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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.
One of the stars of AMC’s wildly successful "Mad Men" said he believes the show should end, and adds that the series will only have three more seasons, reports the BBC. Jon Hamm commented on delays in production of the…
"30 Rock" co-star Tina Fey and NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt reacted to Tracy Morgan’s recent homophobic rant in Nashville, with Fey calling his comments "disturbing," reports Deadline.com. Greenblatt, the first openly gay person to run a broadcast network, said…
If you think there’s a lot more bleeping going on in television lately, it’s not your imagination, reports the Los Angeles Times‘ Melissa Maerz. The F-word was bleeped or muted 276 times during 2010, compared with just 11 times in…
Upfront sales for cable networks may wind up at least 15% higher than last year, bringing total sales commitments to $9.4 billion and eclipsing broadcast TV for the first time, reports Jon Lafayette in B&C. With the cable upfront already…
While Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts says NBCUniversal’s $4.4 billion deal to telecast the next four Olympics will prove profitable, some others aren’t so sure, reports Bloomberg. Comcast plans to make money by charging higher distribution fees for broadcast stations…
Fox Business Network hired a Barack Obama impersonator to take part in a "debate" with presidential candidate Gary Johnson, former New Mexico governor, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The debate was featured on "Media Matters for America" with host John…
MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski openly pitched moving their show to CNN when they ran into Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes, reports the New York Post. Scarborough reportedly told Bewkes, whose company is the corporate parent…
In a move that ratchets up its rivalry with PBS, Nickelodeon is getting into the homework game with the July introduction of a set of math homework kits, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The…
Apple said it’s recalling an "extremely small number" of iPad 2’s because of a problem connecting to Verizon Wireless’ network, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. The recall affects iPad 2’s that were made with duplicate identifying numbers, which…
NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt is close to hiring a top executive "in an entertainment president capacity under entertainment chairman Greenblatt and may also have oversight of Universal Media Studios," reports Deadline.com. The executive, according to the report, is 20th…