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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.
Leo Wolinsky, who was tapped less than a year ago by Daily Variety to serve as editor, has been let go from his job, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Wolinsky, who confirmed he was let go on…
Fueled by record spending related to today’s election, Scripps TV station results for the third quarter increased significantly in a direct year-to-year comparison, while the company’s newspaper woes moderated,reports MarketWatch.com. Says the article, "Reflecting the benefit of political advertising in…
Producer Mark Gordon, whose TV shows include women-centered dramas such as "Army Wives" and "Private Practice," is working on a new hourlong cop-drama project for ABC, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The project, from ABC Studios, will focus on New…
[NOTE: DUE TO A TECHNICAL GLITCH, THIS STORY WAS PROMOTED ON OUR E-DAILY E-NEWSLETTER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 1, 2010, BUT DID NOT APPEAR ON OUR WEBSITE. HERE IT IS NOW…] In anticipation of the network’s Jan. 1, 2011, launch, OWN–the…
"People who exercise five or more times a week get fewer and less severe colds than those who work out one or fewer times a week, said Dr. David Nieman, director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Appalachian State University…
CNN’s "American Morning" may get dismantled, as co-anchor John Roberts may move to Atlanta from New York to be with his fiancee, CNN anchor Kyra Phillips, who is pregnant with twins, the New York Post’s Page Six reports. CNN Executive…
"Spin City" writer and producer Jeff Lowell is returning to television after spending a decade in movies, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Lowell is developing a single-camera comedy at NBC, the story says. The untitled project is produced by ABC…
DirecTV is pulling a network from its lineup after carriage negotiations failed to produce an agreement between the satellite provider and the network’s owner, according to TheWrap.com. On Saturday, Kevin Pereira, host of G4’s "Attack of the Show," revealed that…
CNN announced today that it will put a veteran of NBC News in charge of its new talk show, “Piers Morgan Tonight,” which premieres in January 2011. Effective immediately, the job goes to Jonathan Wald, former executive producer of NBC’s…
HBO is in discussions with one of the former stars of “Seinfeld” for a possible return to series television in the political sitcom “Veep,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus would star as the U.S. vice president,…