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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.
Liberty Media said Tuesday it is buying a stake in Charter Communications. USA Today reports that the purchase of 27.3% of Charter for $2.62 billion “gives Liberty direct access to the cable service markets in the U.S. with plenty of…
A lawsuit by an actress who sued Amazon and its IMDb unit has been allowed to go to trial, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. A judge ruled Monday that Junie Hoang, who sued because IMDb posted her age,…
An executive producer behind Showtime’s critically acclaimed series “Homeland” and other shows has died. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that Henry Bromell died at 65. The veteran television writer and producer died Monday after reportedly suffering a heart attack. Bromell’s list…
One of the stars of ABC’s "Modern Family" has been cast in Lifetime and History’s "Bonnie & Clyde" project, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. In the four-part miniseries, “Modern Family’s” Sarah Hyland will play Blanche Barrow, the wife…
ABC’s two-hour “Dancing with the Stars” premiere went head-to-head against NBC’s two-hour “Biggest Loser” season finale Monday night, and CBS got caught in the middle. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that CBS’s “2 Broke Girls” and “Mike & Molly” both hit lows in…
PBS’s ratings juggernaut “Downton Abbey” continues to set viewership records. The latest, according to EW.com’s Inside TV, is for the show’s third season, which ranks as PBS’s highest-rated drama of all time. Season three averaged 11.5 million viewers over the…
Univision Communications has announced a number of personnel moves, reshaping the executive lineup in its Network Sales division. Lisa Nolan has been promoted to senior VP of Network Sales. Nolan has been with Univision since 1999, most recently as vice…
ABC’s new celebrity diving show, which premieres tonight, may have one thing going for it that Fox’s similarly themed, not widely viewed and largely forgotten “Stars in Danger: The High Dive” didn’t have, according to TV writer Jennifer Graham Kizer,…
Jay Leno isn’t backing down after angering NBC entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt by joking on "The Tonight Show" about the network’s ratings struggles. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Leno kept up the assault during Monday’s monologue. Leno aimed…
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert said he’s not afraid of any criticism that might come his way for breaking character and supporting his sister in her congressional run, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. "I’m willing to, you know,…