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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.
In a national survey, striking differences have shown up about how men and women ranked the ads during the Super Bowl. In its survey, HCD Research not only found differences in how men and women ranked the ads, but they discovered…
An actress who has been on “Sesame Street” since its 1969 debut suffered a head injury after being hit by a car, the Times of Trenton reports. Loretta Long, 71, plays Susan Robinson on the program. She was in stable…
Kate Winslet will star in an upcoming mini-series that’s been green lit by HBO, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The mini-series is "Mildered Pierce." Based on a James M. Cain novel, it was made into a classic film noir in1945, starring Joan Crawford as a single…
World Wrestling Entertainment hopes to have a cable network dedicated to pro wrestling up and running in about 18 months, Multichannel News reports. Chairman Vince McMahon told investors that the company has been doing due diligence on the project. He…
In an effort to promote family-friendly viewing, two of TV’s biggest advertisers, retailer Walmart and packaged-goods company Procter & Gamble will jointly produce a TV movie, according to the Wall St. Journal. (Since the WSJ is firewall-protected, we are linking to…
The sixth season of Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” starts in mid-April and Capt. Phil Harris will be a big part of it, the New York Post reports. Shooting on the season had already been completed before the captain of the…
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As many of you will fondly recall when you look at the video clip, below, didn’t we love it when we saw Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” in the early 1970s and his character wakes up in the future to learn that…
Web video company Veoh laid off its remaining employees and filed for bankruptcy, PaidContent reports. The site, which had raised $70 million from backers including former Disney chief Michael Eisner, had struggled, like others, to figure out how to monetize…
“Biggest Loser” trainer Jillian Michaels responded to a false advertising lawsuit filed against her by defending the diet supplement that carries her name, the Associated Press reports. In a statement to the AP, Michaels said: "My reputation and credibility are…