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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 debut of Michael Strahan last week as the new co-host with Kelly Ripa on “Live!” gave the syndicated morning talk show a ratings boost. The Los Angeles Times reports that the show had its highest premiere-week ratings in six…
With the new television season set to officially get under way in two weeks, NBC and ABC are developing aggressive strategies for wooing viewers, reports Joe Flint in the Los Angeles Times. In contrast, Fox and CBS are playing things…
NBC has bought a multicultural family drama from former "Californication" executive producer Gina Fattore, reports Deadline.com. The project stems from a two-year overall deal Fattore recently started with Universal TV, and reunites her with former Showtime programming chief Robert Greenblatt,…
Bobby Brown, the former husband of the late Whitney Houston, is getting a new reality show, courtesy of BET, reports the Los Angeles Times. Brown, who previously starred in the Bravo reality series "Being Bobby Brown," will be featured in…
Rachael Ray and Martha Stewart have denied being in a feud over the years, and now Ray is denying a report that she ordered her staff to burn sage to drive evil spirits out of her new studio — which…
A new report from Nielsen shows that U.S. homes that don’t receive television service often still own TV sets, reports David Bauder at the Associated Press. About 5 million homes don’t get TV signals through pay-TV providers or over the…
Viacom’s cable networks are expected to post advertising declines into the middle of 2013, reports the New York Post, citing a Wall Street analyst. The current quarter will also likely post lower ad sales, with Pivotal Research analyst Brian Wieser…
NBC’s late-night sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” has added another new cast member to the lineup. Shortly after word surfaced that Aidy Bryant and Tim Robinson were joining the show, as we reported earlier today, news broke that Cecily…
Chuck Lorre is bringing aboard a new boss at Chuck Lorre Productions as the company adjusts to its newly expanded deal with Warner Bros. TV. Joining the company is Bob Broder — the agent who negotiated the Warner Bros. deal…
NBC has ordered a drama set in the White House with a production team behind it that boasts an impressive track record, Deadline.com reports. “Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have set up the first project through the first-look deal…