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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.
The NBA announced Monday night that it has canceled the first two weeks of the season as league and union officials failed to come to agreement on how to divide $4 billion in league revenue, reports The New York Times….
Showtime has a new drama in the works from an Oscar-nominated director and an Emmy-nominated writer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new project from "Precious" director Lee Daniels and "Temple Grandin" writer Merritt Johnson focuses on New York’s lesbian,…
The proxy advisory firm Insitutional Shareholder Services has a recommendation for News Corp. shareholders: Vote out the Murdochs and 10 other directors, reports Bloomberg. ISS, which advises more than 1,700 investors on corporate governance issues, has recommended that shareholders vote…
The explosive fourth-season finale of AMC’s critically acclaimed "Breaking Bad" was the show’s most watched season ender in its history. Sunday’s 10 p.m. telecast drew an average of 1.9 million viewers, reports TheWrap.com, with a total of 2.9 million tuning…
Netflix appears to have lost whatever good will it once had on Wall Street, as the market reacted negatively to the latest move by the company. Netflix shares fell 4.8% Monday after the company announced it would scrap its Qwikster…
One of the judges on "American Idol" has had a show picked up by VH1, Deadline.com reports. The cable network also picked up a show from fashionista Corri McFadden, according to the report. “Idol” judge Randy Jackson has teamed with…
Following news that CBS has stopped production on "How to Be A Gentleman," as previously reported, the network has announced that beginning Oct. 20 "Rules of Engagement" will return to the Thursday 8:30 p.m. time slot, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. CBS yanked…
Hank Williams Jr. lashes out at Fox News and ESPN in a song he says he wrote and recorded Friday, USA Today reports. The song was expected be available on iTunes as soon as late today. Williams attacks the two…
The wedding of former Beatle Paul McCartney over the weekend triggered noise complaints by neighbors and brought the police to the late-night party, the Associated Press reports. Authorities said McCartney agreed to turn down the volume after the early Monday…
A new breed of programs is poised to become the Next Big Thing on television, and it appears to be sparked by tough economic times, the New York Post reports. The latest trend has been toward reality shows about people…