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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.
HBO is developing a new star vehicle for James Gandolfini, reports Deadline.com. The new project is a series called "Big Dead Place," a comedic drama based on a memoir by Nicholas Johnson about working for the U.S. Antarctic Program. The…
Zooey Deschanel’s character on Fox’s "New Girl" has been given a love interest, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Justin Long, the actor known as the Mac Guy in the Apple television ads, has been cast in the…
The government’s conditions placed on NBCUniversal’s takeover by Comcast were approved by a federal judge, amounting to an approval of the deal, reports the Associated Press. The judge also tacked on two years of court oversight. U.S. District Judge Richard…
Mediacom Chairman Rocco Commisso is scolding the Federal Communications Commission over what he says is a failure to push hard enough for new retransmission rules, reports TheWrap.com. In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Commisso writes that he had…
Viewers are protesting an episode of TLC’s "Toddlers & Tiaras" after it featured a mom, Lindsay Jackson, who dressed her 4-year-old, Maddy, as singer Dolly Parton, including fake breasts and buttocks, reports the New York Post. “Where is child protective…
With her website traffic down since she left daytime television, Oprah Winfrey will meet with top tech executives next week to learn about the future of the Web and how to tap into social media, reports the New York Post….
Netflix was served a big blow when Starz said Thursday that it won’t renew its distribution deal with the online streaming service, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The deal will expire on Feb. 28, 2012. Netflix’s stock…
AMC will go ahead with a pair of new series, including “Secret Stash,” the comic book store reality show from film director Kevin Smith, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The cable net has also greenlighted “JJK Security,” another reality series,…
Showtime has announced that it is bringing back a dramedy series for another season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cancer-themed “The Big C” will return for season three. The channel has 10 new episodes in the works, with a premiere…
United Airlines is reportedly looking into a complaint by an actor who appeared on the Showtime sitcom “Barbershop,” who says he was kicked off a United flight because he’s black, TMZ.com reports. Michael Colyar, who played Leonard on the show…