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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.
Actress Amanda Bynes will remain involuntarily confined in a mental hospital for an additional 30 days after a judge extended her hospitalization for a second time today, the Los Angeles Times reports. "Bynes has been involuntarily hospitalized since late July…
After leaving viewers in suspense with a second season that ended in a bang — literally, with an attack on a CIA memorial service — Showtime has released a three-minute clip previewing the upcoming third season of its drama hit…
MSNBC is creating a prime-time talk show for an actor who has been a fixture on television in recent years — and who has attracted his share of headlines and controversy surrounding his off-air escapades. Mediaite reports that the cable…
Al Jazeera America continued what TVNewser calls its "string of big splashy hires" with its announcement that the cable news channel has hired former "NBC Nightly News" weekend anchor John Seigenthaler. Seigenthaler worked for NBC News for 11 years, reporting…
A filmmaker whose work for the PBS series "American Masters" focused on celebrities including Marilyn Monroe and James Dean, has died, The New York Times reports. Gail Levin was 67. Levin died of complications from metastatic breast cancer, her brother…
Change is coming to the Fox News Channel prime-time lineup, and the one certainty is that the cable news operation will move "America Live" host Megyn Kelly from her afternoon slot into prime time. But Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes…
CBS has a high-concept "Wizard of Oz" adaptation in the works, EW.com’s Inside TV reports, with the network calling the project "a medical soap based in New York City, inspired by the characters and themes immortalized" in the classic movie….
In what’s being called "Daftpunkgate," Stephen Colbert came under criticism for his "Get Lucky" dance party on Tuesday, with some viewers speculating that it was an elaborate hoax to build ratings for MTV, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker….
An Emmy-winning actress who was a fixture on prime-time television until she exited a few years ago for a move to the big screen is looking to get back on network TV. Katherine Heigl, who left "Grey’s Anatomy" more than…
A transgender television personality alleges discrimination in a $2.5 million lawsuit over his appearance at the 2013 BET Awards, The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. reports. B. Scott, born Brandon Scott Sessoms, claims that when he was offered the role of…