the government to defend its position.
TFI Friday returns for its first full series since Get Me Out of Here Now! ITV airs a second advert containing material from Adele 's much awaited forthcoming third album as part of a commercial break during an edition of The X Factor.
Sutton, who was on her way to the northern Iraqi city of Irbil , was discovered hanged at Istanbul 's Atatürk Airport after missing a connecting flight from London on 17 October.
The circumstances of her death are unclear. By the following day the first episode has attracted complaints because of its scenes of graphic violence, which include a man being bludgeoned to death within the first minute, and would normally not be seen before 9.
In response ITV says it has no plans to move the rest of the series to a post-watershed slot, but will begin airing it half an hour later from 1 November.
The series also comes with a warning that some scenes may be unsuitable for some viewers. The BBC have commissioned The A Word , a six-part drama series about a family struggling to cope when the youngest son is diagnosed with autism , and based on Pilpelim Tsehubim , a series that aired on Israeli television in The series will star Christopher Eccleston.
The BBC are in talks with a German broadcaster to produce a German version of Citizen Khan , it is reported, with the series centred around a Turkish immigrant family.
It is reported that police have used counter-terrorism laws to seize a laptop belonging to Newsnight journalist Secunder Kermani after he is understood to have been in communication with a man in Syria claiming to be a member of Islamic State , and who has featured in Newsnight reports.
Prosecutors in Argentina order a judge to reopen an investigation into the Top Gear Patagonia Special amid allegations that a car's number plates were illegally switched to intentionally make reference to the Falklands conflict.
An item described as "a world-famous piece owned by a sporting institution" has become the most expensive object to be valued by BBC One's Antiques Roadshow during filming in Harrogate, it is reported.
Barbara Windsor apologises after telling a Sky News journalist that anyone who doesn't want to wear a poppy can "sod off for all I care".
She was speaking at the launch of this year's British Legion Poppy Appeal, and had been asked if she had anything to say to people who refuse to wear a poppy.
Windsor had not realised she was speaking on live television. BBC Two debuts Simply Nigella , the first cookery programme to be presented by Nigella Lawson since her personal life was the subject of a high-profile court case.
Having attracted an audience of 2. The show will return to its usual time once Simply Nigella has finished.
Louis Theroux is to make a follow up to his When Louis Met A commercial for the BMW 3 series that featured a car being driven at high speed along a coastal road is banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for encouraging dangerous driving.
At its annual general meeting in London BSkyB announces the appointment of 21st Century Fox Chief Financial Officer John Nallen as a non-executive director, prompting shareholders to raise concerns about the number of Fox executives appointed to the Sky Board.
Prime Minister David Cameron refuses to rule out the prospect of privatisation options for Channel 4 after being asked about the issue at Prime Minister's Questions.
The service is launched with 70, hours worth of programming, including episodes of Doctor Who and Dad's Army , with plans to add more content over time.
A technical glitch delays the evening's National Lottery draw, meaning it cannot be aired live. Instead the draw takes place an hour later than scheduled in front of an independent adjudicator.
Outgoing Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns criticises government plans to privatise the broadcaster as of "little financial benefit", and questions Culture Secretary John Whittingdale's handling of the job.
Ofcom decides not to launch an investigation into an edition of Strictly Come Dancing from October in which judge Bruno Tonioli used the phrase "the bull's bollocks" to describe Jay McGuinness 's dance performance, because presenter Tess Daly had quickly apologised for the remark and the show's live element.
Ofcom had received nineteen complaints following the incident. George Alagiah presents the BBC News at Six for the first time since announcing his treatment for colorectal cancer has ended.
It is his first broadcast since April , and he ends the bulletin by telling the viewers "It's good to be back with you". UK news outlets begin providing live coverage from Paris after the city is hit by a series of terrorist attacks.
Viewing figures released on 16 November indicate that over the days following the attacks the BBC's coverage of events received the larger audience share, while an extended evening bulletin of ITV News on 14 November is seen by slightly more viewers than its BBC rival airing at the same time, with ITV receiving 4.
Children in Need airs on BBC One, with Terry Wogan absent from the role as its presenter for the first time since its launch in Instead Dermot O'Leary steps in at the last minute after Wogan is advised to pull out following a back operation.
The Guardian reports that the BBC is under pressure from its Scottish executives to commission a flagship Scottish Six news programme to help address growing complaints about its weak coverage of Scottish affairs.
Eurosport introduces its largest rebranding since its launch in in order to change its image as a second-tier sports channel.
Changes include a new logo and strapline. The edition is seen by 4. I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham warns that news and current affairs output, as well as groundbreaking drama, would suffer under privatisation as the broadcaster would most likely be sold to a private equity firm that would asset strip before selling it on.
Sky unveils Sky Q , a new premium set-top box with touch screen technology that will allow viewers to access web streamed content.
Sarah Smith is appointed as the BBC's first Scotland editor, and will take up the role in early ITV confirms that filming will soon begin on a new eight-part series of its comedy drama, Cold Feet , which will air in Channel 5 confirms that episodes of Neighbours will air on the same day as they are broadcast in Australia from January , ending the current time lag of several weeks.
