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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 new over-the-air television channel is in the works from a group headed by former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and Martin Luther King III, B&C reports. Bounce TV, based in Atlanta, is aimed at African-American viewers, primarily in the 25-54…
After the unscripted show "Mobbed" performed well in its Thursday debut, Fox is ordering eight more episodes of the show hosted and executive produced by Howie Mandel, reports B&C. The debut episode earned a 3.8 rating among viewers 18 to…
TiVo is reporting that an "unauthorized person" gained access to email addresses and the first names of its customers after a security breach into a database, according to Multichannel News. TiVo said the security breach happened at a third-party marketing…
Citing the successful takeover of NBCUniversal, Comcast announced that it boosted Chief Executive Brian Roberts’ 2010 pay, reports Bloomberg. The company increased Roberts’ compensation by 14% to $31.1 million, according to the story. Roberts and other Comcast executives "successfully managed…
CBS’s new spy show "CHAOS" debuted Friday to disappointing ratings, TVLine.com reported. The show did lead its 8 p.m. time slot with a modest 6.43 million total viewers, but it struggled in the key 18-49 demo, averaging only a 1.1…
Fox Networks and National Geographic are working together to debut a new cable network, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The network will be a Spanish-language channel, part of an effort by the companies to tap into the…
NBC is buying "Fashion Star," a new prime-time reality show from Electus, the production company of Ben Silverman, who used to be NBC’s top programmer, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The story notes that…
The wayward Bronx Zoo Egyptian cobra, despite having been found by zoo officials and returned to its cage, remains an Internet sensation, with a Facebook presence, a series of humorous tweets and a campaign to have the snake host NBC’s…
Donald Trump, the host of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” who has been widely reported to be contemplating a presidential bid in 2012, has landed a pulpit on cable news, according to The Huffington Post. Fox News announced Thursday that the weekday…
Katie Holmes appears to be taking the incident in stride, but the wife of Tom Cruise and mom of almost 4-year-old Suri Cruise has had some explaining to do after photos surfaced on the Internet showing Suri with a box…