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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.
Recently, Netflix received lots of flak for raising the price of some of its services. In this hard-hitting entry by TVWeek Open Mic blogger–and PR guru–Arthur Sando, he puts it on the line, telling Netflix what it needs to do to regain face…
A TV movie that drew 7.6 million viewers Friday night is the most-watched cable movie of the year, reports Deadline.com. The movie is Disney Channel’s "Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension," an offshoot of the popular Disney television series…
Starz has joined forces with a partner to create and distribute original drama series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Starz and BBC have formed a multiyear partnership, with titles yet to be announced, the story reports. The shows will be…
A show features identical twin sisters from different backgrounds, with the sister from a humbler start taking on the identity of her wealthier sister. Sounds like Sarah Michelle Gellar’s "Ringer" on the CW? It’s also the premise of ABC Family’s…
The producers of the remake of "Charlie’s Angels" said the stars of the original program may appear on the show, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. “Once we’ve established our show in terms of what our series is, there is definitely room…
"It may be a first for the Television Critics Association press tour. During a raucous and profanity filled panel with ‘Rescue Me’ co-creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan and series stars Steven Pasquale and Callie Thorne, Tolan actually dropped trou…
Felicity Huffman, who plays Lynette on ABC’s Desperate Housewives, told reporters Sunday night that she thinks the show could have gone one more season after the 2011-12 one, though the network announced that this upcoming season will be the show’s swan…
Tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, would have been the 100th birthday of the person Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic Tom Shales once heartily endorsed as "Television’s Biggest Star." And it shouldn’t be hard to find and watch–over the weekend–TV shows in which she starred….
An actress who danced with John Travolta in the 1978 movie “Grease” has died due to complications from cancer, TMZ.com reports. Annette Charles, best known for her role as Cha Cha DiGregorio in “Grease,” was 63. Charles died Wednesday night…
Steve Carell, fresh off his successful run as the boss on NBC’s “The Office,” has his next project lined up — and this time it might include cuss words. That’s because the project is headed for pay cable, with Showtime…