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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.
NBC is in final negotiations with "The Voice" mentor Cee Lo Green for a family comedy project based on his life, reports Deadline.com. Green will star and executive produce the project, from Sony TV and Happy Madison, while "Everybody Hates…
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions has extended its television deal with Warner Bros. TV through 2015, reports B&C. The three-year overall agreement means Bad Robot will continue to work on new TV projects to be produced in association with Warner…
The creator and executive producer of FX drama “Sons of Anarchy” has sold a comedy project to the network, and the project may mark the return to comedy for Katey Sagal, Deadline.com reports. Kurt Sutter received a script development deal…
Singer-songwriter Joe South, who quietly racked up a string of behind-the-scenes musical achievements in addition to his signature hit song “The Games People Play,” has died, The New York Times reports. South died Wednesday at his home near Atlanta at…
One of the stars of History’s hit reality series "American Pickers" is venturing into scripted programming, Deadline.com reports. Mike Wolfe, the creator and star of “Pickers,” has sold a workplace comedy project to CBS, the story reports. Set in an…
The Democratic National Convention is tracking ahead of the recent Republican National Convention in television viewership, the Los Angeles Times reports. “An estimated 26.2 million people tuned in to watch the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, according to Nielsen…
First NBC expected to lose money on the London Olympics, and then, when the Games started doing better than anticipated, expectations swung toward the possibility of coming out ahead. But in the end, the company broke even. That’s the word…
"American Horror Story" will see the return of actress Frances Conroy, who earned an Emmy nomination for her role on the first season of the FX show, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. "Thrilled to announce Emmy nominee Frances Conroy is returning…
NBC has pulled a drama series from the network schedule, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series — the medical show “Saving Hope” — has two more episodes left in its freshman season, which had been scheduled to air Sept….
Tom Brokaw was hospitalized this morning in Charlotte, N.C., after experiencing symptoms after a TV taping, The Huffington Post reports. The longtime “NBC Nightly News” anchor complained of feeling light-headed after a taping of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the story reports….