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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.

ABC News Adding Digital Journalists

ABC News is hiring four digital reporters, to be based in Denver, Detroit and Washington, D.C., Broadcasting & Cable reports. The additions expand a program begun in 2007, when ABC tapped digital reporters armed with small cameras and edit pieces on their…

Terrence Howard, Radical Media Developing Drama

Actor Terrence Howard is working with Radical Media on developing a television show called "Pigs and Panthers," Daily Variety reports. The drama, set in Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s, will be based on undercover LAPD detective Ronald Farwell,…

Nickelodeon Magazine Folding

Nickelodeon Magazine is shuttering this week, a move which will result in the lay offs of 30 employees, the Los Angeles Times reports. The magazine–like the network, owned by Viacom–was created in 1993 and reached a circulation of more than…

Networks Shun DC-Based Dramas

Television broadcast networks turned down all five pilots based in Washington, D.C. for next season’s schedule. the New York Times reports. The move has prompted some head-scratching given the surge of interest in public service and politics. The only new…

Bell Picked as Showrunner for ABC’s ‘V’

Writer Jeff Bell has struck a two-year, seven-figure deal with Warner Bros. Television, where he’ll work as the showrunner for "V,"  Daily Variety reports. "Like many people, I have fond memories of watching the original miniseries," Bell tells the trade…

Study: TV May Reduce Language Skills in Infants and Young Children

A new study indicates that the more infants or young kids spend just within listening distance of a TV, the fewer vocal interactions they have with parents, WebMD.com reports. This finding “may explain previous associations between television viewing and delayed…

FCC Gets Additional $10 Mil for Digital Transition Funding

The FCC will receive an additional $10 million in digital-television funding after Commerce Secretary Gary Locke approved the funds, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The FCC had asked for the funds to ensure it would be able to keep operators handling…

Big Numbers Again for ‘Jon & Kate’

One of two "Jon & Kate Plus 8" episodes on Monday ranked as the No. 1 program of the night on cable or broadcast in two key women demographic groups, Multichannel News reports. The 9:30 p.m. episode ranked as the No….

President Obama: Cable News ‘Like WWF’

President Barack Obama told Brian Williams on an NBC News special Tuesday evening that he doesn’t find cable news "very persuasive," TVNewser reports. "I’ve used this analogy before: it feels like WWF wrestling. Everybody’s got their role to play ……

Ripa, Consuelos to Produce TLC Show

Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos will help produce TLC’s "Masters of Reception," a reality show focusing on a New Jersey-based catering business, Daily Variety reports. The show will be previewed on June 12 and will continue in the fall…