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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.

Former Reality Show Personality Announces Congressional Bid

A former reality TV personality has announced he’s running for Congress. A press release circulated today, apparently from Salahi for United States Congress, announces that former "Real Housewives of D.C." star Tareq Salahi is seeking to replace retiring Rep. Frank…

Finale of NBC’s ‘The Voice’ Hits a Sour Note in the Ratings

NBC’s solid ratings performer "The Voice" hit a sour note with its season performance finale Monday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the two-hour broadcast delivered a 3.3 average in the key 18-49 demo, the show’s lowest number…

Disney Channels U.S. Ups Programmer

Disney Channels U.S. announced a key promotion in its programming group. Promoted to vice president, multi-platform programming for Disney Channels U.S. was Katharine Linke. "Linke, who joined Disney in 2000, has oversight of the non-linear programming and scheduling strategy for…

2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Revealed

The list of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2014 includes a beauty who broke hearts with her torch ballads in the 1970s, a seminal grunge band, a blue-eyed soul duo and a prog-rock stalwart who…

More Trouble With Birds? Actress Tippi Hedren Wins Big Award in TV Show Accident

Actress Tippi Hedren, who was attacked by homicidal birds in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” was awarded $1.5 million in past and future lost earnings for an incident in which a gallon of water hit her on the head during a…

Donald Trump Sets His Sights on Another Political Office

Donald Trump, whose presidential aspirations a couple of years ago generated months of headlines that cynical observers said were designed to pump up ratings for his NBC show "Celebrity Apprentice," has inserted himself back into the political conversation. Deadline.com reports…

CNN Sibling HLN Brings In Veteran Execs as Part of the Cable News Channel’s Programming Overhaul — With More Changes on the Way

An influx of veteran programmers should shake things up at HLN, the sister cable news channel to CNN. TVNewser reports that HLN President Albie Hecht tapped three new hires at the senior programming level. Former BET and Spike TV executive…

Late-Night Fixture, ‘Seinfeld’ Cast Member and High-Profile Media Mogul Among Newest Members of TV Academy Hall of Fame

Six new members will be inducted into the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame, reports the Associated Press, with the list for 2014 including “Seinfeld” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, longtime “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno and high-profile News Corp. mogul Rupert Murdoch….

Fox Show Unveils ‘the Least Shocking Plot Twist of the Year’

If you’re a fan of Fox’s "Animation Domination" lineup — and you haven’t been keeping up — you may not want to read this. (In other words, spoiler alert.) But in what the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker calls “the…

Disney XD Taps New General Manager

The boy-focused cable network Disney XD has tapped a new senior vice president, programming, and general manager. Deadline.com reports that Marc Buhaj will replace David Levine in the post. Levine is moving to a new role as vice president, programming,…