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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.
Bill Carter of The New York Times examines whether it was worth it for NBC to return Jay Leno to the "Tonight Show," and finds that the first week of the new season’s ratings suggests that it was–by a hair….
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One of MTV’s key top executives is leaving the network to join Ben Silverman’s new production company, Electus, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Tony DiSanto, who has been MTV’s president of programming, is considered a key player in…
"During his modest introduction of the device, Jobs called the Apple TV ‘one more hobby.’ But a closer look at the code and the hardware powering the Apple TV reveals that there’s a lot more going on under the hood…
After three weeks into the new television season, Martha Stewart hasn’t much improved her ratings on the Hallmark Channel, reports the New York Post. "Martha" is averaging 187,000 viewers weekdays at 10 a.m., representing a decline of 60% from the average for…
Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, a Brooklyn assistant district attorney, was forced to quit after her role on the NBC reality series "The Apprentice" made her recognizable to juries, reports the New York Post. The 29-year-old ticked off her bosses by becoming a…
Fox Networks today began blocking Dish Network’s customers from viewing Fox Sports, FX and NatGeo cable channels after a rate dispute, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Radio & TV Talk blog. Dish said the dispute is over Fox Networks’ request for…
After testing marionettes and talking with U.S. studios and networks about partnering on his sci-fi project, Tom Hanks has settled on animation and a partnership with Reliance Big Entertainment of India for his online series, called "Electric City," reports the…
Heidi Klum, who has strode down the runway for Victoria Secret for the past 13 years, is splitting from the lingerie giant, Reuters reports. According to the article, "Victoria’s Secret parent company Limited Brands on Thursday confirmed that Klum’s role…