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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.
Attention Madison Ave: Microsoft wants some of the money you’re currently spending to advertise on TV. That’s the word from Keith Lorizio, Microsoft’s VP of U.S. digital ad sales, according to B&C. According to the article, " ‘Are we competing…
With the appellate court decision this week that the Federal Communications Commission doesn’t have the jurisdiction to tell Comcast how to manage it’s ISP service, what’s the next step for the government. The Washington Post’s Post Tech column says three…
BET has ordered a pilot for a relationship comedy called "Let’s Stay Together," which takes an updated and urban spin to "Mad About You," the Hollywood Reporter says. The pilot stars Malinda Williams as a pediatrician and Bert Belasco as…
It’s natural for ABC to brag about its "Dancing With the Stars" beating "American Idol" last week in the ratings, when the dancing competition pulled in 23 million viewers to the 21.8 million viewers watching "Idol," writes Bill Carter in…
Univision is planning on putting on a New York upfront show next month after sitting out of the hoopla last year, Adweek reports. The Spanish-language network will put on its upfront presentation on May 20th at Jazz at Lincoln Center….
Now that the iPad has hit stores, Apple is getting ready to announce its new operationg system for it’s popular iPhone tomorrow, Thursday, April 8, according to multiple stories in the press. Peter Kafka at All Things Digital is saying…
When "American Idol" first came on the air, most American’s had never heard of Simon Cowell. Now that the show is the most popular series on U.S. TV, would the producers of the show have the guts to replace Cowell…
Sharon Lawrence, probably best-known for her work on "NYPD Blue," has been cast in a CBS pilot, the Hollywood Reporter says. Lawrence will play the nosy mother of newlywed Rachel, played by Kristin Kreuk, in the Josh Schwartz comedy project "Hitched." Lawrence has…
Seth Gabel of "Dirty Sexy Money" has been cast in the season finale of a Fox drama, reports EW.com’s Ausiello Files. Gabel will debut his character in the two-part season finale of "fringe,", scheduled for May 13 and May 20th….
Monday’s exciting NCAA Men’s Basketball final, which went down to the final buzzer, was a winner in the ratings as well. In metered markets the game tied the highest ratings in eleven years, CBS said, quoting Nielsen data. The Duke-Butler…