This Week presenter Andrew Neil uses the opening monologue of his programme to launch a two-minute verbal attack against Islamic State for the terrorist attacks on Paris, describing the group as "Islamist scumbags" and "a bunch of loser jihadists [who] slaughtered a bunch of innocents in Paris to prove the future belongs to them, rather than a civilisation like France".
The British Film Institute reports the discovery of what it believes to be the first interracial kiss to appear on British television.
Comedy Central is rapped by Ofcom for airing trailers for Inside Amy Schumer and South Park that featured explicit language before the 9.
Ofcom decides not to investigate the Doctor Who episode The Zygon Inversion which showed a doppelgänger of the character Clara Oswald played by Jenna Coleman shooting down a plane, and was aired a week after the crash of Metrojet Flight Complaints were received from 31 viewers that the episode was inappropriate in the aftermath of the crash, but Ofcom concludes that "the science fiction nature of Doctor Who and the storyline created a sufficient distinction from recent events".
Kachroo will take up the newly created role of security editor for ITV News. BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead expresses her concern that the will of licence fee payers is being "drowned out" in the charter renewal debate, and warns that it risks turning the BBC into a "perpetual plaything of the political classes".
Capaldi also narrates the story of the "Sprout Boy", who embarks on a journey to find friendship at Christmas.
Channel 4 News confirms that it has turned down an interview with Prince Charles after being asked to agree to the terms of a fifteen-page contract of restrictions and limitations about the questions which could be asked, a document that it has described as "draconian".
Alan Yentob resigns from his position as Creative Director at the BBC in the wake of the controversy surrounding his role as chairman of collapsed charity Kids Company.
ITV apologises after footage of chef Ainsley Harriott is incorrectly featured during a news item about the knighthood of Lenny Henry.
ITV News claim the mistake was due to "an error in the production process". After Ellis was seen in the crowd at a match against Everton on 21 November, commentator Steve Wilson remarked "Great to see Doug Ellis here in his Villa scarf", but his words were translated as "Great to see Doug Ellis here with Hezbollah" by the voice recognition software used to produce subtitles.
BBC Northern Ireland journalist Andy West says that he has been suspended by the broadcaster after an online post about the Tyson Fury controversy in which he said he was "ashamed" to work for the BBC "when it lacks bravery to admit it is making a mistake".
Ratings for this year's final are also lower than the 9. Simon Schama , Mary Beard and David Olusoga are unveiled as presenters of Civilisation , a major ten-part documentary series for BBC Two about the history of art that is expected to air in late The incident causes co-host Kelly Osbourne to threaten quitting the series via her Twitter account her departure is confirmed by E!
A Saturday Night Live commercial spoof on an ad for Toyota which depicted a female United States Army soldier being dropped off at the airport by her father [69] , stirs up outrage from viewers over its depiction of a female high school graduate played by guest host Dakota Johnson who leaves her family to join ISIS , with the father played by Taran Killam replying "Death To America" after instructing one of the militants played by Kyle Mooney to watch over her.
CBS Television Distribution and Judge Judith Sheindlin extend their contract for her courtroom show Judge Judy for three seasons, adding to her current contract which was set to expire after the —17 season , meaning it will be on the air until at least the spring of The new contract also includes a second season renewal for her executive-produced judge panel show Hot Bench.
OWN's original shows will begin taping at their West Hollywood studios starting in Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon dies at the age of 59 from colon cancer.
For the second time in 13 months, The Weather Channel is removed by a major television provider. Eastern Time replaced by AccuWeather Network , which launched on that date, as well as a widget with weather content provided by WeatherBug , after the two parties were unable to come to terms on a new carriage agreement.
Verizon downplaying claims that the removal resulted from a carriage dispute between it and TWC cited consumer use of the internet and mobile apps to receive weather forecasts as the reason behind the removal.
In response, The Weather Channel released a statement citing its live, real-time coverage of severe weather events as an integral part of its programming, and urged FiOS subscribers to urge the provider to restore the channel.
Nancy Snyderman leaves NBC News as a result of controversy stemming after she was caught violating the terms of a self-imposed quarantine after being potentially exposed to the Ebola virus, in which she was spotted outside the restricted area in New Jersey in October , a precaution she and other staffers took after an NBC News freelance cameraman contracted the disease while Snyderman and a team were in Liberia.
Univision fires Rodner Figueroa a fashion correspondent and co-host of the Spanish-language network's entertainment newsmagazine Sal y Pimienta after remarking on the previous day's edition of El Gordo y la Flaca that Michelle Obama looked "like she's part of the cast of Planet of the Apes " while the First Lady 's image was shown side by side with that of Paolo Ballesteros who became popular earlier in the year for his transformations into various female celebrities during a live segment about the make-up artist.
In a statement, Figueroa stated the comment was not meant to be racist, instead a reference to the job Ballesteros had done to make himself into Mrs.
Obama, and claimed he was let go after The White House complained to Univision, a claim that a Univision executive denied.
