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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.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its stay of the media ownership rules, which means a temporary loosening of the rules governing newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership, reports B&C. The court said briefs will begin May 17. According to the article, "In…
Showtime’s second-season premiere of “Nurse Jackie” notched a series high, Multichannel News reports. The show drew 1.08 million viewers in its 10 p.m. premiere and another 437,000 at 11 p.m. The 10 p.m. number was 8 percent above the season…
The Fox paranormal drama “Fringe,” which has been off the air for two months, is using the Web to catch viewers up and remind them where the story stands, the New York Times reports. A Web site the network is…
"Scrubs" star Zach Braff has announced the end of the ratings-challenged show after nine seasons, but ABC won’t confirm it, reports The Hollywood Reporter. In a Facebook post, Braff wrote: "Many of you have asked, so here it is: It…
The ratings haven’t been through the roof, but HBO’s "The Ricky Gervais Show" has been renewed for a second season, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The animated show based on a podcast has been pulling in only about 180,000 viewers each…
Bravo will host its virtual viewing parties, called "Bravo Talk Bubble," every week for a new season of “The Real Housewives of New York City," B&C reports. The feature lets fans watch together and interact via their computers. According to…
Oprah Winfrey settled a defamation lawsuit that had been filed by a former headmistress at her school for girls in South Africa, the Associated Press reports. The trial was to start next week in Philadelphia. Winfrey had accused the former…
Jamie Foxx, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the movie "Ray," is co-writing the script of the movie version of a TV classic, TV Guide reports. Garry Marshall told TV Guide that he is…
The return of ABC’s "Dancing With The Stars" was a rousing success in the ratings Monday night for ABC, reports TVbythenumbers.com. It was the most-watched season premiere of the popular series, and the second most-watched in the 18-49 demo. At eight o’clock "Dancing" started…
Craig Ferguson, 47, took a few minutes to tell Reuters what he learned from Conan O’Brien’s brief stint on ‘The Tonight Show" before being fired. "As I watched that, whatever that was, unfold, I realized that I am not part…