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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.
NBC Universal has formalized and broadened its relationship with Donald Trump, the star of its long-running reality show "The Apprentice," signing a multi-year first-look deal with Trump Prods., reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Trump and Trump Prods. President Andy Litinsky…
TNT’s telecast of Tuesday’s NBA tipoff game between the new-look Miami Heat and the perennial Eastern power Boston Celtics made cable history, according to SportsNewser.com. The game attracted 7.433 million viewers and 5.339 million households, along with a 4.6 US…
ABC’s “Modern Family” was the top show of the night Wednesday in the Nielsen overnights for the 18-49 demo, even though Fox had Game One of the World Series, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox easily won the night overall, both in adults…
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has reunited with mega-successful filmmaker James Cameron ("Avatar," "Titanic") once again. Cameron originally directed Schwarzenegger in two "Terminator" movies. This time Cameron directed Schwarzene in a 60-second TV ad urging California voters to give the thumbs down to Proposition 23 in…
The man who wrote the political guide "How America Elects Her Presidents" is suing Oprah Winfrey for allegedly using his material without attribution, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Charles Harris filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania claiming…
When Conan O’Brien’s new talk show launches on TBS Nov. 8, he plans to use the comic bits he created during his NBC tenure–such as the masturbating bear–and he hopes that NBC will take him to court over the issue,…
No more commercial spots are available for Fox’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLV, B&C reports. Two spots were still open earlier this week, but Fox has revealed that all the ad space is gone. Typically a few spots remain available…
What to make of the latest l’affaire Charlie? TVWeek Open Mike blogger Chuck Ross has an idea, in his blog entry titled "Reality Check: Life is Not Fair. No Where is that More True Than in Hollywood, Where Values Depend…
In a speech this week Oprah Winfrey said that her new cable network will be "fun and entertaining without tearing people down and calling them bitches. Imagine that. Imagine," according to the New York Post. Oprah made the remarks during…
"Exporting Raymond," a documentary film about trying to export the hit television show "Everybody Loves Raymond" to Russia, has been acquired for distribution by Samuel Goldwyn Films and will open in major cities in 2011, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The…