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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.
A character featured in the pilot for ABC’s new fall medical drama "Off the Map" has been dropped from the series, reports Entertainment Weekly. Former "Without a Trace" star Enrique Murciano appeared in the pilot, but his character has been…
A new online social media network geared specifically to television fans continues to make progress toward its ambitious goals, reports Multichannel News. The social media platform Philo has already raised financing from institutional investors and others, including television producer Stephen…
The Tuesday night double dose of Gordon Ramsay on Fox, including his new show "MasterChef," proved to be a winner in the Nielsens, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. Fox’s "Hell’s Kitchen" was the top draw with a 2.8 rating in…
A change is being made to the Major League Baseball schedule for 2011 in an effort to get better weather for postseason games, reports USA Today. The change includes starting the season three days early, on Friday, April 1. Baseball’s…
One of the actors on NBC’s "30 Rock" has landed a recurring role on Fox’s "Glee," reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. It’s Cheyenne Jackson, who plays Danny on "30 Rock." Jackson will play the role of Vocal Adrenaline’s coach on…
This isn’t the Summer of Love for Oprah Winfrey. Her show continues to struggle in the ratings, reports B&C. The show dropped 13% in the week ending July 18 from the prior week, giving it a 2.8 live plus same…
As the networks perfect their new shows for the 2010-11 season, the level of tinkering seems to have gone beyond the changes usually seen, report Joe Flint and Maria Elena Fernandez in the Los Angeles Times. For instance, more than…
Chris Albrecht, who was extraordinarily successful as a programmer at HBO, is betting $1 billion that he can repeat his magic at Starz Called Operation Turbo, Starz has a plan to raise the $1 billion in off-balance-sheet financing to build…
Here’s an interesting take on why mobile TV has not taken off in the U.S. It’s our dearth of public transportation, reports the Wall St. Journal (note that the Journal is behind a firewall and may charge you to read…
CNN’s ratings woes continue, with Anderson Cooper’s show in the doldrums, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Anderson Cooper’s show averaged just 575,000 viewers for July, representing a 56% decline from the same period a year earlier. it’s also…