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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.
A real-life version of ‘Baywatch’ is coming to cable TV. The name of the show is "Bondi Rescue," and it debuts in late-night this coming Monday, Dec. 13, at 11 p.m. ET/PT on Fox Sports’ Fuel TV. "The mesmerizing ‘Bondi…
A coalition of Latino groups are charging four major TV networks with failing to improve diversity both in front of and behind the camera, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. "This was a terrible year for Latinos at the networks,"…
The Federal Communications Commission is about is issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking about retransmission consent, John Eggerton at B&C reports. Given the contentious retrans battles this year between distributors and programmers, this rulemaking procedure surprises no one. More directly,…
One of the projects ABC has in development as a musical series is described as "St. Elmo’s Fire" meets "Rent," reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. And that untitled project comes attached with four-time Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken ("The Little Mermaid," Beauty and…
In a test of premium pricing, some DVD rental kiosks have raised the first night rental price to $3, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The kiosk’s, found under the Blockbuster brand, on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, started renting…
Netflix is in early discussions with a pay-TV service to extend Netflix’s online-streaming arrangement, reports our friend Claire Atkinson in the New York Post. Under Netflix’a current deal with Starz, the pay channel sold streaming rights to its movies for $30 million. A deal like…
A powerful congressman representing part of Los Angeles is asking the Federal Communications Commission to vote on the Comcast-NBCU merger by year-end, albeit with several conditions, reports TheWrap.com. Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman is asking for assurances that smaller cable and satellite companies have…
One of the executive producers of a long-lived, popular HBO series can’t stop thinking about doing a movie version of the show, Entertainment Weekly’s Lynette Rice reports. Mark Wahlberg, whose life inspired the creation of HBO’s "Entrourage’ by TVWeek friend Doug Ellin, "acknowledged…
Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of former presidential hopeful John Edwards, has died following a six-year struggle with breast cancer, ABC News reports. She was 61. It was announced earlier this week that Edwards had stopped all cancer treatment. She…
One of CNN’s anchormen is leaving the network after six years, TVNewser.com reports. Meanwhile, another fixture at the cable net is poised to take on a new assignment, according to the New York Post. Tony Harris, who anchors the 11…