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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.
"For the first time, original ’60 Minutes’ segments will appear on a cable network under a new agreement between ’60 Minutes’ and Showtime Sports. ’60 Minutes of Sports,’ a new sports newsmagazine show from the producers of the iconic news…
A German trade association has sued Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse and Home Shopping Network over Chinese-made kitchen knives, which the group alleges the U.S. stars are trying to pass off as having been made in Solingen, Germany, according to The…
CBS CEO Leslie Moonves threatened to drop the network from satellite operator Dish Network unless Dish gives up its Auto Hop ad-skipping device, MediaPost reports. “CBS is in litigation along with other networks trying to thwart the device, but even…
Will Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U game console be a success or not? Benzinga’s Louis Bedigian writes, "Instead of coming to the market with a strategy that mirrored the original Wii, Nintendo baffled and disappointed [game trade] show E3 attendees, turned…
Mel Karmazin is reportedly on the way out at Sirius XM, with John Malone’s Liberty Media getting ready to replace him, reports the New York Post. As soon as Karmazin’s contract expires at the end of this year, Liberty will…
Fox has given a pilot presentation order to a comedy produced by Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson, after the project was at HBO for two years, reports Deadline.com. Based on the blog LifestyleLemonaid.com, the show is "a rare project migration…
"Gossip Girl" producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, along with writer Bret Easton Ellis, have sold a monster drama to The CW, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Ellis will write the script for "Copeland Prep," a drama set…
The season five return of an explosive cable series on Tuesday night, Sept. 11, 2012, has been a huge ratings winner. The season premiere of "Sons of Anarchy" on FX "attracted a whopping 5.37 million viewers, making it the most watched episode…
The man behind Fox’s “The X Factor” has revealed his choice as the show’s new host, but it’s unclear whether Fox is prepared to grant him his wish, TMZ.com reports. Simon Cowell wants reality star Khloe Kardashian, sources tell the…
An Oscar-winning actress has gone public with the news that she has been battling breast cancer, TVGuide.com reports. Recovering from surgery for the cancer is Kathy Bates. The former “Harry’s Law” star revealed she had a double mastectomy. Bates put…