Tribune Media

Tribune Media was a diversified media and entertainment company with broadcasting, digital, and content businesses. Through Tribune Media Services (TMS), it provided comprehensive entertainment data APIs including TV programming, movie showtimes, celebrity information, and sports data. Tribune Media was acquired by Nexstar Media Group in 2019. The TMS OnConnect APIs are now operated by Gracenote (a Nielsen company), providing metadata for TV shows, movies, celebrities, and televised sports to consumer electronics manufacturers, cable operators, entertainment platforms, and application developers.

Tribune Media publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Celebrities API, Lineups API, Movies API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Media, Entertainment, Broadcasting, Television, and Movies.

The Tribune Media catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Tribune Media’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, signup flow, and 6 more developer resources.

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47.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

10 APIs

MediaEntertainmentBroadcastingTelevisionMoviesSportsCelebrityFortune 1000

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Composite quality — 47.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 16.8 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 2.5 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Tribune Media Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Press 8

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: tribune-media
name: Tribune Media
description: Tribune Media was a diversified media and entertainment company with broadcasting, digital, and content businesses.
  Through Tribune Media Services (TMS), it provided comprehensive entertainment data APIs including TV programming, movie
  showtimes, celebrity information, and sports data. Tribune Media was acquired by Nexstar Media Group in 2019. The TMS OnConnect
  APIs are now operated by Gracenote (a Nielsen company), providing metadata for TV shows, movies, celebrities, and televised
  sports to consumer electronics manufacturers, cable operators, entertainment platforms, and application developers.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/tribune-media.png
tags:
- Media
- Entertainment
- Broadcasting
- Television
- Movies
- Sports
- Celebrity
- Fortune 1000
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tribune-media/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-03'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: tribune-media:tribune-media-celebrities-api
  name: Tribune Media Celebrities API
  description: The Celebrities API from Tribune Media — 3 operation(s) for celebrities.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Celebrities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tribune-media-celebrities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/Frequently_Asked_Questions
- aid: tribune-media:tribune-media-lineups-api
  name: Tribune Media Lineups API
  description: The Lineups API from Tribune Media — 4 operation(s) for lineups.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Lineups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tribune-media-lineups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/Frequently_Asked_Questions
- aid: tribune-media:tribune-media-movies-api
  name: Tribune Media Movies API
  description: The Movies API from Tribune Media — 3 operation(s) for movies.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Movies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tribune-media-movies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/Frequently_Asked_Questions
- aid: tribune-media:tribune-media-online-video-api
  name: Tribune Media Online Video API
  description: The Online Video API from Tribune Media — 3 operation(s) for online video.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Online Video
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tribune-media-online-video-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/Frequently_Asked_Questions
- aid: tribune-media:tribune-media-programs-api
  name: Tribune Media Programs API
  description: The Programs API from Tribune Media — 5 operation(s) for programs.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Programs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tribune-media-programs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/Frequently_Asked_Questions
- aid: tribune-media:tribune-media-series-api
  name: Tribune Media Series API
  description: The Series API from Tribune Media — 3 operation(s) for series.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Series
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tribune-media-series-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/Frequently_Asked_Questions
- aid: tribune-media:tribune-media-social-api
  name: Tribune Media Social API
  description: The Social API from Tribune Media — 1 operation(s) for social.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Social
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tribune-media-social-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/Frequently_Asked_Questions
- aid: tribune-media:tribune-media-sports-api
  name: Tribune Media Sports API
  description: The Sports API from Tribune Media — 5 operation(s) for sports.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Sports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tribune-media-sports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/Frequently_Asked_Questions
- aid: tribune-media:tribune-media-stations-api
  name: Tribune Media Stations API
  description: The Stations API from Tribune Media — 3 operation(s) for stations.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Stations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tribune-media-stations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/Frequently_Asked_Questions
- aid: tribune-media:tribune-media-theatres-api
  name: Tribune Media Theatres API
  description: The Theatres API from Tribune Media — 2 operation(s) for theatres.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Theatres
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tribune-media-theatres-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/Frequently_Asked_Questions
features:
- TV lineup and electronic programming guide (EPG) data
- Movie showtimes and theatre location lookups
- Celebrity details and appearance schedules
- Sports event schedules and team information
- Series, episode, and program metadata
- Program images via Media Cloud CDN
- International lineup support
- Online video and social data endpoints
useCases:
- Electronic programming guide (EPG) integration for smart TVs and set-top boxes
- Movie discovery and showtime lookup applications
- Sports schedule and broadcast tracking
- Celebrity appearance and talk show scheduling
- Content recommendation engines using entertainment metadata
- Mobile apps integrating TV schedule and movie showtimes
integrations:
- Gracenote (Nielsen) - current operator of TMS data services
- Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery platform - original API infrastructure
- Placecast MatchAPI - movie showtimes integration
- Mashery - API key management and developer portal
solutions:
- Consumer electronics manufacturers requiring EPG data
- Cable and satellite operators needing programming metadata
- Entertainment platform providers building content discovery
- Application developers integrating TV and movie information
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/tribune-media-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/tribune-media-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/tribune-media-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tribune-company
- type: Website
  url: https://www.tribunemedia.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/page/API_Terms_of_Use
- type: Signup
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/member/register
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Tribune Media

APIs 10

Open Collections 1

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Spectral Rules 2

JSON Schema 2

JSON Structure 2

Examples 4

Security Posture 2

Agentic Access 1

Press 8

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