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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.

It’s a Long Way from ‘Dawson’s Creek’: Is Recently Divorced Katie Holmes the Sexiest Woman in America? Check Out This Topless Picture From Her Latest Ad Campaign

"Wow! The single life certainly agrees with Katie Holmes," reports Yahoo’s OMG! blog. The story continues, "Tom Cruise’s ex-wife, 34, sheds her clothes in a series of sexy shots for a new IRIS jewelry ad campaign. In one photo, Holmes strips…

Given the Importance of Local News to the Bottom Line of Most TV Stations, the Latest Pew Research Center’s Report on News Is a Major Wake-Up Call

The latest report on the state of local TV news by the well-respected non-partisan Pew Research Center issues this warning: “With younger people tuning out local newscasts, there is growing concern that local TV news may be facing some of…

U.S. TV’s Answer to James Bond Might Finally Be Coming to the Big Screen, Featuring an A-List Superstar Whose Movies Have Grossed More Than $3 Billion Thus Far

The TV show we’re referring to was a huge baby-boomer favorite: "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.." In its time, it was the most successful U.S. TV version of the James Bond franchise, which had hit movie theaters in 1962. And who…

Lindsay Lohan Headed to Lockup in Plea Bargain

Actress Lindsay Lohan will have to spend time in lockdown after striking a deal with prosecutors. USA Today reports that Lohan avoided jail but will have to spend 90 days in a lockdown rehab facility. Lohan agreed to the bargain…

Tight Four-Way Race in Sunday Broadcast Ratings — With Almost Every Show Losing Viewers

On a night when not a single show on the big four broadcast networks showed an improvement in the ratings, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo, CBS eked out a narrow win for the night. TVbytheNumbers.com reports…

History Channel Responds to Uproar Over Casting of ‘Obama Lookalike’ as Satan — See for Yourself

The History channel is playing defense after the Internet erupted in speculation about why the actor who plays Satan in History’s miniseries “The Bible” looks a lot like President Obama. The cable channel released a number of statements in response…

‘Hogan’s Heroes’ Creators Gain Rights to the Show — What It Means for the Planned Feature Film

Efforts to bring the 1960s CBS sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” to the big screen took a step forward as show creators Albert S. Ruddy and the late Bernard Fein were granted all rights after a three-year legal battle, Deadline.com reports. “Ruddy…

Singer/Reality Star Reveals Palsy Diagnosis

A popular singer and reality television star went public with a health diagnosis, using Twitter to reveal the condition to her fans last week. Carnie Wilson, known for her work in the pop group Wilson Phillips and for Food Network’s…

Veteran TV Actor Known for ‘It Takes a Thief’ — Along With Stints on ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Mission: Impossible’ and Many Other Hit Series — Dead at 84

A familiar actor whose television appearances spanned the 1950s through the 2000s has died. TheWrap.com reports that Malachi Throne, best known for his role as Robert Wagner’s boss Noah Bain in the 1960s series "It Takes a Thief," died March…

Which Jay Leno Jokes Got the Comedian in Trouble With His Boss at NBC?

"The Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is reportedly in the doghouse with NBC’s top entertainment executive. Writing in The New York Times’ Media Decoder, Bill Carter reports that Leno got himself in trouble with Robert Greenblatt by making jokes about…