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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.
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell gave what was probably unwanted publicity to rival Fox News Tuesday night after Fox pulled the plug on its online “Behind the Breaks” segments. The reason, according to O’Donnell, was this potentially embarrassing glimpse at behind-the-scenes…
The former president of ABC News, who was behind the hiring of Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel and Sam Donaldson, among other well-known news broadcasters, has died, the Associated Press reports. Elmer Lower was 98. Lower tripled the size of ABC’s…
A relative unknown who became a sensation at the royal wedding in April — and who has been a staple of the tabloids ever since — will be the subject of a TV special, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Pippa…
This news was first reported by Nellie Andreeva at Deadine.com; later James Hibberd at EW.com’s Inside TV blog said that his sources had confirmed Andreeva’s report. Andreeva’s report adds, "There is speculation that [three-time Academy Award nominee Frank] Darabont might…
Allegations continue to surface that CNN host Piers Morgan knew about the phone-hacking techniques used at British tabloids, reports Lloyd Grove at the Daily Beast. In a BBC radio interview from 2009, Morgan admitted to knowing about some of the…
A movie director known for his offbeat films is working on a daily half-hour syndicated talk show that would combine comedy and celebrity chat, reports Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. Kevin Smith, whose movies include “Clerks” and…
Fox is putting limits on the online streaming of its shows via Hulu and Fox.com, requiring viewers to enter a login and password to prove they have a paid television subscription, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. The…
The first four seasons of AMC’s "Mad Men" begin streaming on Netflix today, the result of an April deal between Lionsgate and the DVD rental and streaming company, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Additional seasons of the popular AMC program…
Comcast is taking steps to ratchet up revenue from its popular on-demand service by "dynamically" inserting advertisements into the shows, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. Previously, advertisements on VOD shows could be changed only monthly, the story says. But new technology…
Anderson Cooper, appearing at the semiannual Television Critics Association press tour, addressed concerns that his work for CNN could impact his upcoming daytime talk show — with breaking stories forcing him to report for CNN from almost anywhere in the…