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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.
Since Fred Rogers died almost a decade ago the children’s television market has grown increasingly crowded, but PBS is ready to unveil a new variation on the beloved "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood" aimed at young kids, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The…
"Hal David, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning lyricist who in the 1960s and ’70s gave pop music vernacular the questions ‘What’s It All About?,’ ‘What’s New, Pussycat?,’ ‘Do You Know the Way to San Jose?’ and ‘What Do You Get When…
A CBS comedy from Emmy-winning writer and producer David E. Kelley is in negotiations with Robin Williams to lure the actor back to television for the first time in three decades, reports our good friend James Hibberd at EW.com’s Inside TV…
Sarah Palin’s "Facebook outburst complaining about Fox [News] canceling her appearance at the Republic National Convention [previously reported] reveals something deeper about Palin’s often rocky relationship with the network. Palin’s contract is up in January, and according to sources, Fox News…
"It doesn’t matter what stripe your politics are, or whether you thought last night was a victory or disaster, Clint Eastwood stole the night. He stole it with the expertise and facility of a veteran actor who knew exactly what…
"After five years of trying to sell ads on television using the automated buying system that works so well for its signature search ads, Google has finally given up," reports Robert Hof at Forbes.com. The article continues, "The shutdown is…
"These are tough days for Robin Roberts," reports E! Online. "The ‘Good Morning America’ anchor’s mother, Lucimarian Tolliver Roberts, died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, at the age of 88, co-anchor George Stephanopoulos announced on the show Friday." The story continues,…
TVWeek has published an abbreviated TVBizWire/E-Daily e-newsletter this morning. We will also publish our Daily Viral Video e-newsletter today, but not a separate afternoon E-Daily. We’re off Monday, Memorial Day, and will return will all our products on Tuesday, Sept….
ABC is in business with an alum of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on a multicamera comedy project, Deadline.com reports. The Alphabet Network has given a put pilot commitment to “The Housewives,” a female-centric effort from ex-“SNL”-er Casey Wilson along with…