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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.
Time Warner Cable and AT&T want the same concesssions that Kansas City — both Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri — gave Google to build its network in those cities, The Wall Street Journal reports. [Warning: The WSJ is…
ABC has bought two projects from Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland — a half-hour comedy and a dramedy, reports Deadline.com. The comedy, "I Hate L.A. Dudes," is about an aspiring journalist who is the only woman on an Internet-based talk show, the…
Ryan Murphy, who is the co-creator/executive producer of three current television shows, has signed on to produce a drama for Fox and a comedy for NBC, reports Deadline.com. Ryan Murphy Television has sold "Montauk," from "Apollo 18" writer Brian Miller,…
"Immortals" writers Charley and Vlas Parlapanides have sold a faith-based drama to CBS, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The drama is about a Marine who, during an almost fatal accident, pledges to God that he will atone for…
Lifetime has been sued over the network’s telepic based on the 1989 film "Steel Magnolias," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. The lawsuit was filed Monday by Victoria L. White, who served as an executive producer on the feature…
Oprah Winfrey’s cable channel is in business with media mogul Tyler Perry, who has signed an exclusive multiyear deal with OWN, Deadline.com reports. “Under the pact, he will executive produce, write and direct two new scripted series for a mid-2013…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has made a surprising choice to host the 85th Academy Awards, reports Deadline.com. The ceremony will be hosted by animation guru Seth MacFarlane, known for "Family Guy" and "American Dad" and for…
AMC has ordered a second season of the reality show "Small Town Security," and has also ordered eight episodes of a new unscripted program called "Road Show," about small-town talent shows, Deadline.com reports. "Road Show" and season two of "Small…
One of the most beloved television series of the 1970s and early 1980s is in the works for a reboot into a motion picture, reports Deadline.com. The series is "Little House on the Prairie." Abi Morgan is set to write…
Lindsay Lohan’s new Lifetime television movie in which she portrays screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, the biopic "Liz & Dick," will air on the network on Sunday, Nov. 25, at 9 p.m. ET, Deadline.com reports. The film tells the tumultuous love…