diff --git a/homeassistant/components/feedreader/coordinator.py b/homeassistant/components/feedreader/coordinator.py
index e429979b1da..6608c4312fe 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/feedreader/coordinator.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/feedreader/coordinator.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from calendar import timegm
 from datetime import datetime
 from logging import getLogger
 from time import gmtime, struct_time
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from urllib.error import URLError
 
 import feedparser
@@ -120,10 +121,13 @@ class FeedReaderCoordinator(
             len(self._feed.entries),
             self.url,
         )
-        if not isinstance(self._feed.entries, list):
+        if not self._feed.entries:
             self._log_no_entries()
             return None
 
+        if TYPE_CHECKING:
+            assert isinstance(self._feed.entries, list)
+
         self._filter_entries()
         self._publish_new_entries()
 
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/feedreader/event.py b/homeassistant/components/feedreader/event.py
index c9bf39e83ca..48c18c4e70d 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/feedreader/event.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/feedreader/event.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async def async_setup_entry(
     async_add_entities: AddEntitiesCallback,
 ) -> None:
     """Set up event entities for feedreader."""
-    coordinator: FeedReaderCoordinator = entry.runtime_data
+    coordinator = entry.runtime_data
 
     async_add_entities([FeedReaderEvent(coordinator)])
 
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ class FeedReaderEvent(CoordinatorEntity[FeedReaderCoordinator], EventEntity):
         if content := feed_data.get("content"):
             if isinstance(content, list) and isinstance(content[0], dict):
                 content = content[0].get("value")
-        else:
-            content = feed_data.get("summary")
 
         self._trigger_event(
             EVENT_FEEDREADER,
diff --git a/tests/components/feedreader/conftest.py b/tests/components/feedreader/conftest.py
index 0a5342615a9..8eeb89e00cd 100644
--- a/tests/components/feedreader/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/components/feedreader/conftest.py
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ def fixture_feed_identically_timed_events(hass: HomeAssistant) -> bytes:
     return load_fixture_bytes("feedreader6.xml")
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(name="feed_without_items")
+def fixture_feed_without_items(hass: HomeAssistant) -> bytes:
+    """Load test feed without any items."""
+    return load_fixture_bytes("feedreader7.xml")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="feed_only_summary")
+def fixture_feed_only_summary(hass: HomeAssistant) -> bytes:
+    """Load test feed data with one event containing only a summary, no content."""
+    return load_fixture_bytes("feedreader8.xml")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(name="events")
 async def fixture_events(hass: HomeAssistant) -> list[Event]:
     """Fixture that catches alexa events."""
diff --git a/tests/components/feedreader/fixtures/feedreader7.xml b/tests/components/feedreader/fixtures/feedreader7.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ffac8dd2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/feedreader/fixtures/feedreader7.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+    <channel>
+        <title>RSS Sample</title>
+        <description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description>
+        <link>http://www.example.com/main.html</link>
+        <lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +1000 </lastBuildDate>
+        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        <ttl>1800</ttl>
+    </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/tests/components/feedreader/fixtures/feedreader8.xml b/tests/components/feedreader/fixtures/feedreader8.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1c167352f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/feedreader/fixtures/feedreader8.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+    <channel>
+        <title>RSS Sample</title>
+        <description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description>
+        <link>http://www.example.com/main.html</link>
+        <lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +1000 </lastBuildDate>
+        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        <ttl>1800</ttl>
+
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 1</title>
+            <description>Description 1</description>
+            <link>http://www.example.com/link/1</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="false">GUID 1</guid>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:10:00 +1000</pubDate>
+            <summary>This is a summary</summary>
+        </item>
+
+    </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/tests/components/feedreader/test_event.py b/tests/components/feedreader/test_event.py
index 23fec371860..5d903383c05 100644
--- a/tests/components/feedreader/test_event.py
+++ b/tests/components/feedreader/test_event.py
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ from tests.common import async_fire_time_changed
 
 
 async def test_event_entity(
-    hass: HomeAssistant, feed_one_event, feed_two_event
+    hass: HomeAssistant, feed_one_event, feed_two_event, feed_only_summary
 ) -> None:
     """Test feed event entity."""
     entry = create_mock_entry(VALID_CONFIG_DEFAULT)
     entry.add_to_hass(hass)
     with patch(
         "homeassistant.components.feedreader.coordinator.feedparser.http.get",
-        side_effect=[feed_one_event, feed_two_event],
+        side_effect=[feed_one_event, feed_two_event, feed_only_summary],
     ):
         assert await hass.config_entries.async_setup(entry.entry_id)
         await hass.async_block_till_done()
@@ -45,3 +45,13 @@ async def test_event_entity(
         assert state.attributes[ATTR_TITLE] == "Title 2"
         assert state.attributes[ATTR_LINK] == "http://www.example.com/link/2"
         assert state.attributes[ATTR_CONTENT] == "Content 2"
+
+        future = dt_util.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=2, seconds=2)
+        async_fire_time_changed(hass, future)
+        await hass.async_block_till_done(wait_background_tasks=True)
+
+        state = hass.states.get("event.mock_title")
+        assert state
+        assert state.attributes[ATTR_TITLE] == "Title 1"
+        assert state.attributes[ATTR_LINK] == "http://www.example.com/link/1"
+        assert state.attributes[ATTR_CONTENT] == "This is a summary"
diff --git a/tests/components/feedreader/test_init.py b/tests/components/feedreader/test_init.py
index 61e3f13ced7..d7700d79e3b 100644
--- a/tests/components/feedreader/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/feedreader/test_init.py
@@ -165,6 +165,21 @@ async def test_feed_identical_timestamps(
     )
 
 
+async def test_feed_with_only_summary(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, events, feed_only_summary
+) -> None:
+    """Test simple feed with only summary, no content."""
+    assert await async_setup_config_entry(
+        hass, VALID_CONFIG_DEFAULT, return_value=feed_only_summary
+    )
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    assert len(events) == 1
+    assert events[0].data.title == "Title 1"
+    assert events[0].data.description == "Description 1"
+    assert events[0].data.content[0].value == "This is a summary"
+
+
 async def test_feed_updates(
     hass: HomeAssistant, events, feed_one_event, feed_two_event
 ) -> None:
@@ -247,6 +262,20 @@ async def test_feed_with_unrecognized_publication_date(
     assert len(events) == 1
 
 
+async def test_feed_without_items(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, events, feed_without_items, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
+) -> None:
+    """Test simple feed without any items."""
+    assert "No new entries to be published in feed" not in caplog.text
+    assert await async_setup_config_entry(
+        hass, VALID_CONFIG_DEFAULT, return_value=feed_without_items
+    )
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    assert "No new entries to be published in feed" in caplog.text
+    assert len(events) == 0
+
+
 async def test_feed_invalid_data(hass: HomeAssistant, events) -> None:
     """Test feed with invalid data."""
     assert await async_setup_config_entry(