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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.
DirecTV and Panasonic have announced that they will fund six short films as part of a 3D film festival, which will help develop content for the 3D channel n3D, a partnership of the two companies, Multichannel News reported. Six filmmakers…
Presenting its programming lineup Tuesday at the upfronts, History Channel made the announcement that it is greenlighting three new unscripted shows, Deadline.com reported. History also unveiled plans for the miniseries “The Men Who Built America.” The new unscripted shows are…
CBS News has made the official announcement naming "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley to replace Katie Couric as anchor of the "CBS Evening News." Jeff Fager, CBS News chairman and "60 Minutes" executive producer, and David Rhodes, president of CBS News,…
The first round of the NBA playoffs delivered record-setting viewership numbers for TNT, reports Multichannel News. TNT averaged 4.18 million viewers and a 2.7 U.S. household rating over the course of 23 games, up 32% in viewers and 29% in…
Lifetime today rolled out a programming slate for 2011-12 featuring an aggressive lineup of originals, including two new scripted dramas. The network also announced pickups of 11 unscripted shows. The new dramas are “The Protector,” starring Ally Walker and Tisha…
As the broadcast networks scrambled to cover the killing of Osama bin Laden, one of the Big 3 nets separated itself from the pack with an exclusive look at the Pakistani mansion where the terrorist leader was killed by U.S….
Oprah Winfrey said via Twitter that she faced a dilemma over her interview with President Obama, which was taped before Osama bin Laden’s death but aired one day after the news broke, reports the New York Post. "Show will feel…
Donald Trump has a charitable foundation attacking him as part of the fallout from the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, where “Saturday Night Live” star Seth Meyers aimed some of his jokes at Trump, prompting Trump to fire back. The…
Is it life imitating art or art imitating life? Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin catches up on the TV show that, probably more than any other, has mirrored America’s fight against terrorism since it premiered in the days after 9/11….
Ryan Seacrest is developing a rival singing competition show to "American Idol" with NBC, reports the New York Post. Seacrest and his production company are developing "another music concept, which is a totally different kind of competition show," said Paul…