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Chuck Ross

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.

PBS Plans American Invasion in Britain

PBS will bring American public broadcasting to the U.K. via a digital channel that will show its older and current shows in Britain, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. PBS, which is known for airing…

CNN Says It’s Standing Behind Piers Morgan as Scrutiny Intensifies in Hacking Scandal

CNN said it’s backing Piers Morgan as scrutiny grows over his role as a tabloid editor in Britain, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Please note that the WSJ has a pay wall and not all readers may be able to…

CBS O&O’s Pick Up ‘Comics Unleashed’ for Two More Seasons

Entertainment Studios announced that the CBS owned-and-operated stations in the top three markets have renewed “Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen” for two more seasons. The series follows “Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” in all three markets, and now has…

Bad Omen for Google TV: More Set-Top Boxes Are Being Returned Than Kept

More Logitech set-top boxes running Google TV have been returned than have been kept, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. In response, Logitech is dropping the price of its Revue set-top boxes to $99 from $250 "to accelerate adoption…

Record Number of Shows to Tape in New York

A record number of television productions will shoot this month in New York City, reports the New York Post. The story reports that 23 shows will tape in the Big Apple this month. "Times Square, the Empire State Building, a…

Discovery Rolls Out a Slate of New Reality Series

Discovery Channel has unveiled a lineup of new reality shows featuring subject matter as diverse as drugs, cars, guns and dinosaurs, Multichannel News reports. During its presentation Friday at the Television Critics Association press tour, the cable channel revealed plans…

Head of Programming Is Out at Oxygen

Oxygen’s head of programming has left the cable network after more than three years in the position, reports Deadline.com. Amy Introcaso-Davis stepped down as senior VP of original programming and development at Oxygen Media. Introcaso-Davis came to Oxygen from sister…

NBC’s John Grisham Series Casts Female Lead

An actress from “Deadwood” will have the lead role opposite Josh Lucas in NBC’s upcoming John Grisham legal drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Molly Parker has been cast to play Abby in “The Firm.” Jeanne Tripplehorn had the role…

Is ‘Two and a Half Men’ Creator Chuck Lorre Plotting a Surprise to Tick Off Charlie Sheen?

Since Ashton Kutcher signed on to take over for Charlie Sheen on CBS’s hit sitcom "Two and a Half Men," the assumption has been that Kutcher will play a new character. However, today TVLine.com’s Matt Webb Mitovich floated the theory…

BBC America Orders Drama Series From ‘Oz’ Creator

BBC America announced Thursday that it has made a 10-episode order for its first original scripted drama series, Deadline.com reports. The show is “Copper,” co-created by Tom Fontana, the creator of HBO’s acclaimed “Oz,” and Will Rokos (“Monster’s Ball”). The…