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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 pilot for a drama that was passed over by FX as a television series will now air on the network as an original movie, Nellie Andreeva writes on Deadline.com. The decision comes two years after FX greenlighted the pilot…
Rosemary Rice, who played the oldest daughter, Katrin, on the 1949-1957 television show "Mama," has died, reports The New York Times. Rice, 87, later known as Rosemary Rice Merrell, died of a heart attack. The TV show, which was broadcast…
NBC has given a put-pilot commitment to a new single-camera comedy with family bloodlines in Hollywood, Deadline.com reports. The show, “The High Life,” is from the brother-and-sister writing team of Will Reiser and Robin Reiser. “The project, from 20th Century…
One of the stars of a popular cable reality show reveals that she begged execs at the network not to air the show. US Magazine reports that Teresa Giudice, in her blog on the Bravo website, implored the cable network…
Actor and rapper LL Cool J reportedly took down an intruder early today after finding him in the kitchen of LL’s home in Studio City, Calif, according to the Los Angeles Times. Police were called to the home at about…
Pulling the plug on its development and production deal with Warner Bros. Television, the feature film production company and financier Legendary Pictures has apparently scuttled plans to expand into TV, Nellie Andreeva reports in Deadline.com. The company, which is behind…
ABC is banking on the teaming of Anthony Zuiker, the man behind "CSI," and Sara Goodman, the executive producer of "Gossip Girl," for a new prime-time soap opera called "Taboo," reports Deadline.com. “’Taboo,’ which will be produced by ABC Studios,…
The series still has a little ways to go, but Showtime has apparently seen enough. The pay-cable channel is pulling the plug on the current season of “The Franchise,” Yahoo Sports reports. The show is tracking Major League Baseball’s Miami…
Veteran media executive Barry Diller filed a 12-page complaint against the website BarryDriller.com Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles, Deadline.com reports. The suit against the site and Alki David alleges that David is using Diller’s name to profit inappropriately….
Jimmy Kimmel reportedly threatened to leave ABC if he wasn’t given the 11:35 p.m. time slot held by "Nightline," reports TVNewser.com, citing two sources close to Kimmel. As previously reported, ABC announced Tuesday it will move "Jimmy Kimmel Live" from…