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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.
HBO announced that it is wrapping up a comedy series that has been televised on the pay-cable channel since 2009. The show is “Eastbound & Down,” which will shut down after its upcoming fourth season. Season four of the series,…
The Chernin Group’s effort to acquire online streaming service Hulu may have found a high-powered ally. The Wall Street Journal reports that AT&T is considering joining the group in its bid for Hulu. "It makes sense — in addition to…
The mother-daughter pair of Joan and Melissa Rivers will switch lives with Bristol and Willow Palin on ABC’s "Celebrity Wife Swap," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The Rivers pair will move to Alaska and take care of Bristol’s…
FX is considering a companion series to "American Horror Story: Coven." The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the network is looking into creating a show along the lines of AMC’s "The Talking Dead," a companion to its zombie hit…
On a night when much of the broadcast lineup was filled with repeat programming, ABC aired a mix of reruns and fresh episodes, and the results were less than encouraging, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com…
An actress who parlayed her athletic talent into a career as one of the biggest stars in Hollywood has died. The New York Times reports that Esther Williams died today, June 6, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif., at 91. Williams…
The management shuffle continues at FX Networks in advance of the company’s planned fall expansion. According to The Hollywood Reporter, newly anointed CEO John Landgraf elevated his longtime lieutenants. “FX executives Nick Grad, Eric Schrier and Chuck Saftler each have…
A couple who hosted a self-help radio show committed double suicide, the New York Daily News reports. The Brooklyn couple, Lynne Rosen and John Littig, hosted a show called "The Pursuit of Happiness." They committed suicide together by putting plastic…
Showtime is ending the run of a drama series. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that the pay-cable channel will pull the plug on the medieval series "The Borgias" at the end of its current third season. The June 16…
Al Jazeera America hired an NBC News veteran as its first White House correspondent. TVNewser reports that the channel hired NBC News correspondent Mike Viqueira for the position. Viqueira most recently reported from the White House for NBC’s "Today" and…