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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.
CNN has filled the post of senior vice president for development and acquisitions. CNN Worldwide Managing Editor Mark Whitaker announced today that Vinnie Malhotra, a former program development executive at ESPN and longtime ABC News producer, has been hired for…
A Leonardo da Vinci mural that was lost in the 16th century may have been found in Florence, Italy, behind a fresco another artist painted, CNN reports. The story reports: “Da Vinci painted "The Battle of Anghiari" on a wall…
Mel Gibson’s epic 1995 movie "Braveheart" is currently in development as a television show, reports New York Magazine. American and Scottish television production companies are teaming to develop the project, called "Wallace," about the adventures of the Scottish leader William…
“Game Change,” the television movie based on the emergence of Sarah Palin in the 2008 presidential race, was the most watched original film on HBO in almost eight years, reports Entertainment Weekly. The Saturday 9 p.m. premiere of the movie…
Bravo Media has named a vice president of scripted development and production, reports B&C. The newly created position will be filled by Andrew Wang, part of a move by the network into scripted production. Eli Lehrer, vice president of development…
CNN has ended the suspension of an on-air personality who got in trouble over tweets he sent during the Super Bowl, the Los Angeles Times reports. Analyst Roland Martin can return to work after attracting complaints from gay organizations, including…
Cable sports channel ESPN may be ending its relationship with one of its veteran correspondents, according to the New York Post. Erin Andrews isn’t scheduled to cover any events since her assignment last weekend reporting on the ACC Tournament, and…
TVWeek Open Mic contributor Chuck Ross attempts to answer that question by reviewing the history of Canoe’s erstwhile leader and talking to a number of people familiar wtih Canoe’s operations. Please click here to read this insightful piece.
One of the stars of "The Cosby Show" has been cast in Jimmy Fallon’s untitled project for NBC, reports TVLine.com. Tempestt Bledsoe will play the wife of a character portrayed by Anthony Anderson, who is one of three men at…
Ashton Kutcher, who replaced Charlie Sheen on CBS’s "Two and a Half Men" this season, said he hasn’t heard from "the powers that be" about whether he will return in his role as billionaire Walden Schmidt, according to The Hollywood…