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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.
An MTV comedy has experienced turmoil behind the scenes, with the creator and executive producer leaving the project. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that Lauren Iungerich is departing the pilot “Hot Mess.” The network calls Iungerich’s exit a mutual…
Following reports last week that Sony Pictures TV is considering "Today" co-host Matt Lauer and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper as possible replacements for longtime "Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek when he retires, additional names have surfaced as contenders for the job….
The rumor that Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving "The View” refuses to go away. A new report by the New York Post’s Page Six says the show’s outspoken conservative is headed out the door when her contract is up next year….
After their separation shocked fans, two veteran television actors are getting back together. People.com reports that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman have ended their separation. The pair, who have been married for 30 years and are one of Hollywood’s best-known…
One of the stars of the NBC comedy series “The Office” has signed on with an upcoming CBS drama project. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that Rainn Wilson will play the lead role in the pilot “Backstrom.” The news comes after…
A murder case that has captured national attention will get the TV movie treatment at Lifetime. TheWrap.com reports that the cable network has a project in the works about Jodi Arias, whose trial on first-degree murder charges in the death…
"Verizon, whose FiOS TV is the nation’s sixth-biggest pay-TV provider, with 4.7 million subscribers, has begun talks with several ‘mid-tier and smaller’ media companies about paying for their channels based on audience size, according to Terry Denson, the phone company’s…
The producers behind Seth MacFarlane’s hosting of this year’s Oscars telecast said people "missed the joke" behind his much-criticized "Boobs Song," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The song made fun of actresses including Charlize Theron and Kate Winslet for baring…
Showtime’s ‘The Vatican" has cast an actor whose portrayal of Hitler spawned dozens of Internet spoofs. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Bruno Ganz will play Pope Sixtus VI in the project. Ganz starred as Adolf Hitler in "Downfall,"…
With NBC shifting the struggling drama "Smash" to Saturdays, the consensus among television observers has been that the move marks the beginning of the end for the show. But executive producer Neil Meron said he believes the show’s future "is…