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Chuck Ross

Chuck Ross is the managing director of TVWeek.com. He's been involved in the TV business ever since he sold cable TV subscriptions in Santa Monica, Calif., door-to-door in the mid-to-late 1970s. He's had regular gigs reporting and/or editing about TV and advertising for Cablevision magazine,The Hollywood Reporter, the San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Media and Advertising Age. He first joined the predecessor to TVWeek, Electronic Media, in 2000.

‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ Co-Star Dies at 66

Every week she was billed above the then-young John Travolta as one of the co-stars of the 1970s hit “Welcome Back, Kotter.” Actress Marcia Strassman, 66, who played Gabriel Kaplan’s wife, Julie, on the show, has died, reports the Associated…

NBCU Revenue Climbs, Though Ad Revenue at Its Cable Networks Declines

“Sales in [Comcast’s] NBCUniversal entertainment group [in the third quarter] inched up 1.2 percent, to $5.92 billion, with increases in its broadcast television and theme parks groups offsetting declines in its filmed entertainment business,” reports The New York Times. The…

First Series Cancellation of the New Season Is Made By ABC

ABC announced toward the end of the day on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, that it has made the first cancellation of the 2014-2015 fall television season. “ABC has pulled the plug on freshman comedy ‘Manhattan Love Story,’” reports The Hollywood…

President of Professional Golfers Association Forced to Resign After Sending ‘Sexist Tweet’

The President of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA), Ted Bishop, “has been removed as president of the PGA of America over a sexist tweet directed at [English golfer] Ian Poulter,” reports the Associated Press. Bishop was unhappy about comments Poulter…

Sears Giving 5,000-6,000 Lumps of Coal for Christmas as Retailer Is Closing 77 Sears and Kmart Stores. It’s Our Non-TV Story of the Day

Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert “is preparing to deliver more lumps of coal this Christmas,” reports the New York Post. That means more layoffs and store closings for the retailer. Reports CNN Money, “Sears is closing 77 Sears and Kmart stores…

Debate Rages About Renee Zellweger’s New Look: Did Happiness Do It? Should We Care?

Social media has been on overdrive this week after Academy Award-winning actress Renee Zellweger hit the red carpet at an event in Beverly Hills on Monday and revealed a new look. The big surprise is that her face didn’t look…

‘The most charismatic and consequential newspaper editor of postwar America’ Dies at 93

Our headline was taken from a line written by David Remnick, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the editor of the New Yorker. Remnick, in a remembrance posted on the website of the New Yorker, is referring to the death of…

Fan Favorite ‘Letterman’ Staffer Fired After Assault on Another Staffer

Over his years on late-night TV, David Letterman has elevated various members of his working staff to fan favorites by giving them airtime and having fun interactions with them. One of those has been Tony “Inky” Mendez, who, until he…

Media Buyer of the Year 2014

If this is the digital century, whose early days will be remembered by the coming of age of such companies as Amazon, Google and Netflix, Christine Merrifield will surely have an honored space among the pioneers. Merrifield is the president…

Stunner: Turner Writes Down $400 Million in Programming Costs. Also, Reportedly Top Programming Exec No Longer in Running to Head Up TBS and TNT

Turner Broadcasting has taken a write-down of $400 million on programming expenditures, reports our good friend Cynthia Littleton for Variety. The story reports: “Sources say a significant portion of the write-down is coming from two megabuck off-network acquisitions that have…