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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.
ABC, which is presenting its 2012-13 lineup today at its upfront in New York, is bringing back six freshman series for fall — more than any other broadcast net, USA Today reports. Returning are “Once Upon a Time,” “Revenge,” Suburgatory,”…
CNN is trying to lure a key on-air personality from ABC News, reports FishbowlDC. CNN Worldwide Executive VP and Managing Editor Mark Whitaker and CNN Senior VP Amy Entelis have been trying to woo ABC News senior White House correspondent…
As the upfront presentations roll out this week, along with networks’ 2012-13 television schedules, it’s becoming clear that broadcasters are turning to a familiar strategy in an effort to improve their ratings, reports The New York Times. The strategy is…
A veteran of the long-running CBS hit “Everybody Loves Raymond” will be the showrunner on a new NBC sitcom, Deadline.com reports. The show’s producer, 20th Century Fox TV, is putting the finishing touches on a deal with Mike Royce to…
HBO is developing a comedy project based on Wall Street in the 1980s, with a number of key Hollywood players behind the effort, Deadline.com reports. Rob Riggle is slated to star and produce, the story reports. The project is based…
A crime investigation series hosted by a popular former CNN anchor will be back for season six, TVNewser.com reports. Investigation Discovery will bring back "On the Case with Paula Zahn" with a 13-episode order, the story reports. The new season…
NBC and its affiliates continue to move toward a deal that will enable the network to negotiate retransmission deals on behalf of affiliates, B&C reports, and both sides reported progress this week — if only a little. The story reports:…
Demi Lovato is making a fraction of the salary being paid to “X Factor’s” other new judge, Britney Spears, TMZ.com reports. Lovato will be paid slightly more than $1 million for her role on the show, the story reports —…
Musician Kanye West has been taped accompanying girlfriend Kim Kardashian to events such as her sister’s baby shower, and will appear in "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," reports E! News. West will appear in a few episodes, even though Kardashian…
A former News Corp. executive will be charged with perverting the course of justice, becoming the first person to be charged in the company’s phone-hacking scandal, reports the U.K. paper The Guardian. Rebekah Brooks is the former head of News…