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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.
In a ruling televised live on a number of cable news channels, an angry judge strongly chided Dr. Conrad Murray in a Los Angeles courtroom today before giving him the maximum sentence for his conviction on a charge of involuntary…
A cable channel has unveiled a slate of programming announcements, including renewals for seven series and plans for eight new shows, Multichannel News reports. The channel is Travel Channel, which renewed “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations,” “Ghost Adventures,” “The Dead Files,”…
Ratings results are in for November sweeps, and it’s a split vote, with one network taking the key demo while another network won total viewers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. For the sweeps period of Oct. 28-Nov. 23, Fox won…
Lifetime has taken the wraps off details about the upcoming “Project Runway All Stars,” which will bring back 13 former “Project Runway” designers. The show will premiere Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The network said in its…
Warner Bros. Domestic Television announced today that it has appointed a vice president of Affiliate Marketing and Co-Op. The position is going to Judy Mitchell, it was announced by Susan Kantor, executive VP of Marketing for Warner Bros. Domestic Television…
An Emmy-winning drama will be back for its third season starting in January, according to plans just released by the cable channel that airs the show. FX unveiled plans for the Emmy-winning series "Justified" along with plans for the animated…
The most searched celebrity of the year isn’t someone who has been trying to make headlines, according to a Top 10 list that was just released. The list of the most searched people on Bing has Justin Bieber on top,…
After failing to attract a major station group, one entry in the crowded syndicated talk show field has died in development. A syndicated talk show that was being built around reality TV star Bethenny Frankel is being scrapped, according to…
The biggest threat to the television industry isn’t consumers who cut their cable-TV subscriptions, warns a Credit Suisse analyst, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. A greater threat is young people who never sign up for a…
A software giant has reportedly taken steps toward getting into scripted television, according to Deadline.com. Microsoft has tapped a headhunter to find an executive to hire as head of scripted, according to the story. The move comes as the tech…