After appearing in only seven shows, Kathy Griffin announces that she has decided to leave E! One night before a HBO documentary series, The Jinx , airs its final episode, the subject of that show, Robert Durst , is arrested in New Orleans as part of the investigation of the death of family friend Susan Berman , which is profiled in the series along with two other deaths, including the unsolved disappearance and murder of Durst's wife.
Though Durst has maintained his innocence, The Jinx ' s finale features audio of Durst recorded following an interview for the series while Durst's microphone was still turned on that appears to implicate himself in the deaths.
The Simpsons season 26 episode 17 " Waiting For Duffman " airs which features a dedication to series co-creator Sam Simon who died on March 8 from colon cancer.
The National Football League announces a suspension of its decades-long blackout policy , allowing games that do not sell out in the season to air in the game site's market.
WDBJ's owner Schurz Communications plans to challenge the fine, contending the images were fleeting only three seconds in length and small enough to not be visible for many viewers.
Tom Hanks and Mila Kunis are Corden's inaugural guests. Barker, who hosted the show from to , ceded hosting duties to current host Drew Carey for the remainder of the show.
Just three days after it was announced that the project had begun production, Will Ferrell announced that a Lifetime movie that he and producer Gary Sanchez had been working on, A Deadly Adoption , was scrapped after details of the project were leaked to the press.
Rumored to be an April Fools' Day prank, a teaser would be unveiled on June 11; the actual movie aired on June The television film stars Ferrell and Kristen Wiig as a couple whose plans to adopt a young woman's unborn child takes a tragic turn, which coincided with Lifetime's 25th anniversary of producing original made-for-cable movies the story reportedly includes tongue-in-cheek nods to classic Lifetime movies.
Her resulting blooper had since went viral in social media and on YouTube. Through , subsequent championship games in even-numbered years are scheduled to be on TBS, with CBS retaining the game in odd-numbered years.
Coinciding with the fifth-season premiere of Game of Thrones airing five days later on April 12, HBO launches HBO Now , an over-the-top subscription video on demand service featuring original programming and feature film content from the Time Warner -owned premium channel.
The service, which does not require a subscription to the linear HBO channel through a conventional pay television provider differing from the similar TV Everywhere service HBO Go , was initially made available for purchase through Apple which unveiled the service at a press event on March 9 and Cablevision 's Optimum TV service.
A series of DirecTV advertisements featuring actor and spokesperson Rob Lowe as himself and various alter-egos is removed as planned for a new campaign featuring model Hannah Davis , but not before the National Advertising Division , following up on a complaint made by Comcast , finds DirecTV's claims about customer satisfaction, quality and ranking in the Lowe series of ads are not true.
Chris Harrison will succeed Crews in September. Benton later died on May 26 at the age of The digital subchannel network Laff commences programming.
Scripps Company. ESPN suspends reporter Britt McHenry for one week after an incident that was caught on video in which she berated a towing company employee after her car was towed from a lot in suburban Washington, D.
The video featured McHenry using profanity and insults towards the woman who was about to tow the car. McHenry has since apologized for her actions.
Based in Orlando and airing mainly on independent or CW - or MyNetworkTV -affiliated stations, Buzz ' s demise comes after a financial backer of the show's producers, Mojo Brands Media, pulls their funding for the company.
Fox Sports announces the addition of Pete Rose to its Major League Baseball broadcasting team as a guest analyst, over 25 years after the all-time leader in hits with 4, received a lifetime ban from the sport for betting on games while managing the Cincinnati Reds.
Netflix announces it has ordered 13 episodes of an original series titled Fuller House , which will be a sequel of Full House , with several members of the original cast reprising their roles.
Just one year after announcing what would have become the largest cable operator in the United States, only to face increasing opposition from federal regulators, members of the U.
House and Senate, and media watchdog groups, Comcast withdraws its plans to acquire Time Warner Cable , whose deal would have faced more scrutiny after regulators were to take the companies' proposed plans that were called into question to a judge before a decision could have been made.
Hours after the news was leaked out in the upcoming edition of Entertainment Weekly to some subscribers of the magazine who receive it early, Patrick Dempsey confirmed that his character on Grey's Anatomy , Derek Shepherd , will die from a car accident and his wife Meredith Grey Ellen Pompeo will take him off life support in the episode "How to Save a Life", which aired on this date.
The news also coincides with Dempsey's decision to leave the series after eleven seasons despite having signed on for a 12th. On April 25, E! The ceremony airs on Pop , marking a return to conventional TV for the Daytime Emmys the ceremony aired online-only.
ESPN sues Verizon for breach of contract after they "unbundled" its channels by placing them into a different package than previously agreed upon.
Local media outlets in the Baltimore market and the major cable news outlets air live coverage of the riots that breaks out hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray , a year-old male who died of suspicious spinal cord and neck injuries while in police custody after being arrested for possession of what was suspected to be an illegal knife that later turned out was legal under Maryland state law, which lead to six Baltimore Police Department officers being placed on paid suspension and were later charged with second degree murder and manslaughter charges upon review of an investigation , which forces the move of network primetime to digital subchannels on WMAR , WBAL , WJZ and WBFF for breaking news coverage.
