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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.
"In his newly released memoir The Soundtrack of My Life, Davis recalls a meeting with [‘American Idol’ winner] Kelly Clarkson that was "’ very tough conversation, and it didn’t get any easier when Kelly burst in to hysterical sobbing" while discussing…
The period drama "Downton Abbey" continues to be a viewer magnet for PBS. The New York Times’ Media Decoder reports that the season three finale drew 8.2 million viewers, or 50% more than the finale of the second season. The…
One of President Obama’s top strategists, who worked on his 2008 and his 2012 election campaigns and served as senior White House adviser, has joined NBC News. Deadline.com reports that David Axelrod will be a senior political analyst for NBC…
A test run for a new television broadcast standard got the OK from the Federal Communications Commission and will take place at a Baltimore station, B&C reports in an exclusive story by our friend John Eggerton. “According to a copy of…
Monday night saw an unusually tight battle in the broadcast ratings, with two networks tying for first place in the key 18-49 demo, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that ABC and CBS finished deadlocked for prime time overall with…
A New York City news anchor faces domestic abuse charges following an incident Sunday in which he is accused of choking his wife, TVNewser.com reports. WCBS anchor Rob Morrison was scheduled to appear today in a Connecticut court. “NBCConnecticut, where…
The Writers Guild Awards over the weekend gave Ben Affleck’s “Argo” one more chance to flex its trophy-lifting muscles before the Oscars, while the best writing in television was also honored. TVWeek Open Mic writer Hillary Atkin takes readers inside…
One of the legends of the music business revealed to Katie Couric in an interview for her daytime talk show “Katie” that he’s bisexual, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The interview with Clive Davis, Sony Music’s chief creative officer, was…
A troubled NBC series appears to be dead, with the network apparently abandoning plans to take the comedy in a new direction. Nellie Andreeva writes on Deadline.com that “Up All Night” may have already aired its last episode. “The network’s…
One of the two co-hosts of the Fox singing competition “The X Factor” has reportedly been asked to leave the show. The New York Post cites an inside source at the show saying the program is giving the boot to…