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Chuck Ross

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.

It’s Official: Here’s Steve Burke’s Memo About Who Will Do What When Comcast Takes Over NBC Universal

The Memo: For nearly a year, we have worked hard to identify people from NBC Universal, Comcast and outside the two companies to form our new leadership team when the deal closes. Our goal has been to find people who…

Cablevision Considering (Again) Spinning Off AMC, We, IFC and Other Nets

Shares of Cablevision Systems hit a 52-week high Thursday after it said that it is once again considering separating its cable systems and cable networks operations – something it has mulled in different scenarios several times in recent years, reports…

Real Housewife of New York Files For Bankruptcy; Blames John Travolta For Her Woes

One of the "Real Housewives of New York" has filed for Bankruptcy, in essence blaming actor John Travolta for her problems, the Wall St. Journal reports. [Some of the WSJ’s content is behind a fire wall, which means they ask for…

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With a Mediocre Season, TV Broadcast Networks Decide Some Weaklings Are Keepers

Given this season’s mediocre ratings, the television broadcast networks will keep around "many weaklings," while getting rid of seven of 21 new series by January, writes our friend Gary Levin at USA Today. Writes Levin, "Combined, the Big 4 networks…

U.S. Senator Says America Would Be Better Off WIthout Fox News and MSNBC, and the FCC Should Take Action

At least one senator likes neither Fox News nor MSNBC, and wishes they’d both go away, reports Brian Stelter of The New York TImes. It’s Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a Democrat representing West Virginia. According to the article, here’s exactly what Sen….

After Criticism About Bristol Palin’s Continued Success on ‘DWTS,’ Producer Says Voting Process Is Fair for Everyone

With Bristol Palin’s continued success on "Dancing with the Stars" drawing complaints that the show is being swayed by voting from supporters of Sarah Palin, her mother, the show’s executive producer counters that the program’s voting system is "fair for…

Fox Picks New President of Ad Sales

Fox Broadcasting has decided who wil be its new president of ad sales,, replacing  Jon Nesvig, who previoulsy said he will retire at the end of the year, reports Jon Lafayette at B&C. The new president of Fox ad sales will be Toby…

Hulu Cuts Subscription Price by 20% with Aim of Taking on Netflix

Hulu is reducing the price of its subscription service by 20%, heating up its competition with Netflix, reports Bloomberg News. Hulu Plus will now cost $7.99 per month, versus its pricing during the service’s trial period of $9.99 each month,…

ABC Project ‘One Police Plaza’ Snags Angela Bassett as Police Commissioner

ABC’s drama project "One Police Plaza" has tapped Angela Bassett to play New York City’s first female police commissioner on the show, reports Deadline.com.  The project, from ABC studios and the studio-based Mark Gordon Co., is written by Linda Fairstein…