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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.
Amazon announced today that it is greenlighting five new series for full-season orders. The online company ordered the comedies “Alpha House” and “Betas” and the children’s programs “Annebots,” “Creative Galaxy” and “Tumbleaf.” The company said in its announcement that the…
It was a bad Tuesday night across the board for the broadcast networks, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that all of the broadcast nets failed to reach a 2.0 average for prime time. CBS…
CBS is showing some sibling love to a cable channel that’s a part of its corporate family. Deadline.com reports that the “Big Brother” companion show “Big Brother: After Dark” will air on TVGN. “The move comes two months after CBS…
One of the coaches on NBC’s “The Voice” has been busy doing damage control after a comment made on the show provoked harsh criticism. CBS News reports that Adam Levine, well known as the lead singer of Maroon 5, got…
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook talked about a "grand vision" for television, but clammed up when asked for details. "We’re still playing in TV through Apple TV….
Launching a high-profile cable network can cost millions of dollars, so it’s of some note that a money-loser is now predicted to make money this year. David Zaslav, the CEO of Discovery Communications, made the surprise announcement that the Oprah…
Wall Street seemed to view Netflix’s new season of "Arrested Development" as problematic, sending shares of the stock down by more than 6% Tuesday after reviews came in for the show, reports the Associated Press. As previously reported, early reviews…
Longtime CNN talk host Larry King is resurfacing with a new TV show, and the channel that hired him is a surprise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, King’s new show, "Politics with Larry King," will be on the Kremlin-backed channel…
James Lipton, the host of the Bravo show "Inside the Actors Studio," told Parade magazine that he used to be a pimp, when he lived in Paris in the 1950s. "It was only a few years after the war. Paris…
A new advertising campaign from a New York City television station offers a grim assessment of the state of TV, and aims to cash in on it. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that new ads for Thirteen, a local PBS station,…