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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.
After a successful round of Emmy predictions way back in May 2012, one media outlet is giving it another shot with a set of “way-too-early” Emmy predictions for 2013. Writing on TheWrap.com, Tim Molloy notes that last time around, four…
JCPenney is being criticized after a billboard appeared in Culver City, Calif., advertising a kettle that some observers say looks a lot like Adolf Hitler, CBS Local reports. “The ad seen off the 405 Freeway near Centinela Boulevard is for…
A surprising turn of events is being reported in the saga of the NBC comedy series “Community.” The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the show’s creator, Dan Harmon, is in talks to return to the show, just a year…
An actress who formerly appeared on "Baywatch," has been hired to host GSN’s "The Chase," a new quiz show that’s adapted from a British program, reports Deadline.com. The hiring of Brooke Burns comes after talks with NBC Sports’ Dan Patrick…
"Saturday Night Live" is still paying out for a former cast member who was on the show from 1975 through the mid-1990s and who currently serves as a Democratic senator from Minnesota, reports the New York Post. Al Franken earned…
Media reports say eight bidders are in play for the online streaming service Hulu. Nikki Finke reports on Deadline.com that seven named bidders and an unidentified pay-TV outlet are vying for outright ownership or at least an equity stake in…
Seven years after leaving Fox, "Arrested Development" returned to life Sunday via Netflix, with the new episodes for the show’s fourth season all available at once — and early reviews are mixed, TheWrap.com reports. "Several critics saw the nature of…
NBC’s "Smash" ended its two-season run with two back-to-back episodes that failed to draw crowds, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat. Based on preliminary Nielsen ratings, the episodes averaged 2.4 million total viewers, which was better than the 2 million…
After a couple of weeks of negotiations, NBC’s "Law & Order: SVU" has secured a deal for the return of star Mariska Hargitay, reports Deadline.com. "Happy weekend. It’s official. Season 15–I’LL BE BACK!,” the actress tweeted. NBC had renewed the…
CNN has scheduled a new talk show, setting the premiere for Sunday, June 9, TVNewser reports. The show is “Stroumboulopoulos,” hosted by Canadian talk host George Stroumboulopoulos. The show will move into a Friday time slot starting June 14, the…