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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.
DirecTV is reaching out to football fans who want to watch NFL games on their computers, smart phones, and other PDA’s such as the iPad, reports the New York Post. The company will charge $350 for its Sunday Ticket To Go…
Spike TV has ordered eight half-hour episodes of the trash-to-treasure show "Auction Hunters," reports Multichannel News. The unscripted show will track public auction prospectors who bid on unclaimed storage units, of which the network says there are 10,000 per day…
Elin Nordegren talked openly about her divorce from Tiger Woods, made final this week, and the circumstances leading to the dissolution of their marriage in an interview with People magazine, AOL Sports reports on its Fanhouse Web page. She said…
Fox News White House reporter Major Garrett is leaving the network to take a position with the National Review, Mediaite.com reports. Effective Sept. 3, Garrett will be gone. Garrett’s addition to National Review is seen as a way for the…
An NFL player who many observers already think is overexposed is about to get even more exposure, TMZ.com reports. The player is Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, who currently stars in VH1’s "Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch." Ochocinco has committed…
[NOTE: This film also airs on TCM on Monday morning, Sept. 13th, 2010, at 1 a.m. ET, and earlier in all other time zones] By Chuck Ross One of the best movies about the power of TV and how the…
Years ago Barbara Walters came up with an idea that grew into the very successful daytime talk show "The View," and now Walters is ready to strike again with a spinoff of "The View,” reports the New York Daily News….
Vanessa Williams ("Ugly Betty") joins ABC’s "Desperate Housewives" this season and the producers have finally found her a spouse, reports TV Guide. The role will be played by Reggie Austin, who formerly appeared in "Life Unexpected" and "The Starter Wife."…
Another popular artist has been added to the list of singer-songwriters whose music will be featured in an upcoming episode of Fox’s award-winning series "Glee," reports AccessHollywood.com. The singer is Billy Joel, who had one song, “Piano Man,” used on…
Believing that tennis might be the perfect sport for 3D broadcasting, CBS Sports has made a deal with Panasonic to produce stereoscopic 3D coverage of the upcoming U.S. Open tennis tournament, reports B&C. The tournament will take place Aug. 30-Sept….