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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.
The controversial Super Bowl commercials from Groupon, including the Timothy Hutton spot about Tibet, that became the target of viewer complaints, will be changed, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. As we previously reported, the ad from Groupon showed Timothy…
Production on CBS’ "NCIS" was suspended after a guard was struck and killed by an out-of-control van during filming on Wednesday, reports TheWrap.com’s TheBox blog. The van’s 60-year old driver suffered a medical condition and struck the guard, who was…
In the video, EW’s Dalton Ross is in Nicaragua right before the season started filming last August, interviewing Boston Rob Mariano . Unbeknownst to Rob, Russell Hantz is also one of the contestants. Russell surprises Rob, and then the two…
ABC announced today that national ads for the 83rd running of the race for Oscar gold is sold out. The Academy Awards telecast will be on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, and some of the advertisers who will run ads in…
Five major marketers who are members of the Association of National Advertisers have joined with cable consortium Canoe to study interactive advertising. According to our good friend Joe Mandese at MediaPost, who is covering the ANA’s TV and Everything Video…
A drama pilot about a psychiatric unit has been ordered by Fox, reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. Called "Weekends at Bellevue," the story is based on a book by Julie Holland, MD, the article notes. The focus of the drama is…
Donald Trump told Piers Morgan on Wednesday night, Feb. 9, 2011 that he’s seriously considering running for president of the United States in 2012, and that he’ll make a definitive decision by June, 2011. Trump told Morgan that he loves this…
NBC has already started early renewal discussions with "Law & Order: SVU" stars Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni, with the show’s outgoing showrunner saying he believes the pair will return for the show’s 13th season,reports TVLine.com. “They’re as committed to…
The 3D television channel that’s a partnership between Sony, Discovery and IMAX, will debut this Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, reports the New York Post. The network is called 3net and it will broadcast programs about the 3D experience as well as shows…
Actress Lindsay Lohan was formally charged Wednesday with felony grand theft in connection with the alleged theft of a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store in Venice, Calif., People magazine reported. The L.A. District Attorney confirmed that one felony count…