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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.
ESPN has decided to permanently drop the Hank Williams Jr. musical opening for "Monday Night Football," following the musician’s comments on Fox News in which he appeared to compare President Obama to Adolf Hitler, reports The Huffington Post. In a…
The actor who plays "Mad Men" leading man Don Draper says he wasn’t a shoe-in for the part, according to The Hollywood Reporter, citing a podcast interview with Jon Hamm. "The casting directors didn’t know who I was. I wasn’t…
NBC has given a script commitment to a family comedy starring Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. Most of us know him as Snoop Dogg. The rapper will play the father in the project, reports Deadline.com, which was set up at Warner Bros….
A pay hike is on tap for cast members of one of Bravo’s “Real Housewives” shows following a shakeup in the cast. "Real Housewives of New York" veterans LuAnn de Lesseps and Ramona Singer will see their salaries almost double…
Facebook has more than 800 million users. But, somehow, your brand isn’t really reaching the vast majority of them. In this fascinating entry by TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, we get to probe the mind–thanks to a presentation at…
"X-Men: First Class" and "Thor" co-writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are writing a script for Fox, reports our friend Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. It’s a fantasy novel adaptation has received a pre-emptive buy from Fox, which has given a script commitment…
Marking his first sponsorship since the scandal that followed his November 2009 car crash, Tiger Woods has signed a deal to endorse luxury watchmaker Rolex Group, reports Bloomberg. Terms of the agreement weren’t released by Rolex, while Woods’ agent didn’t…
Discovery Communications is investing additional millions to promote Oprah Winfrey’s cable network and to draw new viewers, reports the New York Post. Discovery also plans to simultaneously air the debuts of two new OWN shows on five Discovery networks, the…
Eddie Murphy’s new action comedy "Tower Heist" will be available in some markets via video-on-demand just three weeks after it debuts in theaters — but at a hefty price, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The movie, which…
CBS announced in a tweet that it has picked up one of its freshman sitcoms for a full-season order, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “2 Broke Girls,” which has been performing well as the lead-out to “Two and a Half…