# Tribune Media

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/tribune-media/  
**Website:** https://www.tribunemedia.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 10

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.

## Kin Score — 45.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 45.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 60.4 |
| Governance | 54.5 |
| Contract Governance | 54.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 22.9 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (10)

- **Tribune Media Celebrities API** — The Celebrities API from Tribune Media — 3 operation(s) for celebrities.
- **Tribune Media Lineups API** — The Lineups API from Tribune Media — 4 operation(s) for lineups.
- **Tribune Media Movies API** — The Movies API from Tribune Media — 3 operation(s) for movies.
- **Tribune Media Online Video API** — The Online Video API from Tribune Media — 3 operation(s) for online video.
- **Tribune Media Programs API** — The Programs API from Tribune Media — 5 operation(s) for programs.
- **Tribune Media Series API** — The Series API from Tribune Media — 3 operation(s) for series.
- **Tribune Media Social API** — The Social API from Tribune Media — 1 operation(s) for social.
- **Tribune Media Sports API** — The Sports API from Tribune Media — 5 operation(s) for sports.
- **Tribune Media Stations API** — The Stations API from Tribune Media — 3 operation(s) for stations.
- **Tribune Media Theatres API** — The Theatres API from Tribune Media — 2 operation(s) for theatres.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Tribune Media Agentic Access** — 32 operations

## Security (2)

- **Tribune Media Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Tribune Media Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Tribune Media Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Media, Entertainment, Broadcasting, Television, Movies, Sports, Celebrity, Fortune 1000

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/tribune-media/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.