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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.
Recent casting of older actors such as Don Johnson and Tim Allen on TV pilots may mean that broadcast networks are more open to shows starring actors in their late 50s and in their 60s, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com….
The headline says it all. We could not find any news stories that carried any details of the deal, other than the reports saying that terms were not disclosed. Dish had claimed at the beginning of the dispute that LIN…
Charlie Sheen says he is taking his one-man show on the road, and two dates for “Charlie Sheen Live: My Violent Torpedo of Truth” are already scheduled, People magazine reports. The first two dates are April 2 in Detroit and…
The latest novelist to try his hand at TV is Salman Rushdie, who gained worldwide fame in the 1980s when Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him and Rushdie went into hiding, Deadline.com reports. Rushdie is writing the script…
"American Idol" finalist Casey Abrams returned to the hospital, causing him to miss Thursday’s Top 13 results show, reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. Abrams reportedly suffers from ulcerative colitis. Abrams, 20, had checked into the hospital two weeks ago, complaining of…
Two influential Hollywood executives may be stepping down from Hulu’s board, giving Chief Executive Jason Kilar more freedom to run the business, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey and Walt Disney…
TeenNick will revive a slate of older Nickelodeon favorites for a new retro lineup, Entertainment Weekly reports. Shows to be featured include “All That,” “Clarissa Explains It All,” “Rugrats” and “The Amanda Show.” The shows will be aired in a…
Joel Surnow, the producer of the troubled miniseries "The Kennedys," tells the Los Angeles Times‘ Show Tracker blog that he blames Democratic bigwigs for blocking the project from airing on the History network. Surnow said his own political leanings as…
“American Idol” slipped in the ratings Thursday night, falling 21% in adults 18-49 from the numbers it scored with its two-hour episode a week ago. But “Idol” still was easily the night’s top show and Fox still took home a…