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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.

Report: Simon Cowell Asks Estranged Husband of Lauren Silverman to Stop Criticizing Him

Simon Cowell has secretly met with Andrew Silverman, the estranged husband of socialite Lauren Silverman, who is reportedly pregnant with Cowell’s baby, asking Silverman to stop criticizing him in public, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. The television producer…

Ad Giant Interpublic Teams Up With TV Companies to Build Automated Ad-Buying System

Advertising  industry giant Interpublic has teamed up with a number of TV companies to build an automated ad-buying system, reports The Wall Street Journal. [Note: the WSJ is behind a pay wall and may charge you to read this article.]…

Interpublic Teams Up With TV Companies to Build Automated Ad-Buying System: What It Means

By Alexandra Bruell and Jeanine Poggi, Advertising Age In case you missed it, IPG’s Mediabrands’ Magna group became the latest to promise to shove the TV and radio ad business out of "the Mad Men days of the 60s" as…

Another Stunner at ‘American Idol’: Mentor Jimmy Iovine Out, Likely to Be Replaced by a Familiar ‘Idol’ Personality

Jimmy Iovine, the legendary music producer who is also the co-founder of Interscope Records and chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M, is out at "American Idol," reports our friend Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Iovine, who mentors the contestants on the show,…

Set Your DVRs: The Favorite Movie of Blake Edwards, Who Gave Us ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s,’ the ‘Pink Panther’ films, ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ ’10’ and ‘S.O.B.,’ Is on TV in a Few Hours, Late Tonight, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013,Uncut and With No Commercials

It’s a warm summer night during the dog days, and TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross has another movie on TV recommendation for you, if you would please click here.

Set Your DVRs: The Favorite Film of Blake Edwards, Who Gave Us ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s,’ the ‘Pink Panther’ movies, ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ ’10’ and ‘S.O.B.,’ Is on TV in a Few Hours, Late Tonight, Wednesday, Aug, 21, 2013, Uncut and With No Commercials

Blake Edwards was first successful on TV, as the creator, in 1958, of “Peter Gunn.” TV historians Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, in their authoritative “Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows,” write that the character of…

Disney/ABC TV Group Braces for Layoffs

Layoffs are in the works at Disney/ABC Television Group, with the impact expected to be felt across the unit, the Los Angeles Times reports. The ABC broadcast network, local television stations and cable channels ABC Family and Disney Channel are…

NBC Series Sinks to Ratings Low

A tough ratings summer for the broadcast networks continued last night as an NBC series sank to its all-time low for a Tuesday night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC still rolled to…

Dr. Phil Taking Heat Over ‘Ill-Advised’ Question on Drunken Teen Sex

A move by Dr. Phil McGraw’s show in advance of an episode on drinking and teen sex landed the talk show host in the middle of a controversy, the Los Angeles Times reports. In an apparent attempt to provoke discussion…

’70s TV Star Arrested — Again

A performer who was a teen idol in the early 1970s was arrested early today — and it’s not the first time. CNN reports that David Cassidy, who starred in the TV series "The Partridge Family," faces a drunken driving…