At least 34 people were arrested, and 15 officers were injured. ET curfew , with a third on April 29 being played during the day in an empty stadium setting at Oriole Park at Camden Yards , though still televised in the Baltimore and Chicago markets, a first ever in Major League Baseball 's year history.
Citing "the new realities of television viewing and philanthropic giving," the Muscular Dystrophy Association announces it will no longer produce its annual telethon , concentrating instead on digital and mobile fundraising platforms.
For the first time since , Showtime and HBO team up to co-produce a pay-per-view boxing broadcast , Floyd Mayweather 's round unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas the fighters are under separate contracts with the broadcasters, Mayweather with Showtime, Pacquiao with HBO.
Producers of the series, in which pastor and former police officer Kevin Brown sets up sessions with prostitutes only to use the time to persuade them to abandon the profession, had received withering criticism in features by On the Media and BuzzFeed for failing to follow up with the show's subjects or provide them with promised services.
The assailant, later identified as Scolatti's estranged husband, Nicholas, turns the gun on himself and dies in a Missoula hospital on May 8.
The purchase marks the return of SJL to Hawaii. Just two days after Fox announces that the show's 15th season in will be its last, Nick Fradiani is crowned the 14th season winner of American Idol.
Harry Shearer announces he will depart from the voice cast of The Simpsons due to a contract dispute. The dispute would be resolved by July 7, when Fox announces Shearer had accepted a new 2-year deal with the same terms as his fellow cast members to remain with the show and continue to provide the voice of Ned Flanders , Mr.
Burns , and several other notable characters. For the first time since its inception in , ABC 's soap opera General Hospital airs live episodes for two days Friday, May 15 and Monday, May 18 , becoming the first American daytime soap opera to do so in 40 years since As the World Turns and The Edge of Night , both of which were transitioned to being taped from live broadcasts.
As a result of the revelation and admission, Stephanopoulos removed himself from moderating the Republican presidential primary debate in February.
ABC has a policy that bars reporters from contributing to political groups, except for charities, such as the Clinton Foundation.
The Billboard Music Awards which premiered the TV cut of Taylor Swift 's music video for " Bad Blood " at the start of the broadcast breaks its own record for having the most viewers tuning in with Tom Bergeron ends his run as host of America's Funniest Home Videos after fifteen seasons the longest hosting tenure to date in the year history of the ABC series.
The 25th-season finale, which was taped at Disneyland as part of the show's annual "Grand Prize Spectacular", closed with Bergeron being carted off the set by original host Bob Saget.
On May 19 formally announced during an appearance on the season finale of Dancing with the Stars , which Bergeron will continue to host , Alfonso Ribeiro was named the new host of AFV , starting with the 26th season in September.
The ABC reality dating series The Bachelorette opens its 11th season with two female contestants both of whom competed in season 19 of parent series The Bachelor vying to become the sole courter of 25 male participants.
In the second episode of the two-part premiere on May 19 , Kaitlyn Bristowe was named the season's sole Bachelorette over Britt Nilsson in a majority vote by 24 of the suitors a 25th was eliminated prior to the vote announcement due to alcohol-induced inappropriate conduct with Bristowe and some of the male contestants.
This marked the first such selection by vote in the history of the series and the second in the Bachelor franchise overall Byron Velvick was selected over Jay Overby by contestant vote in season 6 of The Bachelor.
Rumer Willis is crowned the 20th season winner of Dancing with the Stars. With retrospective clip packages, cameo appearances by former presidents George H.
Bush , Bill Clinton and George W. TLC suspends broadcasts of the series 19 Kids and Counting in the wake of revelations against Josh Duggar , the oldest child of the child family.
The revelations allege that Duggar, as a teenager, engaged in unspecified inappropriate acts of incest with his sisters and others; he would later also be outed as an adulterer after his account on Ashley Madison was exposed in the Ashley Madison data breach.
The American version of Red Nose Day makes its inaugural debut. The charity event, organized by Comic Relief, Inc.
It also became the most social charity special of the —15 season with more than , tweets and set a viewership record of 3.
CBS reveals that copies of Supergirl ' s pilot episode were leaked to unauthorized and pirated websites ahead of the series' November debut.
An estimated , illegal downloads took place, mainly from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. After a four-month "soft launch" of series marathons for early affiliates, Decades makes its formal debut.
A digital subchannel network co-owned by CBS Television Stations and Weigel Broadcasting , Decades features classic TV shows and movies as well as original content, highlighting on a particular year or decade each day.
It had been available only to TWC customers, as Charter and other pay television providers had previously balked at TWC's per-subscriber fee for the channel.
Live Well Network , a lifestyle digital subchannel network owned by ABC Owned Television Stations which had ended most operations on April 15, ends all national distribution, as Media General removes the network from their stations at the close of business on this day, though it continues to air in markets with an ABC owned-and-operated station.
Bob Schieffer moderates Face the Nation for the final time, retiring after a year run as the CBS News program's host and a year tenure with the network.
