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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.
Masi Oka, one of the former stars of NBC’s "Heroes," said he believes the entertainment industry still doesn’t accept Asians as lead characters. Oka told The Hollywood Reporter: “It’s changed in Hollywood, but only so much. You can’t get Asians…
Expansion plans under way for FX Networks include not only the new cable channel FXX, which we reported Thursday, but also an ambitious slate of 25 original series, B&C reports. The launch of FXX, set for Sept. 2, will create…
Amid reports that NBC will replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon at "The Tonight Show" when Leno’s contract expires, the show’s ratings have reached a seven-week high, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. For the week of March 18-22 the show drew…
Disney Channel announced that it is bringing back a comedy series for a third season. B&C reports that the cable channel renewed "Jessie," which stars Debby Ryan as a nanny for a wealthy New York family. Last year, the show…
A versatile actor best known for his performances in the “Harry Potter” movies has died. USA Today reports that veteran British stage, film and TV actor Richard Griffiths died Thursday at 65. Griffiths died at University Hospital in Coventry, England,…
Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese is partnering with Miramax to create a television series based on his 2002 movie “Gangs of New York.” The movie, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and Daniel Day-Lewis, spotlighted conflicts among rival gangs in…
A television personality who has been a fixture of prime time and daytime for decades is making retirement plans. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC News veteran Barbara Walters will retire in May 2014. “Walters, 84, is expected to make…
Just hours after a short list surfaced for the co-host’s spot alongside Chris Cuomo on CNN’s new morning show, as we reported earlier today, the network announced who got the job. The co-host will be Kate Bolduan, who had emerged…
Fox’s “American Idol” continues to produce lower ratings, sinking to an all-time low in the key 18-49 demo Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the two-hour “Idol” slipped to a 3.1 average in adults 18-49, losing a…
Former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes, who has been generating negative headlines for her raunchy tweets and other unusual behavior, as previously reported, is firing back at some of the outlets that have been reporting on her escapades. E! Online reports…