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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.
Approval of the Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal is taking longer to work its way through the federal regulatory process than the companies had hoped, and now the word is the deal will be delayed at least until next month,…
A diner that inspired both a feature film and a television sitcom has received a makeover that pays tribute to its role in pop culture, USA Today reports. The site of the restaurant that inspired Mel’s Diner on the CBS…
If you’re thinking that MTV U might be expected to choose a popular singer such as Justin Bieber as its Man of the Year, think again. MTV’s college network made a political choice and named Robert Gates, secretary of Defense,…
NBC’s ratings were the “least bad” among the broadcast networks on a Tuesday night marked by mostly repeat programming and weak numbers overall, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. NBC wound up with an average rating of 2.3 for the night in the 18-49…
TVWeek will publish its newsletters as usual during the holidays, with the exception of Friday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 31. The TVBizwire, E-Daily and Viral Video newsletters will be put out as usual Monday-Thursday during these two weeks. As…
One of the programs on cable this week has cracked the top ten of most-viewed programs EVER on cable, reports The Hollywood Reporter. According to the article, the "Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings match up on ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’ [on…
TLC’s "Sarah Palin’s Alaska" has been successful enough that the network is trying to convince the former Alaska governor to sign up for a second season, reports Rob Shuter at the AOL-owned PopEater Naughty But Nice blog. Writes Shuter: " ‘Sarah knows…
The three-week test run of Debmar-Mercury and Fox’s "Fran Drescher" ended last week, with an average 0.6 rating and 2 share in metered markets, representing a 25% drop from its time period and lead-in a year earlier, reports B&C. The…
WSOC-TV, an ABC-affiliated station in Charlotte, North Carolina, had its 5 p.m. newscast forced off the air for almost an hour after a woman walked into the studios and put a gun to her head, reports the Charlotte Observer. Anchor…
New York’s WNBC-TV may be getting a new weekend anchor at the station, reports our friend Richard Huff at the New York Daily News. According to the article WNBC is talking with Boston weekend co-anchor Shiba Russell, who has told her…