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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.
One recent entry in the increasingly crowded field of daytime talk shows has decided to cut its losses and will end its run after two seasons, TheWrap.com reports. The show is Anderson Cooper’s "Anderson Live," which will hang it up…
ABC’s new comedy pilot "Trophy Wife" is negotiating to bring an Oscar-winning actress on board, Deadline.com reports. If the project lands Marcia Gay Harden — an Oscar winner in 2001 for “Pollock” — it will follow another key signing for…
NBC Sports Network has pulled off a coup by landing a popular sports talk show with roots on rivals ESPN and Fox Sports, the Detroit Free Press reports. "The Dan Patrick Show," a sports-oriented radio/TV simulcast, is moving from Fox…
After broadcasting a television special in honor of Emmy winner Betty White’s 90th birthday last year, NBC has decided to do it all over again, reports TV Guide. The show will not be a repeat, but a new production, the…
Two of the flagship shows of the syndication business will be around for a few more seasons, thanks to a key renewal that was just announced. CBS Television Distribution’s two top game shows, “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!,” were renewed…
A veteran sitcom showrunner who co-created the CBS sitcom "Yes, Dear" died Friday in an apparent suicide, reports Deadline.com. Alan Kirschenbaum was 51. Kirschenbaum also co-created the upcoming midseason CBS comedy show "Friend Me," although he recently left the show…
CNN has banned the use of the term "Frankenstorm" to refer to Hurricane Sandy, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker. CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano said in a tweet Friday, "The name ‘Frankenstorm’ has been coined by some meteorologists and media….
A cable network announced the decision to cancel two shows that have come to define the network for much of the past decade. The network is G4, which announced plans to wrap up “Attack of the Show” and “X-Play.” G4…
Click here to read TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross singing the praises of those covering Hurricane Sandy this week.
Authorities in Georgia are investigating the death of an Atlanta rapper and actress who was killed late Friday when she was hit by a car while standing in a roadway, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Natina Reed, 32, was a member…