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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.
The Disney Channel announced a renewal for a comedy series. TVLine reports that the cable channel will bring back the series "Austin & Ally" for a third season. The new season will track Austin’s music career as it takes off…
A director known for cult films including “Vampyros Lesbos” and “Venus in Furs” has died. Deadline.com reports that Spanish director Jess Franco died Tuesday after a stroke. He was 82. “Born Jesus Franco Manera, he made his feature directing debut…
One of the celebrity contestants on “Splash,” the ABC reality competition where participants try to dive from a high platform, has left the show. USA Today reports that former Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson walked off because she was unable to…
Popular film critic and television personality Roger Ebert has been forced to take what he calls a “leave of presence” — not quite a leave of absence — from his writing career because of the debilitating effects of his battle…
Skydance Productions announced the creation of a new television division, Skydance TV, which launches May 1. The company named former Fox executive Marcy Ross as president of the new division. In a statement, David Ellison, president and CEO of Skydance…
An upcoming television program will feature a lineup of top music stars, including a rare TV appearance by Prince. The occasion is the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, which will air live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday,…
Production has been shut down on a TBS comedy series after an injury to its star. Deadline.com reports that the cable channel has shut down production of “Sullivan & Son,” with the shutdown expected to last six weeks. The move…
A major Hollywood studio has "quietly launched" its own streaming service featuring older library product. "According to the website, it enables subscribers who pay $9.99 a month opportunities to watch what the company calls ‘rare and hard-to-find’ content," writes our good friend…
Jeff Zucker’s retooled CNN lineup is beginning to take shape at the cable network, and so far the ratings results have been less than encouraging. The CNN panel show "(Get to) the Point" debuted Monday night, giving the network its…
Here’s NBC’s official announcement of forthcoming changes on “The Tonight Show”: Jay Leno, longtime host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” announced today that he will wrap up what will be 22 years of headlining the iconic late-night…