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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.
After a four-month delay, Nielsen said it’s going forward with a plan to end live-only local TV ratings, a change which has been protested by top media agency groups, MediaPost reports. The ratings, which cover about 70% of local U.S….
Unlike Fox’s "American Idol," aspiring singers won’t have to camp out overnight on concrete sidewalks for a shot on the network’s other musical program, "Glee," the Los Angeles Times Show Tracker blog reports. Singers between 16 and 26 can upload…
Ryan Hansen of "Veronica Mars" has been tapped to star a NBC comedy pilot, The Hollywood Reporter says. "Friends With Benefits" focuses on a group of friends in their 20s who are happy to have friends of the title description…
CNN anchor John King is the latest to voice doubts about ABC’s hiring of Christiane Amanpour’s as the host of ABC’s "This Week,"Mediaite.com reports. "Christiane does not have a lot of experience covering American politics," King told the Web site,…
After this final TV season of "24" is done airing, there is one more "24"-related single show Fox MUST air, says TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross. Click here to read his intriguing piece about what it is.
TV stations not affiiated with NBC are worried that if the Comcast-NBCU deal goes through they may not be treated fairly by Comcast. For example, the CBS affiliate board, in a memo obtained by our friend Harry Jessell at TVNewsCheck, says…
Depending upon how your March Madness bracket picks are looking right now, you may have to protest this: ‘Hoosiers’ is getting a special showing in Butler’s market, which also happens to be the same market that will host the Men’s…
Jon Heder, the star of "Napoleon Dynamite," has quit a Comedy Central comedy produced by Will Ferrell,EW.com reports. Heder’s representatives said in a statement that Heder, Comedy Central and Gary Sanchez Productions "have mutually decided to part ways over creative…
"Joe Buck Live" has been canceled after only three episodes by HBO,B&C reports. The show was rumored to be on the chopping block after Buck told a radio station that he didn’t expect HBO to continue the show. The program…
The TV movie "Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy" gave Lifetime Movie Network its highest rating ever for an original movie, Multichannel News reports. The original film debuted on Palm Sunday and drew a 3.8 household rating and 4.02 million viewers….