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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.
Comcast and Time Warner have agreed to a streaming deal that will place networks TBS, TNT,. Cartoon Network and CNN online, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog, calling the arrangement a first-of-its-kind deal. The contract is part of the companies’ vision…
The CW has picked up four pilots, whose topics range from zombies to attorneys, reports TVLine.com. "Awakening" follows two sisters who "come of age" during a zombie uprising, while "Hart of Dixie," from Josh Schwartz of "Chuck" and Stephanie Savage…
Carson Daly has closed a deal to host NBC’s "The Voice," which is set to go head-to-head against Ryan Seacrest and "American Idol" in the spring, reports Deadline.com. In this article, Nellie Andreeva writes, "The show, in which contestants vie…
Becki Newton of NBC’s supposedly forthcoming "Love Bites" has received an offer to star in a comedy pilot, writes James Hibberd at EW.com’s InsideTV blog. It’s just more evidence that "Love Bites" may never see the light of day. Though Hibberd…
After a slight hitch in their giddy-up (apologies to Dan Rather), the folks at TNT have finally signed Larry Hagman to play oil baron J.R. Ewing in their remake of that famous TV spread, "Dallas." Hagman will be joined by…
Ricky Gervais finally spoke to a reporter today to clear up who said what to him about hosting the Golden Globes again next year. According to Bryan Alexander inThe Hollywood Reporter, Gervais said that NBC’s Doug Vaughan, senior vp special…
After losing its perch at History Channel, the miniseries "The Kennedys" has found a home, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project has been acquired by ReelzChannel, the story reports. The miniseries, executive produced by "24’s" Joel Surnow and starring…
CBS is partnering with Warner Bros. to remake a Stephen King classic, reports The Hollywood Reporter. But this time King’s "The Stand," which was aired as a six-hour mini-series on ABC in 1994, will get the big screen treatment. According to the…
After the recent Ricky Gervais fiasco at the Golden Globes, it came as a shock today when word surfaced that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which puts on the awards, wanted Gervais back to host next year’s ceremony. However, the…
ABC was the top network on a slow Monday night in the ratings, riding the strength of one of its long-running reality franchises to a narrow victory over CBS’s all-repeat lineup, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. “The Bachelor,” which aired for two hours,…