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Chuck Ross

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.

Oprah, in Her Own Words, Why She’s Stopping Her Syndicated Program

On Friday, Nov. 9th, Oprah Winfrey finally said herself why she’s leaving her long-running syndicated show in September, 2011. Here’s part of Oprah’s statement: "So here we are, halfway through the season, 24, and it still means as much to…

In Oprah’s Own Words: Why I’m Stopping my Daily Syndicated Show

Oprah Winfrey put out a press release as to why she is leaving her syndicated show in September, 2011. It’s pretty much the same words she delivered at the end of her show on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009: After much…

Talk Show King’s Sons to be Featured on TV Series

A new show on Fox Sports Net called "Kid Pitch" will feature the sons of a famous talk show host, and will be directed by Tom Arnold, TMZ reports. Chance King, the 10-year-old son of CNN talk show host Larry…

CBS Earns Thursday Night Ratings Win

With a big story on "The Mentalist," CBS was the ratings winner for Thursday night, but it was ABC’s "Grey’s Anatomy" that had the biggest demo win of the night, according to The Hollywood Reporter Live Feed blog, . "Survivor"…

The ‘That’s Real Money’ File: Pay-per-View Event Brings in $70 Million

Big pay-per-view event on Saturday night Nov. 14 on HBO, B&C reports. It was a big fight night from Las Vegas, headlined by the welterweight title bout between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. HBO raked in 1.25 million pay-per-view buys–the most for 2009–and…

No Kevin James, But Real Life ‘Mall Cops’ Coming to TV

The biggest mall in the United States, Minnesota’s Mall of America, will soon be the setting for a new TV series called "Mall Cops: Mall of America," it was announced . The series is slated to air on TLC.  September Films…

Strong Opening for Liberty Starz on NASDAQ

The publicly traded new offering comprised of Starz Entertainment and former Liberty Media concerns, Liberty Starz, had its first opening on the Nasdaq Global Market System Friday, November 20, reports Multichannel News. The company which is listed as "LSTZA," commenced…

Lifetime and ABC’s ’20/20′ Collaborate on Special About Popular Singer

Lifetime will collaborate with ABC’s "20/20" for a special, reports B&C, Lifetime is co-owned by ABC. The special, entitled "Rihanna Speaks Out: A Lifetime and 20/20 Specia," will be based on the current life of singer Rihanna using her interview with Diane Sawyer…

Activists Ransack TV Station in India

Political activists attacked and ransacked a TV station in Mumbai, claiming that the station had insulted their leader. The story, reported on CNN.com, said the TV station attacked was IBN Lokmat, a sister station to CNN-IBN, which is also in India….

Tivo Teams With Miller Beer to Messages While Fast Forwarding Through Content

By Jeremy MullmanAdvertising Age In watching the chaos that time-shifted, ad-skipping viewing has rained down on primetime TV advertisers in recent years, many beer-marketing executives have expressed relief, roughly paraphrased, in something like these terms: "Thank goodness most of our…