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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.
James Ellroy’s 1990s novel "L.A. Confidential," which was turned into an Oscar-winning film noir starring Russell Crowe, might be getting a sequel on the small screen, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Ellroy and New Regency are shopping a television project…
ABC is working on an iPhone app that would ask viewers to provide feedback on its shows with emoticons, such as a laughing face, a booing emoticon and one that expresses surprise, reports Mashable. "When you click each emoticon, you’ll…
Sony Pictures TV issued this press announcement earlier this week, on April 22, 2013: CULVER CITY, Calif., April 22, 2013 — Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks today announced plans to launch getTV, a new US digital broadcast television network airing…
One of the most unlikely hit TV shows in recent memory continues to rack up ratings records for the cable network airing it. A&E reports that its runaway hit “Duck Dynasty,” which focuses on a family of duck call makers,…
In the wake of the notorious cussing outburst by rookie Bismarck, N.D., newsman A.J. Clemente, TheWrap.com pointed out that Clemente is hardly alone among news people in accidentally reverting to street talk. Clemente “shouldn’t feel too bad about his situation,”…
The ratings picture is becoming bleaker by the week for an ABC sitcom, taking another bad turn Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the freshman series “How to Live With Your Parents” lost a half-point in the…
Twitter responded to an incident earlier this week in which the Associated Press account was hacked — leading to a temporary drop in the stock market, as previously reported — by getting to work on implementing stepped-up security measures. Adweek…
Pop superstar Justin Bieber got the attention of authorities when someone reportedly smelled marijuana coming from his tour bus, and sure enough, they later found pot on the bus, according to media reports. It all went down Wednesday night in…
A video paying tribute to longtime TVWeek contributor Allison Waldman, who died last week, has been posted on YouTube. As we reported previously, Allison died April 15 at age 56 after a long battle with cancer. Allison, who also went…