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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.
A month ago Bravo executive Andy Cohen declared that there would be no further spinoffs of the "Real Houswives" franchise. But now it appears the network has had a change of heart. The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that auditions…
After a banner year for Netflix, in which its stock price more than tripled and it added 8 million customers, Chief Executive Reed Hastings had his 2010 compensation doubled to $5.5 million, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog….
Following the news that filmmaker Tim Hetherington was killed Wednesday in a combat zone in Libya, it was announced that his Oscar-nominated documentay “Restrepo” will have an encore airing on cable. National Geographic Channel announced that it will run the…
One of the stars of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” is suffering from a painful medical condition, the Los Angeles Times reports. The star is actress Teri Hatcher, who is suffering from a frozen shoulder, according to the story. The ailment causes…
The latest target of Donald Trump’s anger is Jerry Seinfeld, who canceled an appearance for Trump’s son’s charity as a protest against Trump’s “birther” campaign, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Seinfeld canceled an appearance scheduled for September with…
A writer who had a famous confrontation with Oprah Winfrey in 2006 has agreed to return to be one of the last guests on her syndicated show, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. James Frey will appear on the…
Jennifer Lopez is working on a new show, and it may have implications for the future of “American Idol.” The new reality project featuring J.Lo and Marc Antony touring Latin America to search for musical talent will be pitched to…
It was close to 50 years ago that then-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton Minow made his famous speech in which he coined the term "vast wasteland" referring to much of the programming on TV. In a provocative guest blog in…
A cable channel is about to begin shooting a pilot it has purchased from one of the stars of the Fox musical show “Glee,” Deadline.com reports. "Glee" star Chris Colfer, who won a Golden Globe this year for his role…
Three months after its debut, CNN’s "Piers Morgan Tonight" hit a new ratings low Tuesday night with 77,000 viewers in the 25-54 demo, reports TVNewser.com. That total put the show in fourth place behind “Dr. Drew” on HLN. The show’s…