John Dickerson became Face ' s host on June 7. Buzzr debuts as a digital subchannel network, airing primarily on Fox-owned stations.
Owned by FremantleMedia and based on the YouTube channel of the same name, the network features content from Fremantle's library of classic game shows including the extensive Goodson — Todman Productions library that had previously served as the core of the Game Show Network lineup.
TBN Salsa , a faith-based, family-oriented digital subchannel network targeting English-speaking Hispanics , launches. The latter two networks were combined into a single subchannel over-the-air, with Smile airing a reduced lineup of programming in the mornings and early-afternoons, though both services will maintain separate hour schedules via TBN's streaming services on its website, along with the network's mobile and digital media player apps.
After five seasons as a regular, Kim Richards departs the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to seek rehabilitation for alcoholism.
Although she would no longer serve as a full-time cast member, conflicting reports suggest the possibility of Richards making special appearances in future episodes.
Alexander and the former cast would later apologize to Swedberg after making that comment saying she was a great person to work with.
A chair is left empty in honor of Gilmore patriarch Edward Herrmann , who had been the first to state his intention to attend the reunion, but died on December 31, of brain cancer.
True crime channel Investigation Discovery airs its first ever scripted production with the mini-series Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay which chronicled the investigation of convicted serial killer Ted Bundy.
The channel is producing a second installment titled Serial Thriller: The Chameleon about suspected serial killer Elaine Parent , set to debut in December.
The interview eventually goes viral and Dolezal becomes the major topic on news programs, which results in her stepping down as NAACP president and being removed from a police ombudsman commission.
Four months after Lester Holt was named interim weeknight anchor of NBC Nightly News in the wake of preceding anchor Brian Williams ' suspension for his misrepresentation of certain events, NBC News makes the move permanent, with Holt assuming full-time weeknight duties effective June Holt, who had previously anchored Nightly News ' Saturday and Sunday editions from until Williams' suspension, becomes the first African-American to serve as the sole lead anchor of a weeknight network newscast.
The th U. The major tournament is the first U. Open ever carried by Fox Sports as part of a year deal in which the sports division will hold the television rights to United States Golf Association championship events.
Following a sold-out performance at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City, Neil Meron and Craig Zadan announced that "Bombshell", which was the fictional musical that was basis for the setting in the former NBC series Smash for which they were the executive producers , would head to the Broadway stage as a real musical.
Meron and Zadan are set to executive produce the Broadway production. The CBS reality series Big Brother begins its 17th season , with contestant Audrey Middleton becoming the first transgender contestant to appear on the U.
Following comments about illegal immigrants from Mexico made by Donald Trump who had previously stepped down as host of NBC's The Apprentice and was dropped by Fox News as a contributor shortly before his declaration during his June 16 speech announcing his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination, Univision Communications terminates its contract with the Miss Universe Organization.
NBCUniversal which co-owned the Organization with Trump and Mexico media conglomerate Televisa which has a program-sharing agreement with Univision later announced on June 29, that they would join Univision in severing business ties with Trump and terminate their contracts to televise Miss USA cable channel Reelz later agreed to carry Miss USA on July 2, after initial confirmation by the Organization that it would be streamed via the pageant organizer's website and Miss Universe.
Just moments after the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a 5—4 ruling that made same-sex marriages legal in the United States based on its decision in Obergefell v.
The Gannett Company formally separates its assets; the broadcasting and digital media assets are split off into Tegna Inc. With the split, Tegna also seeks to gain control of stations owned by Sander Media in markets with Gannett newspapers due to cross-ownership rules.
Just 20 days after beginning to air repeats of The Dukes of Hazzard , TV Land immediately pulls the series from its schedule as a response to the Charleston church shooting on June 17 and the controversy surrounding the modern display of the Confederate flag which is displayed on the rooftop of the Dodge Charger , known as the " General Lee ", in the show.
The shooter, Dylann Roof , had used the flag in his photos to display his plan to start a race war, thus igniting the controversy. One week prior, Warner Bros.
Television and its co-owned consumer products division decided to stop production of products that featured the flag related to the series or franchise.
CMT continues to air the series under the same syndication contract between Warner Bros. The three suspects, last seen driving away in a black BMW, are still at large.
An estimated The combined audience of Showtime launches an over-the-top subscription video on demand service featuring a wide selection of original programming and feature film content, as well as live streams of the CBS Corporation -owned premium channel's linear East and West Coast television feeds.
Subway and its spokesman Jared Fogle mutually agree to part ways after the FBI raided his Zionsville, Indiana home during a follow-up investigation regarding the arrest of the former head of his foundation, who was charged with possession of child pornography in April.
Fogle pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and having sex with a minor a month later. Just one day after a judge orders the release of documents from his lawsuit involving a sexual harassment case that revealed that Bill Cosby had admitted to acquiring Quaaludes in order to have sex with women by drugging them, two African-American focused networks immediately drop his sitcoms from their lineup, with cable channel Centric pulling repeats of The Cosby Show and the digital multicast network Bounce TV removing his — series Cosby from their schedules.
