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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.
Back in May, NBC announced 13 new shows to its 2o10-11 season, and 10 of those have debuted and either failed or floundered, reports Joe Adalian in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. But what about the other three shows that…
One of the contestants on "American Idol," who was eleminated on Thursday night, Feb. 24, 2011, has an unusual background. One of her parents was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army that kidnapped Patty Hearst on Feb. 4, 1974, reports the LA Times’ Now blog….
With "American Idol" dominating Thursday night’s ratings, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ dropped 11% in the 18-49 demo, and "CSI" was down 7% to a series low in the demo, reports TVBytheNumbers.com. On the positive side of the ledger, "30 Rock" was up…
Court documents filed in a lawsuit allege that former News Corp. executive Judith Regan–who was with News. Corp. division HarperCollins–accused Roger Ailes, currently president of Fox News Channel and chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group, of urging Regan to…
Al Antsey, managing director of the Al-Jazeera English-language news network, has met with officials from Comcast, hoping to convice the biggest cable operator in the U.S. to carry the network, reports Bob Fernandez in the Philadelphia Inquirer. According to the…
The fate of the $4 billion dollars that flow from broadcast and cable networks into the coffers of the National Football League is in the hands of a U.S. District Judge for the moment, reports Bloomberg. According to the story,…
A new contract has been signed between ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts for the annual Oscar telecast, reports B&C. The new deal will keep the show on ABC through 2020, the story says. The current agreement was set to…
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has made its first series renewal since its January debut, giving a thumbs up to Lisa Ling’s documentary series "Our America," reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The second episode of the program, which…
Disney Junior Worldwide has tapped Nancy Kanter as general manager, adding her new role to her current job as senior vice president, original programming, reports B&C. In the newly created position, Kanter will oversee the newly debuted Disney Junior brand…
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences are combining two separate Emmy categories into one, the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog reports. According to the article, ATAS said in a statement, "The number of entries in the miniseries category over…