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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.
Lifetime is getting down to the naked truth as it approaches the upcoming 12th season of "Project Runway," set to debut starting July 18. And that’s "naked" as in, well, naked, if the just-released key art promoting the new season…
Global media agency Mindshare, part of GroupM, is making a change in the leadership of its North American operation. The company named Colin Kinsella as CEO for North America, effective July 15. Making the announcement was Mindshare Global CEO Nick…
Discovery Channel today announced plans for a new miniseries. The channel greenlighted development of a scripted project with the working title "Untitled William Wallace and Robert The Bruce Project." The production is based on historical books by Nigel Tranter. "This…
Monday’s overnight ratings weren’t horrible for the broadcast networks — at least not by recent standards — but the numbers didn’t give anyone much to cheer about, either. Based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo, ABC and CBS…
Rolling out plans for the 34th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award will be David Fanning, executive producer of "Frontline." The presentation…
An actor with a string of TV credits spanning six decades, best known for his long-running role on the CBS drama "The Waltons," has died. Joe Conley, who portrayed the general store owner Ike Godsey on "The Waltons," died July…
Country music superstar and actor Randy Travis has been hospitalized and was in critical condition, according to media reports. TMZ.com reports that Travis was hospitalized after acquiring viral cardiomyopathy. USA Today reports that Travis had heart surgery, according to a…
"Big Brother" host Julie Chen said the racist comments uttered by the show’s houseguests and captured on cameras "stung" her and took her "back to the ’70s," reports EW.com’s Inside TV. Chen, who addressed the issue on her show "The…
A fan favorite on NBC’s "The Biggest Loser" is being sued for allegedly putting on too much weight. TheWrap.com reports that Tara Costa has been sued by a fitness company whose complaints include the allegation that she gained too much…
An unusual 12-foot fiberglass statue has been erected in London’s Hyde Park as tribute to a popular television drama. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the giant replica of actor Colin Firth coming out of the water is a tribute to…