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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.
HBO is going ahead with development of a drama pilot about the contemporary pornography industry with a number of high-profile principals on board, reports the New York Post. “Entourage” producers Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson are executive producing the one-hour…
Asking for cuts in retirement benefits, WGBH began negotiations with the public broadcaster’s largest union, reports the Boston Globe. WGBH wants concessions including moving to a performance-based pay raise system and cutting the company’s match for employee retirement plans in…
Hallmark Channel is pulling out the stops–and likely spending between $5 million and $8 million–to make consumers aware of Martha Stewart’s shift to the network on Sept. 13, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. Hallmark is committed to eight hours…
"Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is now officially annoying–at least according to a new charge brought against her related to her July 30 drinking binge in Seaside Heights, N.J., reports the New York Post. Snooki was given the additional…
The Betty White media avalanche continues with the announcement Thursday by TV Land that it has launched a line of character-oriented merchandise based on her role in the sitcom "Hot In Cleveland." Wednesday night’s cliffhanger ending to the show’s season…
One of the co-hosts of ABC’s “The View” is about to get a little busier–and take on lighter material–as she becomes the host of one of TV’s most familiar game show formats, the AP reports. Comic Sherri Shepherd will take…
CBS’s "Big Brother" and NBC’s "America’s Got Talent" were the top Nielsen draws Wednesday night, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. "Big Brother" scored a 2.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic, while Fox’s "MasterChef" had a 1.9 and NBC’s "Minute…
NBC is more than doubling its initial order for episodes of a game show that has been steadily climbing in the ratings for the network, reports The Futon Critic. The show is “Minute to Win It,” which has averaged almost…
CBS will broadcast a live concert TV special Dec. 1 to announce the nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, reports the AP. The previous two years that CBS has used this approach to unveil the nominations resulted in tepid…
A report in the U.K publication Daily Star says that the parents of Michael Jackson–Katherine, 80, and Joe, 81–are going to be divorced. According to to the article, "It was said mum Katherine has ‘finally had enough’ of dad Joe’s…