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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.
Hulu is on pace to almost double its revenue to $500 million in 2011 and to increase its subscriber base to more than 1 million, according to a blog post written by Hulu Chief Executive Jason Kilar. "It is still…
MTV Networks announced today that a new president has been named at MTV. The announcement was made by Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music & Logo Group. Stephen K. Friedman has been promoted to president of MTV after serving…
A popular host of a network morning show reportedly plans to leave the program, but the network is trying to get her to change her mind, TVGuide.com reports. After five years at NBC’s "Today," Meredith Vieira’s contract expires in September….
With three new stars tapped to appear in the season finale of NBC’s "The Office," speculation is that one of them might replace outgoing Steve Carell, who plays boss Michael Scott, reports TVLine.com. The stars are Ray Romano, James Spader…
Dish Network has snatched bankrupt Blockbuster away from an investor group led by Carl Icahn, lodging the winning bid of $320 million in the early-morning hours Wednesday, TheStreet.com reported. Icahn’s group had temporarily been the frontrunner with a bid of…
With several cast members yet to sign contracts for the next season of MTV’s "Jersey Shore," the program’s planned trip to film in Italy has been delayed by a month, reports RadarOnline.com. Producers are also having difficulty signing on venues…
A show aimed at young viewers got a huge audience and wound up beating everything else on cable last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards were watched by 7.3 million viewers, making…
HLN received a time period boost with the debut of "Dr. Drew," the new prime-time series from Dr. Drew Pinsky, reports B&C. The series debut drew 401,000 viewers for its April 4 premiere, the article notes. That represents a 24%…
Sony Pictures Television has signed a three-year overall deal with "The Shield" creator Shawn Ryan, reports Deadline.com. The deal will begin June 1, when his current contract with 20th Century Fox TV expires, the article notes. Ryan is finishing two…
George R.R. Martin, the author of "Game of Thrones," has apparently inadvertently become embroiled in a war of words with "Lost" showrunner Damon Lindelof, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Martin, in an interview with The New Yorker magazine, said he…