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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 MTV Star Sparks Outcry Over Swastika Photo and Pro-Hitler Rant

A former MTV personality sparked an angry backlash after appearing in Nazi gear in a photo posted on her Facebook page and calling Hitler a "special and sweet kid," the New York Daily News reports. Tila Tequila, 32, described in…

Inspiration Behind Emmy-Winning TV Movie Dead at 81

The man who inspired an Emmy-winning 2002 television movie has died. The New York Times reports that the inspiration behind the TNT movie “Door to Door,” Bill Porter, died Dec. 3 at 81. Porter, who worked as a salesman despite…

‘SNL’ Alum Tops New Forbes List of Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actors and Actresses — TV Personalities Are Well-Represented in the Top 10

Forbes magazine has just released its list of the most overpaid actors and actresses in Hollywood for 2013, and a former star of NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" — Adam Sandler — tops the list. Sandler isn’t alone among TV stars…

Three-Time Oscar Nominee Dies

An actress who received three Academy Award nominations for lead roles in her long career "but whose best-known role was a supporting one, as the marriage-minded baroness in ‘The Sound of Music,’ died on Monday in Palm Springs, Calif.," The…

TV Veteran Jimmy Smits Talks About Being Kept ‘Off Kilter’ by ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Creator Kurt Sutter

Actor Jimmy Smits opened up recently about what’s going on at FX’s "Sons of Anarchy," where, Smits says, show creator Kurt Sutter is up to his old tricks and keeping all of his characters "off kilter." TVWeek Open Mic writer…

Report: Fox News Paid Former Exec $8 Million in ‘Hush Money’

Former Fox News executive Brian Lewis, an aide to Roger Ailes who is well-known to members of the press and was suddenly fired in July, was reportedly paid $8 million in “hush money” in an out-of-court settlement with the network,…

NBC Will Follow ‘Sound of Music’ With Another Live Musical — and That’s Just the Beginning

NBC will stage another live musical, after the network was bolstered by the ratings success of last week’s “The Sound of Music Live!,” reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. NBC Entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt told the publication that…

‘Family Guy’ Distances Itself From Brian

It’s been one week since the family dog was killed on “Family Guy,” and the Fox animated program has already taken the step of editing the opening credits to remove the character, reports The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. In Brian’s…

Bette Midler to Play the Role She Was Meant to Play, in HBO Project

Bette Midler will play the role many fans and observers have been saying for decades the singer was meant to play. Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline.com that HBO Films is developing a project based on screen legend Mae West, with…

Ratings Low Point for CNN’s ‘Anderson Cooper 360’

The ratings struggles continue for CNN, where “Anderson Cooper 360” recently notched an unhappy milestone. TVNewser reports that the show posted its lowest ratings since it moved to the 8 p.m. time slot in August 2011. The CNN show’s decline…