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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.
The 15-year-old daughter of the late pop superstar Michael Jackson was hospitalized early today in what has been reported as a “possible suicide attempt,” USA Today reports. Paris Jackson was reportedly out of physical danger and remained in the hospital…
A gathering that included Norman Lear, Carl Reiner, Steven Bochco, James L. Brooks, Steven Levitan, Matthew Weiner, Gail Parent and other top television writers took place over the weekend, as the Writers Guild of America formally unveiled its list of…
Even on a night when its franchise series fell to a historic low, one network almost doubled its closest competition for prime time in the key 18-49 demo, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC’s reality franchise “The Voice”…
One talk show continues to dominate the post-Oprah Winfrey era in daytime talk, winning its fifth consecutive sweeps period among talk shows. Wrapping up May sweeps with a 3.0 average rating (3.969 million viewers) was “Dr. Phil,” based on Nielsen’s…
An advertisement starring "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson has been banned in the U.K. for allegedly being sexist and degrading to women, reports The Guardian. The advertisement for the Web-hosting service CrazyDomains features Anderson addressing a boardroom full of men and…
Longtime friends and "American Idol" executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick are leaving the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Idol Worship. Formal exit discussions haven’t yet started, the story notes. The Fox singing competition has suffered a ratings…
One of the legends of rock ‘n’ roll is teaming with director Martin Scorsese on a new project for HBO. TheWrap.com reports that the project comes from Scorsese and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. "Boardwalk Empire" actor Bobby Cannavale is…
A singer who was a fixture on the charts in the 1980s as part of an iconic pop duo will be at the center of a new reality show. TheWrap.com reports that Daryl Hall will debut a home restoration series…
Award-winning documentary maker Ken Burns has been tapped by PBS to create a new three-part program based on Siddhartha Mukherjee’s "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer," reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The documentary, "Cancer: The…