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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.
How the Tribune Co. went from a once-respected media empire to a bankrupt company that’s shed more than 4,200 jobs since being bought by billionaire Sam Zell is the subject of a piece by David Carr in the New York Times….
Following a bidding war from several networks, Fox has emerged with the rights to make a television series based on a hit Will Smith movie, reports Deadline.com. The project is based on the romantic comedy "Hitch." The TV version, from…
A project based on a popular blog featuring awkward family photos has been picked up by ABC, reports James Hibberd at the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed Blog. The project is produced by Sony Pictures TV and has been picked up…
WEtv has ordered a reality show based on comedienne Tammy Pescatelli, who moved from Los Angeles to raise her family in Meadeville, Pa., and how she juggles her home and working lives, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Production will start next month, and the…
Please join TVWeek Open Mic blogger Aaron Barnhart–who is also the TV critic for the Kansas CIty Star as well as the person behind the popular TVBarn website–in his celebration of the fans who have made "The Andy Griffith Show"…
"Parker Spitzer" may not be the ratings powerhouse that CNN hoped, after its debut failed to impress viewers, reports our friend Bill Carter in the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The program drew only 454,000 total viewers, far below…
Looking to profit from demand for devices based on Google’s Android software, Motorola is introducing six new smartphones, reports Bloomberg News. AT&T, the second-largest U.S. wireless operator, said it will soon start offering three of the Motorola phones, called the…
Is fledgling premium cable network Epix ready to commit to a scripted series order after it pulled the plug on its first scripted pilot, "Tough Trade?" That’s the question respected TV writer Nellie Andreeva raises at Deadline.com. The show had some big names in…
The Tennis Channel advanced in its discrimination case against Comcast, with the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday granting its request to review the case, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. The FCC wrote in a 17-page order that…
CNN’s high-profile debut this week of the new prime-time talk show “Parker Spitzer” went over with a resounding thud among TV critics, Reuters reports. The show co-hosted by journalist Kathleen Parker and disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer drew…