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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.
"Back to the Future" director Robert Zemeckis is executive producing a project for TNT that has an "It’s a Wonderful Life" twist, reports Deadline.com. The project, which is in development, will focus on a runaway bride who wishes she were…
Cox Cable and Time Warner Cable have reached an agreement on the carriage of SportsNet, Southern California’s new local TV channel centered on the Los Angeles Lakers, the L.A. Times reports. “The agreement ends a standoff between the two companies…
NBC has angered some viewers with another change in hosts, although this time fans are upset at the network’s decision to bump Jenna Wolfe, the Sunday co-host of "Weekend Today," reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. As previously reported,…
Disney Channel is in the beginning stages of developing a sequel to a sitcom that ran on ABC from 1993 to 2000, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The sequel to "Boy Meets World" would focus on the daughter…
“Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,” the NBC benefit concert for victims of the superstorm, raised $23 million in donations to the American Red Cross, reports TheWrap.com. TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin looks back at the broadcast, which aired Friday and…
A long-running Fox series that has been a cult hit will end its run with a two-hour finale, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The show is "Fringe,” which is wrapping up after five seasons. The finale is set…
Travel Channel is working with the National Football League on a new television series that will focus on a team as it travels for its road games, Jon Lafayette reports in B&C. The show will spotlight the Cleveland Browns. “NFL…
NBC websites including those for the shows "Saturday Night Live" and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" were hacked Sunday by someone calling himself "pyknic," reports ZDNet.com. NBC’s main website was reportedly affected, along with sites for many of the network’s…
"One million ads. More than $1 billion. Ten battleground states.Those eye-popping figures tell the story of the 2012 presidential campaign TV ad blitz — never before has so much money been spent on so many commercials aimed at so few…
ABC has hired an Olympic gold medalist for its diving show "Celebrity Splash," putting to rest questions about whether the network would go forward with the show given news last week that Fox had greenlighted a similar diving program, reports…