After only one year as an online subscription video streaming service, The Sarah Palin Channel announced that it would be ceasing operations on August 1.
ESPN announces that Keith Olbermann will part ways with the network after two years due to a breakdown in negotiations to renew his contract, which expires July The final program aired on July Epix 3, Epix 's sister channel is renamed Epix Hits.
News after 10 years, but will continue to serve as host of Fashion Police and Live from the Red Carpet specials at the network. A rebroadcast later aired on ESPN, which aired the pre-show.
An ad after the film promotes a Twitter campaign offering fans the chance to decide her fate with the hashtags " AprilLives" or " AprilDies", with the results to be revealed in Sharknado 4.
She ends up surviving. World Wrestling Entertainment officially releases Hulk Hogan from his contract, dropped as a judge on WWE Tough Enough , and removes products, merchandise, and related images including his WWE Hall of Fame induction from their website after additional footage from a sex tape surfaced in which he made racially charged rants that he would rather see his daughter Brooke date an African American, whom he suspected of dating at the time, as well as a separate comment involving Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Hogan has since apologized for his actions. With no advanced notice to its affiliates and a rebranding process still ongoing days after, Spanish-language broadcast network MundoFox rebrands as MundoMax.
The network has struggled since its August launch against competition from established competitors such as Univision and Telemundo, as well as a lack of higher-profile affiliates in key markets with much of its affiliate body consisting of low-power stations and digital subchannels; Fox Television Stations carried the network only on a few of its owned-and-operated stations as third or fourth digital subchannels, mainly to simulcast a local affiliate to allow some kind of must carry cable carriage unavailable to the stations themselves in major markets.
In addition to the rebrand, RCN abruptly shuts down MundoMax's news division , resulting in the layoffs of 35 of its 36 staffers; company representatives stated that news programming was "never part of the plan" for the network.
With the move, the Jonesboro market now offers in-market affiliates of all four major commercial broadcast networks.
Citing its lower-tier position in covering the tournament resulting in airing matches in less-than-attractive early morning time slots , ESPN announces it will end its relationship with the French Open tennis tournament.
The network had been a primary rights-holder or sub-licensee from the Tennis Channel of French Open telecasts since It was seen by 24 million viewers, making the debate the most watched live broadcast in cable news history.
Due to the number of candidates running for nomination, Fox News aired two separate debates, with the less popular candidates going first, followed by the top 10 candidates with more support in the 'prime time' debate.
Its first offering under this banner will be the documentary Walk Tall: The Journey of Sugarland 's Kristian Bush , which is scheduled to air in syndication in September.
HBO signs a five-year programming and development agreement with Sesame Workshop , granting the premium channel rights to much of the company's archive, along with the first-run broadcast rights to Sesame Street.
PBS will retain broadcast reruns of the half-hour version of Sesame Street , including episodes that air 9 months after their initial HBO broadcast.
As a result, Sesame Workshop subsequently announces on August 14 that it would phase out in-house streaming service, Sesame Go, as a standalone subscription offering.
WOIO, which has been producing newscasts since via an arrangement with the existing news department of then- LMA partner WUAB which becomes one of many MyNetworkTV affiliates that have stopped utilizing the programming service's branding , also shifts away from the tabloid-style Action News format introduced in under former news director Bill Applegate toward a more traditional news format with a continued emphasis on investigative journalism.
ESPN suspends Curt Schilling from his duties as analyst for its Little League World Series coverage following a tweet which he subsequently deleted attached with a picture which made a comparison between Muslim extremists and Nazis.
The former Major League Baseball pitcher , who has also served as a color analyst on the network's Sunday Night Baseball telecasts since , later apologized following extensive criticism, calling the move to post the photo a "dumb decision.
The stations return to the satellite provider one day later, hours after FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler meets with both sides in an effort to resolve the dispute.
ABC announces that Joy Behar will return as a panelist on The View , reportedly at the behest of the talk show's creator and executive producer and original moderator Barbara Walters.
Behar previously served a panelist from The View ' s debut in until Behar will join fellow additions Candace Cameron Bure who will balance her duties with her role as D.
Sweeney succeeded Caroline Rhea the original host of the weight loss -focused reality competition series from its debut as host in , and had balanced her duties with her role as Sami Brady on the network's soap opera Days of Our Lives until The assailant, who died that afternoon at a local hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as he was approached by police , was Vester Flanigan II, who worked as a multimedia journalist at WDBJ under the professional name Bryce Williams from to Flanigan was briefly visible in footage of the on-air shooting after Ward dropped his camera, and later posted personal phone video of him shooting the three victims on his since-suspended Twitter account, along with a page manifesto faxed to ABC News ' New York offices about his reasoning for the shooting.
Robot — which was originally scheduled to air that evening — to September 2, citing a graphic scene in the episode similar to the shootings inflicted by Vester Flanigan.
The Los Angeles Dodgers announce that Vin Scully will continue to call games on television and radio for the season, his 67th as a broadcaster for the team dating back to its days in Brooklyn.
