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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.
Nicollette Sheridan has filed a lawsuit against ‘Desperate Housewives’ creator/showrunner Marc Cherry, alleging he hit her and when she complained to ABC Cherry had her character killed off the show. TMZ obtained a copy of the lawsuit, which was filed on Monday,…
The networks are currently working of three high profile TV remakes, and even under the best of circumstances remaking TV classics can be a risky move, the Los Angeles Times reports. Right now, according to the article, three pilots of remakes are…
Lucasfilm Animation is developing a new "Star Wars" series that takes an irreverent and comedic slant on the franchise, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series will receive creative input from Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, who created the "Robot Chicken"…
ABC apparently isn’t afraid of throwing away money. The network has ordered a game show set on top of a skyscraper which threatens contestants with throwing their winnings over the side of the building if they lose, the Hollywood Reporter…
More and more iPad apps are hitting the market. Teleprompter company Bodelin Technologies will demonstrate a new iPad product that works as a mobile teleprompter for anchors and reporters on the road, TVNewser.com reports. The app will be on display at…
Advertisers are getting more and more interestied in shooting commercials in 3D, Adweek reports. With so few 3D-capable TVs in the market right now, the big opportunity is to show these commercials in movie theaters before a 3D feature, the…
Ah, what do do with a problem like Fiday nights? According to our friend Marc Berman at Mediaweek, "NBC has seen a spike in the ratings on Friday this season thanks to its recent coverage of the Winter Olympics, but…
Fox Business anchor Liz Claman says she left CNBC thinking it would take the cable business-news network five years to succeed, the Los Angeles Times reports. Yet since Fox Business wedged itself into the cable lineup in 2007, it hasn’t…
The National Association of Broadcasters has asked the FCC for a 30-day extension to make comments on a petition to revise its retransmission consent rules, B&C reports. The extra time would would extend the comment period until May 18 and…
With financial trader Carl Icahn focused on a hostile takeover bid for the independent studio, Lionsgate, company Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer and Vice Chairman Michael Burns find themselves at a critical poin, the Los Angeles Times reports. A settlement with…