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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.
Oprah Winfrey’s new OWN show "Oprah’s Next Chapter" will expand to two nights after a recent ratings bump, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Starting this weekend, the OWN show will air on Sunday nights at 9…
"Cougar Town" co-creator Bill Lawrence has received a green light from Fox for a family comedy called "Like Father," reports Deadline.com. The order marks the first pilot script solely written by Lawrence since he created "Scrubs," the story notes. The…
"Gilmore Girls" writer Jennie Snyder Urman and "Pushing Daisies" executive producer Dan Jinks have received a pilot order from the CW for "First Cut," a medical drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The drama, which will have a comedic bent,…
A talk show built around a popular reality television star, previously reported as dead, is back on, with some Fox stations setting a summer test for the program, B&C reports. The show starring Bethenny Frankel will get a six-week run…
Paul Feig, director of last summer’s big hit comedy "Bridesmaids," has signed on to direct a high-profile HBO pilot, reports Deadline.com. Feig joins "The Viagra Diaries," which is being written for television by "Sex and the City" creator Darren Star,…
The late Brandon Tartikoff, who was the youngest programming chief in NBC’s history, will have his letters and papers donated to the University of Southern California, reports TheWrap.com. The collection of Tartikoff’s correspondence from his NBC days, as well as…
The longtime publicist for a TV chef has resigned from her position amid a controversy over a drug endorsement, the New York Post reports. Nancy Assuncao, who has been Paula Deen’s publicist for six years, apparently quit over Deen’s deal…
The Weather Channel has appointed a new chairman and chief executive officer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The position is being taken by David Kenny, the story reports. Kenny was most recently the president of Akamai, a tech company, is…
Jay Leno has come under fire after some viewers were offended by a gag that appeared in Thursday’s broadcast of NBC’s "Tonight Show," reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. A bit during Leno’s monologue showed what appeared to be…