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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 Discovery Channel will present a four-hour series about the people behind the U.S. presidency — the White House Chiefs of Staff, reports TVNewser.com. “The President’s Gatekeepers” will air in July. The program will include insights from all 19 living…
A program that aired Sunday evening delivered a huge audience — the kind of numbers usually reserved for live sports events or hit programs on the Big 4 broadcast networks. The program is PBS’s "Downton Abbey," which drew 7.9 million…
A "disastrous" New Year’s Eve celebration on live TV has become the first viral Internet sensation of 2013, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The show on independent station KDOC-TV in the Los Angeles area was hosted by actor…
It was instant fame for someone connected with the BCS Championship Game Monday night, Jan 7, 2013, but it wasn’t a football player. From the moment Katherine Webb was shown during the game last night, until the end of the…
These are treacherous times for small cable networks, with Time Warner Cable’s recent scrapping of low-rated Ovation among the indications that the fight for survival is getting tougher. The one thing that can put a channel over the top is…
E! has ordered a reality series featuring an athlete who has been called “America’s Sexiest Douchebag,” reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The six-episode series, "What Would Ryan Lochte Do," features the Olympic swimming champion as he trains and searches for the…
A lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who was called "Vodka Mom" by Nancy Grace on her HLN program has been settled by CNN and Grace, reports TVNewser.com. Toni Modrano committed suicide by lighting herself on fire last…
Syfy has set a premiere date for a groundbreaking new series, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The series is “Defiance,” which is scheduled to launch its 12-episode season on Monday, April 15, at 9 p.m. “’Defiance’ bridges scripted…
VH1 has revamped its logo to reflect its focus on shows that go beyond music, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The new logo contains a plus sign, signaling the addition of non-music-based shows such as "Mob Wives" and "Single Ladies," the…
Dish Network is working on a feature that would allow for last-minute auctions of ad space by allowing advertisers to see what viewers are tuning into in real time, reports Advertising Age, citing a Bloomberg report. The feature, called "What’s…