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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.
While some have said that cable needs to most pay attention to how Netflix continually is upgrading its various offerings, at least one analyst says the company cable should really be watching is Apple. Writes our friend David Lieberman at Deadline.com, Citigroup Investment Research’s…
Two arrests have been made in what appears to be a murder plot involving a well-known singer, MTV.com reported. The arrests were made in Devon, England, near the home of British singer Joss Stone. Two men were arrested on suspicion…
"One of the mothers who shot to fame overnight on MTV’s hit reality show "Teen Mom" was taken to an Indiana hospital after an apparent suicide attempt," ABC News is reporting. However, the story says what it actually has confirmed…
Comedy Central has announced the renewal of its highest-rated show, and it’s not the show that many viewers might think. The cable channel’s top show is NOT the high-profile “Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” but the lower-profile–and higher-rated–“Tosh.0,” reports EW.com’s…
There’s a hidden cost to the increasingly ubiquitous digital video recorder and other set-top boxes, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Greenspace blog. That’s the $3 billion in energy that the devices are costing consumers annually–with about $2 billion of it…
"American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez commented on the issue of whether she will return to the Fox program next year, reports the Associated Press. However, her comments were far from conclusive. The bottom line: She hasn’t decided, according to the…
The percentage of TV pilot production taking place in Los Angeles is declining, and much of it appears to be heading to a certain East Coast city, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. That city is New…
The success of Fox’s "Glee" hasn’t translated to Oxygen’s reality show "The Glee Project," which tracks "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy as he looks for a new cast member for the Fox hit, reports Joe Adalian in New York Magazine’s Vulture…
Actors from two broadcast shows will star in a Lifetime movie about an accused murderer, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. "Parks and Recreation" star Rob Lowe and "The Big Bang Theory" actress Kaley Cuoco have joined…
With more consumers choosing to watch television shows via their iPads and other mobile devices, the advertising market for mobile TV is poised to surge to $1.4 billion in 2015 from $370 million last year, reports Nat Ives in Advertising…