US news | The Guardian2d ago
Melissa Gilbert denies being ‘naive’ or ‘complicit’ in standing by Timothy Busfield despite sexual abuse claims https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/melissa-gilbert-abc-interview-timothy-busfield #UsCrime #NewMexico #UsNews #UsTelevisionIndustry #FilmIndustry
Melissa Gilbert denies being ‘naive’ or ‘complicit’ in standing by Timothy Busfield despite sexual abuse claims

The actor whose husband is charged with child sexual abuse says she believes his ‘side of the story’ is ‘the truth’

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World news | The Guardian3d ago
Savannah Guthrie returns to Today show for first time since mother’s disappearance https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/06/savannah-guthrie-today-show-return-missing-mom #Media #Nbc #TelevisionIndustry #UsTelevisionIndustry #NbcUniversal #Arizona #UsCrime #UsNews
Savannah Guthrie returns to Today show for first time since mother’s disappearance

‘Here we go, ready or not, let’s do the news,’ Guthrie said, two months after the disappearance of her mother, Nancy

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Business | The Guardian US3d ago
David Ellison says 70% of Americans are centrist. Surveys tell a different story https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/06/paramount-ceo-david-ellison-american-centrist-survey #Cbs #Cnn #TvNews #UsTelevisionIndustry #TelevisionIndustry #Media #Business #UsPolitics #UsNews
David Ellison says 70% of Americans are centrist. Surveys tell a different story

Paramount Skydance CEO has repeatedly cited the statistic when laying out the approach that CBS News and potentially CNN would take

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World news | The Guardian5d ago
Melissa Gilbert defends husband Timothy Busfield as actor faces child sexual abuse charges https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/melissa-gilbert-timothy-busfield-child-sexual-abuse-charges #NewMexico #UsCrime #UsTelevisionIndustry #FilmIndustry #UsNews
Melissa Gilbert defends husband Timothy Busfield as actor faces child sexual abuse charges

The former Little House on the Prairie star said husband was ‘last person in world who would hurt a child’

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World news | The GuardianApr 2
CBS News streaming employees reach deal on new contract after walkout https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/02/cbs-streaming-union-deal #Cbs #Media #UsUnions #Business #UsNews #UsTelevisionIndustry
CBS News streaming employees reach deal on new contract after walkout

Union has reached a tentative agreement for a three-year contract after holding a 24-hour walkout in March

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US news | The GuardianMar 27
Savannah Guthrie will return to Today show next month: ‘Joy will be my protest’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/27/savannah-guthrie-today-show-return #UsNews #Nbc #UsTelevisionIndustry #Media #NbcUniversal
Savannah Guthrie will return to Today show next month: ‘Joy will be my protest’

NBC host says returning is ‘part of my purpose’ nearly two months after her mother Nancy’s apparent abduction

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 23
Come at the king … HBO changed TV for ever, but is its crown under threat in the age of streaming and Trump? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/22/hbo-max-alan-ball-casey-bloys-sopranos-wire-six-feet-under #Television #Hbo #Culture #TelevisionRadio #ParamountPictures #Media #TelevisionIndustry #UsTelevisionIndustry #WarnerBros #TheSopranos #TheWire #SixFeetUnder
Come at the king … HBO changed TV forever, but is its crown under threat in the age of streaming and Trump?

It gave us Game of Thrones, The Sopranos and The Wire. But as HBO Max comes to the UK and with new ownership imminent, the network that reinvented TV is fighting to stay itself

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US news | The GuardianMar 21
Eight US states ask judge to temporarily stop $3.5bn Nexstar and Tegna merger https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/21/states-judge-block-nexstar-tegna-merger-tv #UsNews #UsTelevisionIndustry #UsPolitics #TelevisionIndustry #Media #UsTelevision #LawUs #Business #California #Colorado #Illinois #Oregon #NewYork #NorthCarolina #Connecticut #Virginia
Eight US states ask judge to temporarily stop $3.5bn Nexstar and Tegna merger

States argue deal would create largest broadcast station group in US, cut jobs and increase consumers’ cable bills

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World news | The GuardianMar 20
CBS News begins new round of layoffs: ‘This is really hard and really tough’ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/20/bari-weiss-cbs-news-layoffs #Cbs #Business #Media #BariWeiss #UsNews #UsTelevisionIndustry
CBS News begins new round of layoffs: ‘This is really hard and really tough’

On a staff call, editor-in-chief Bari Weiss emphasized that the cuts do not stem from poor employee performance

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US news | The GuardianMar 18
Trump now calls war reporting ‘treason’. His attacks on the press are escalating fast | Margaret Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/18/trump-media-war-reporting-treason #DonaldTrump #PressFreedom #Cbs #Cnn #TvNews #UsTelevisionIndustry #TelevisionIndustry #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsForeignPolicy #Newspapers #NewspapersMagazines #Media #UsNews
Trump now calls war reporting ‘treason’. His attacks on the press are escalating fast

The US president is using the language and the strategy of authoritarians once again

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