The news is revealed during the Dodgers' game against the Chicago Cubs in Los Angeles by way of a sketch featuring comedian Jimmy Kimmel on the Dodger Stadium video board.
At a news conference the following day, the year-old Scully indicated he would likely leave the broadcast booth at the end of It will offer a select bundle of games that would previously have been broadcast by GamePlan and Full Court and the package is much less promoted or available than it has been in the past with the drawing down of pay-per-view to select special events; all of Full Court's events are available through WatchESPN via various ESPN3 streams without cost through TV Everywhere authentication.
As a result, RCN shut down KWHY's news department immediately canceling the station's weekday evening newscasts , and laid off 50 to 60 positions within its news, marketing and sales staffs about 40 of which belonged to the news department.
It is the first television station acquisition in Iowa for Gray, and marks the Cedar Rapids-based Gazette Company's exit from broadcasting it continues to operate Cedar Rapids' daily newspaper, The Gazette.
TV households. Eastern timeslot, pulling in a 4. For the first time since she relinquished the title of Miss America to Suzette Charles after nude photos were released, Vanessa Williams returned as a judge for the telecast of Miss America , which aired on ABC.
Williams and her mother Helen Williams also received an on-air apology from Sam Haskell, the executive chairman of the Miss America pageant, over her being stripped of her title and how his predecessors handled the situation during Williams' reign.
Schurz will retain its publishing, cable television and digital media assets including flagship newspaper, the South Bend Tribune.
In a separate move on the same day, NBC taps Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as the new host of Trump's former show, The Apprentice , when it returns in the —17 season.
It originated on Chilean television in before moving to Miami and joining Univision in The night's significant winners include outstanding series wins for HBO 's Olive Kitteridge limited series , Game of Thrones drama , Veep comedy , the first cable series to win that award , and The Voice Reality-Competition , their second win in the category after ; the first two Emmys for Amazon Jeffrey Tambor as lead comedy actor and Jill Soloway for comedy directing , both for Transparent ; and notable acting wins for Jon Hamm his first, for Mad Men ' s final season and Viola Davis the first African-American to win in the lead drama series actress category, for How To Get Away With Murder.
Comedian Tracy Morgan makes his first public appearance since his June auto accident, presenting the final award of the evening for Outstanding Drama Series.
This marks a return to MSNBC for Williams, who will anchor its breaking news coverage Williams anchored one of the cable network's early programs, The News , from its launch until Williams' addition is also part of a transition for MSNBC, which will emphasize breaking news coverage during the daytime hours and limit its generally progressive - and liberal-leaning opinion shows to early mornings and weeknights.
Huang, who wrote the autobiographical memoirs on which the show is based, had long taken issue with the direction of the series. With Huang's departure, the show, which premiers its second season on this date, will no longer regularly utilize any form of narrative voiceover.
Following criticism of the incident via email and social media, WGN general manager Greg Easterly and news director Jennifer Lyons issue a joint apology for the graphical mistake, acknowledging that the badge image was lifted from an image bank by a station graphics department staffer for use in the story.
Sportscaster Dick Enberg announces the season will be his last as play-by-play voice for the San Diego Padres , and that he intends to retire.
The Nick Jr. Debuting amid controversy in due to the inclusion of adult content on a kids-oriented channel , NickMom aired in late primetime and catered to young mothers with a mix of comedic and lighthearted content, both original and acquired the latter including Parenthood.
Nick Jr. Nine months after joining the Comedy Central news satire program as a contributor, and eight weeks after previous host Jon Stewart departed, Trevor Noah takes over as host of The Daily Show , with Kevin Hart appearing as his first guest.
Music channel Fuse TV merges with Latino-targeted general entertainment channel NuvoTV , with the combined channel's programming lineup being refocused to feature original music, comedy, culture and lifestyle programming.
A new music-oriented cable channel, FM , takes over the channel space vacated by Nuvo. Due to financial issues with that station, Gray will acquire KYES through a failing station waiver, in order to form a duopoly with NBC affiliate KTUU-TV one of the stations involved in Gray's September 14 purchase of Schurz Communications, with the deal announced alongside a series of trades in four markets where both Gray and Schurz own television stations to comply with FCC ownership regulations that otherwise restrict duopolies in markets with fewer than eight distinctive full-power station owners.
The renaming of the Fox Sports Networks outlet — which serves Georgia , Tennessee , Alabama , Mississippi , South Carolina and parts of North Carolina — was due to viewer confusion cited in research surveys that was caused by its sister network's rebranding to Fox Sports South , as part of the regional networks' rebranding under the Fox Sports umbrella prefix.
Eastern Time. Former U. All other newscasts on WLBZ had already originated at WCSH under the shared "NewsCenter" brand , and are simulcast in both markets; the change allows the WLBZ newsroom to provide more content to all of the shared newscasts instead of focusing primarily on a single local newscast.
WLBZ continues to produce its own weather segments on weeknights. Most of WSEE's staff is either laid off or reassigned to other positions as a result.
