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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.
FX announced that it has ordered 13 episodes of a high-powered drama series from “Nip/Tuck” and “Glee” producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. The show is “American Horror Story,” which has a top cast lined up that includes Dylan McDermott,…
The News Corp. telephone hacking scandal grew even bigger over the weekend, as the head of Scotland Yard resigned and a top executive of News Corp.–who had just resigned from the company on Friday–was arrested by British authorities. The New…
The direct-to-DVD production "The Real Housewives of the Bible" is not a Bravo production and may be infringing on the network’s trademark, reports TMZ.com. The creator of "Housewives of the Bible," Ty Adams, apparently produced the project without authorization from…
Howie Mandel is converting a Danish reality show concept for American television, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show is "Celebrity Stand-Up," which features stars who have never done stand-up before as they try to work up stand-up routines. Participants…
Sunday night’s fourth-season premiere of an award-winning AMC drama scored big numbers for the cable net, according to Multichannel News. The "Breaking Bad" opener drew 2.6 million total viewers, up 32% from the 1.9 million who tuned in for the…
TNT has canceled a critically acclaimed series just a week after one of its stars received a nomination for an Emmy, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The show is "Men of a Certain Age," which has struggled…
A key executive at HBO, who has been with the pay-cable network for 33 years, has announced he is stepping down from his post, reports The New York Times‘ Richard Sandomir. Ross Greenburg said he’s leaving his post as head…
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences have announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual News and Documentary Emmys. CBS leads all comers with 34 nominees, edging out PBS, with 32 nominees. NBC with 19 nods is next, followed…
A game show taping has led to the death of a 61-year-old man, the Associated Press reports. The victim was a pedestrian in Vancouver, B.C., who died after being hit by a car used in the Canadian version of "Cash…
Ad buyers continue to have confidence in a fledgling cable network despite a ratings performance that had the channel ending its first quarter as the No. 45 cable net in prime time and then slipping even lower, to No. 73,…