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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 female serial killer project is in development at FX, with the network moving ahead with an adaptation of Chelsea Cain’s best-selling book series “HeartSick,” reports Deadline.com. The thriller series track a beautiful therapist who becomes a killer, and her…
ABC Family has struck a development deal with an actress known for the “High School Musical” films to create a detective drama series, Deadline.com reports. The series, “The Keys,” is from Ashley Tisdale’s Blondie Girl Productions. The project tracks a…
A new generation of video upstarts are challenging YouTube, drawing users who are seeking nimbler alternatives such as Socialcam and Viddy, reports Reuters. "YouTube is so inundated with singers and artists and people trying to become the next big star,…
The new business partner of former Los Angeles public television flagship KCET-TV has been whittled down to a tiny operation that’s behind on some of its bills, the Los Angeles Times reports. Eyetronics Media & Studios, which joined in a…
A drama pilot based on a novel by Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been ordered to series and set for a summer 2013 debut on TNT, reports TVNewser.com. The series will now be called "Monday Mornings," the title of the novel,…
NBCUniversal plans to invest $190 million in upgrading its 30 Rockefeller Plaza headquarters and other New York City facilities, reports B&C. 30 Rock will undergo extensive renovations, including upgrading its studio facilities with " best-in-class, state-of-the-art technology," the story says,…
Discovery Communications’ first-quarter earnings suffered amid the woes of Oprah Winfrey’s cable network OWN, with the company reporting a lower-than-expected profit, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The company said net income fell to $221 million, or 57 cents…
A celebrated conductor, composer, arranger, musician and bandleader who worked with a string of music stars including Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli has died, the BBC reports. Mort Lindsey, 89, died Friday in Malibu, Calif., after a long…
A new biopic on legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix has found its Jimi, CBC reports. The role of Hendrix in the movie, being made in Ireland, has gone to OutKast rapper and singer Andre 3000, the story reports. The casting…
With the two-hour season performance finale of “The Voice” doing the heavy lifting, NBC won the night Monday in the key 18-49 demo in Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. CBS saw one of its best-performing new shows go out with a…