Although she is expected to be arraigned on November 5, Miller will continue work on Dance Moms , which is currently shot in Los Angeles. Tracy Morgan returns to Saturday Night Live as host of that night's episode, marking his first comedic TV appearance since a multi-vehicle car crash in June that left him in a coma for two weeks and resulted in several months of physical rehabilitation afterward and killed his friend, comedian James McNair.
In what is termed a "grand experiment", that day's National Football League game in London, England between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars was streamed exclusively and for free on the Internet, instead of airing on conventional television outside the Buffalo and Jacksonville markets, nor was it aired on NFL Sunday Ticket.
Under the terms of the deal, HIC is required to register for the upcoming broadcast incentive spectrum auction to be held in March , prior to the FCC's December 18 deadline for television stations to apply for potential bidding, and enter into a channel-share agreement if so requested by NRJ which has bought television stations in several other markets over the previous three years, with the intent of selling their spectrum — either resulting in the station also relinquishing its license and ceasing broadcasting entirely, or sharing a channel allocation with another station — in the auction.
During the live broadcast of Game 1 of the World Series between the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals , Fox suffers a computer system failure with its transmission equipment, resulting in a loss of coverage for 15 minutes, followed by a five-minute in-game delay while officials addressed the availability of video review due to the loss of the Fox feed.
Displeased by the performance of the moderators during the October 28 debate on CNBC over what the candidates claim were " Gotcha questions " that the network defended as "Tough Questions" that they should be able to answer, The Republican National Committee announced that is suspending the February 26, debate that was to air on NBC and Telemundo , citing the actions of parent company Comcast and its news divisions, including MSNBC , of being hostile to the candidates and media bias towards the GOP in general.
Comet , a digital multicast network focused on science fiction and fantasy programming, launches. The network replaced ZUUS Country on Sinclair stations in many of the markets, while it is carried on a newly created subchannel in others.
Ion Television begins a shift in carriage strategy, coming to terms with commercial station group Media General on an agreement that sees the network's main feed carried as a digital subchannel on Media General's stations in markets where the network has no means of owning or affiliating with an individual station alone for all of their services.
A judge in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County orders the producers of Dancing with the Stars to withdraw Bindi Irwin from the Season 21 competition because of a California state law, in which because Irwin is a minor she is 17 , is required to have both her parents, Terri and Steve Irwin , to release their rights to her money before she can get paid.
However, because Steve passed away in , the judge asked for a legal death certificate in order to let her continue in the competition, which their family lawyer is expected to submit.
On November 24, Irwin would go on to win the coveted trophy. For the first time ever in the history of its 14 season run, year-old Ashley Tipton from San Diego becomes the first plus-sized fashion designer to win Project Runway.
Her win also sparked outrage from some viewers, who wanted the judges to choose either Kelly Dempsey, Edmond Newton, or Candice Cuoco, to be the winner, while others believe the judges made the right decision in picking Tipton.
With a record of seven days and 18 minutes visiting 50 states, traveling 17, miles and delivering forecasts , NBC personality Al Roker sets a new Guinness-verified world record for the fastest time to report a weather forecast from all 50 United States states.
In the wake of a terror attack which the radical group ISIS would later claim responsibility for carrying out that claimed lives in and around Paris, the group U2 and HBO mutually announced the cancellation of a concert that was scheduled to air live on November 15 out of concerns for the safety of spectators who would be attending the show of the that were killed, were at the Bataclan theatre to see an American group, Eagles of Death Metal , which also added to the reasoning.
Explosions, later found out to be suicide bombers who were unable to enter a match between France and Germany that was taking place at Stade de France , in the suburb of Saint-Denis , were heard over the broadcast of the match, where five people were killed by one of the three suicide bombers; the match finished with a 2—0 victory for France, mainly to keep spectators in the venue from harm outside.
Universal Sports Network discontinues operations. The anniversary event featured several guests including appearances by the cast of the network's shows such as Dancing with the Stars , The Muppets , Shark Tank , General Hospital , The View , Scandal and Nashville , performances by One Direction and Pitbull , and a reunion of the former and current anchors from the show's year history.
Univision NOW, an over-the-top video on demand streaming service, launches. Univision NOW also includes live programming streams from the two networks as well as news streams from select Univision stations.
After less than three months on the show, Tyra Banks announced that she has made the decision to leave FABLife to focus on her cosmetics company and scheduled television projects.
She will continue to oversee the syndicated talk show as executive producer and make occasional appearances. Both CNN and MSNBC, along with local broadcast outlets in the Los Angeles media market, are criticized by viewers on social media for showing live footage inside the apartment that was inhabited by Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik until the December 2, mass shooting in which they opened gunfire at a community center holiday party in San Bernardino, California , killing 14 people and injuring 21 others, before being fatally shot by local police.
The reporters were allowed access to the place by the landlord after the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI gave him parlance to allow them to visit inside the apartment.
Colonel Ralph Peters for two weeks after both made profanity-laced remarks about President Barack Obama's speech regarding Islamic terrorism and the U.
Willard Scott , a longtime weather anchor for NBC 's Today who joined the program in and became famous for his birthday wishes to centenarians , retires after 65 years in broadcasting.
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