Chuck Ross

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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.

Marjorie Kaplan, President and General Manager, Animal Planet Media Enterprises

It’s very liberating to be able to function knowing that if you try something and fail that’s OK We spoke to Marjorie in November in her office in New York. She’s been with Discovery since 1997. After David Zaslav came in…

NBC’s Ebersol: ‘What this is really about is an astounding failure by Conan.’ O’Brien: ‘It’s been a real honor to sit in the seat occupied by Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno and Jay Leno.’

A top NBC executive defended Jay Leno, saying that he is returning to late night because Conan O’Brien’s ratings were disappointing, The New York Times reports. Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Universal Sports, said that “what this is really all…

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Report: Deal Set for Conan O’Brien to Leave; NBC Won’t Invoke Non-Compete

The deal is set for Conan O’Brien to leave NBC with a payout, and NBC won’t keep him from jumping to another network before his contract expires, according to a report by the veteran–and well-respected–entertainment reporter Kim Masters at The Daily…

Report: ABC Mulling ‘The View’ as Possible ‘Oprah’ Replacement

Executives at Disney and ABC are mulling turning the daytime show “The View” into a syndicated program that stations could run as a replacement for “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” TVNewsCheck reports, citing the pay web site NewsBlues. Another option would…

CBS Renews Two New Dramas

CBS has renewed two of its freshman dramas for a second seasion, reports The Hollywood Reporter. One of them was a clear no-brainer: the spinoff "NCIS: LA," which has averaged 16.8 million viewers a week. Also renewed was "The Good Wife,” which…

Everybody STILL Loves Raymond–His TNT Show Gets Renewed

TNT has ordered a second season of the Ray Romano-Andre Braugher-Scott Bakula comedy-drama "Men of A Certain Age” after just five outings on the air. The network has asked for 10 episodes for the second season. At the TCA tour…

‘Army Wives’ Will be Redeployed in April

Lifetime’s "Army Wives" is returning for a fourth season on Sunday April 11, at 10 p.m. The show is a ratings winner for Lifetime. When the show premiered in June, 2007, it garnered the highest rating for a series premiere…

Θα TV δείχνουν να ανανεωθεί: That’s Greek for ‘Will This TV Show Be Renewed?’

ABC Family has renewed all its scripted programs except for one, which is on the bubble, reports Michael Ausiello at EW.com. That one exception is "Greek." According to the article, channel executives will be paying close attention to the show’s Jan. 25…

Why Henry Schleiff Really Joined Discovery and How He Intends to Grow ID

As part of our special report designating Discovery Communications as our Cable TV Programmer of the Decade, today’s entry is an interview with the effervescent Henry Schleiff, one of the most colorful executives ever in the TV business. Schleiff, after…