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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.
A basic cable network that’s probably in the media spotlight more than most has scored big in the second quarter of 2013. "OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network scored its best quarter in network history delivering a 32% growth in second quarter…
CBS won the broadcast ratings battle Monday night, based on Nielsen overnights for both the key 18-49 demo and total viewers. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the CBS win came despite a significant drop for the network’s key summer drama series "Under…
Actor Paul Jenkins, who made a string of TV appearances from the 1970s into the 2000s, has died. Contactmusic.com reports that Jenkins died Monday at 74 after a brief illness. Along with a few appearances in feature films including "Chinatown"…
Attorneys for beleaguered TV chef Paula Deen made an unusual legal argument in the discrimination lawsuit that triggered the sudden dismantling of much of her business empire, E! Online reports. "Lawyers for the embattled celebrity chef are citing the Supreme…
Actress Alicia Silverstone, who has attracted attention in the past for her parenting practices, has launched a breast milk exchange program, Kind Mama Milk Share, designed to help vegan parents, TV Guide reports. After hearing about a friend’s difficulties in…
An actress who has chalked up a string of awards including an Oscar and a Golden Globe has a new gig: working with the United Nations. The Associated Press reports that Geena Davis is working with the U.N.’s women’s agency…
"Mother of two Charlotte Brosnan, 42, died from ovarian cancer last Friday, the same disease which killed her mother in 1991," reports the U.K. newspaper The Telegraph. The story continues, "She fought the disease with ‘courage and dignity,’ but passed away…
Comedian Russell Brand opened up about a controversial appearance a couple of weeks ago on the MSNBC show "Morning Joe," which was described as Brand’s hijacking of the show. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports: "Appearing to promote his ‘Messiah…
Americans will spend millions this 4th of July weekend in air-conditioned movie theaters watching Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in the new movie version of "The Lone Ranger." Here’s a wild and crazy baby-boomer alternatiive: Hunker down and binge-watch all…
An annual event that has already grown into the Discovery Channel’s signature programming block is getting even bigger. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that the cable channel’s Shark Week will premiere 11 new shark specials this year, up…