Reuters - Ugandan security forces killed two people and wounded five on Wednesday after fire destroyed historic royal tombs, heightening tension between the government and the powerful Bugandan kingdom.

AP - When TV Land was launched in 1996, it was more than just another cable channel. It was a refuge where viewers could revisit old friends like Beaver Cleaver, the Clampetts and Sheriff Andy Taylor. It was a portal into a video past, a carefully tended landscape of idealized TV.

AP - A state-run TV channel is stirring controversy with a documentary about a fake game show in which credulous participants obey orders to deliver increasingly powerful electric shocks to a man, who is really an actor, until he appears to die.

Reuters - HBO's costly World War Two miniseries "The Pacific" got off to a slow start on Sunday evening, delivering 3.1 million viewers.

AP - The world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show, the program's production company said Tuesday.

Reuters - Syfy is expanding its reality slate with new shows, a new night and the return of Tracy Morgan to the sci-fi cable network.

AP - Talk show host and media magnate Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa.

Reuters - Tiger Woods is returning to golf next month at the Masters. But for TV networks, the fallen pro couldn't have picked a worse event.