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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.
A movie based on Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs is expected to come together quickly now that the project has landed "The West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin to write the screenplay, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The…
NBC came up short with its eagerly anticipated season premiere of “America’s Got Talent,” featuring the high-profile debut of Howard Stern on the show’s judging panel. The two-hour program did come in as one of Monday night’s top shows with…
One time period is shaping up as a key battleground for the fall season, with three networks set to face off with important single-camera comedy hours, Deadline.com reports. With the schedules announced this week for ABC, NBC and Fox, all…
The first of two “John Does” who have made claims of sexual assault against John Travolta has dropped out of the lawsuit, People magazine reports. The move comes as evidence has mounted that appears to contradict his claims, the story…
While the network’s reboot of “The Incredible Hulk” didn’t make it into ABC’s fall 2012 lineup, ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee says the project continues to go forward, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Said Lee: "Hulk is in development. It…
Turner-owned Adult Swim, ahead of its Wednesday upfront, announced it has ordered a batch of pilots — eight of them, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Among the projects is an animated spin on “Harold & Kumar,” with film series stars…
Landing a role on an upcoming NBC sitcom is a TV personality who first surfaced in reality television and has been making the move to acting. NeNe Leakes, who made her name as one of Bravo’s "Real Housewives of Atlanta"…
Katie Couric has two prime-time specials lined up for ABC — one for late this month and another to air in June, TVNewser.com reports. Both specials focus on Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. A Couric-hosted special set for May 29…
One of the stars of a successful reality show died Monday after falling while loading items into his boat in Louisiana, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. Mitchell Guist of “Swamp People” would have turned 48 later this week….
A top executive of NBC, which has been struggling with diminishing ratings, said viewers are being undercounted as television viewing increasingly shifts to DVR playback, the New York Post reports. Ted Harbert, chairman of NBC Broadcasting, urged the television industry…