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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.

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Big Night for ‘Big Bang Theory’ at the People’s Choice Awards. We have the Full List of Winners (and Nominees)

“The Big Bang Theory” was a big winner at the People’s Choice Awards, the Associated Press reports. The story says “The sitcom about a group of scientists was awarded trophies for favorite network TV comedy and favorite TV show, while…

Full List of People’s Choice Winners (and Nominees) 2015

TV WINNERS Favorite TV Icon Betty White   Favorite TV Show The Big Bang Theory Game Of Thrones NCIS Once Upon a Time The Walking Dead   Favorite Network TV Comedy 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory Modern Family…

The $5.5 Million Plan to Increase TV Ratings for the Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences “will allocate about $5.5 million toward off-network media buys to help drive viewers to the [Oscar telecast on ABC], according to a report prepared by Haworth Marketing + Media, a copy of…

Discovery Channel Hires New EVP to Oversee Documentaries and Specials

“Making his strongest statement yet about the direction in which he’s taking the Discovery Channel, its new president Rich Ross announced this morning, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, that he’s named HBO veteran John Hoffman as Executive Vice President of Documentaries…

Our Favorite Headline of the Day Comes From the Hollywood Reporter: War Over Hollywood Sign Pits Wealthy Residents Against Urinating Tourists

“Residents of L.A.’s Beachwood Canyon are fighting off hordes of GPS-enabled tourists — thousands a day — who block their driveways, sometimes piss in public and, they say, pose a major fire risk as they make their pilgrimage to the…

Steve Kroft of ’60 Minutes’ Admits to Extramarital Affair

After an article in the National Enquirer wrote about Steve Kroft of ’60 Minutes’ having an extramarital affair, the journalist has “come clean” about it, reports People magazine. “Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft is coming clean about his secret…

Phylicia Rashad Clarifies Her Remarks About Bill Cosby in this ABC News Exclusive Video

Charlie Hebdo, the Paris Satirical Magazine that Was Attacked This Week, Was Proud of Its History of Political Provocation

“Week after week, the small, struggling paper amused and horrified, taking pride in offending one and all and carrying on a venerable European tradition dating to the days of the French Revolution, when satire was used to pillory Marie Antoinette,…

Bess Myerson, the First Jewish Miss America, and Longtime Panelist on TV’s ‘I’ve Got a Secret,’ Dies at 90

“Bess Myerson, a New York favorite daughter who basked in the public eye for decades — as Miss America in 1945, as a television personality, as a force in public affairs and finally as a player in a shattering municipal…