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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.
A new cable channel is set to launch soon that could syphon off some of what Fox News has proved is a sizable audience for a right-leaning take on the news. Deadline.com reports that One America News, from the Washington…
Fox continues to rack up nightly ratings wins whenever it airs “American Idol,” even as the singing competition continues to see its numbers fall. It happened again Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports…
A veteran actor known for his long stint on the NBC drama “Law & Order: SVU” will try his hand at comedy in a new Fox project. “In a major coup for Fox, Chris Meloni has signed on to star…
One of the stars of Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise is suing one of its other stars in a legal beef focused on the two women’s musical pursuits. Fox News reports that “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss filed a…
The showrunner and executive producer who made a high-profile exit three months ago from “The Walking Dead” in a widely publicized ouster from the AMC series is, well, back from the dead. Deadline.com reports that Glen Mazzara has launched his…
A top Hearst executive has left the company after becoming ensnared in what’s being described as an extortion plot involving sexting with a Los Angeles stripper. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Scott Sassa, president of Hearst Entertainment…
NBC appears to be giving up on a show the network once had high hopes for, which failed to hold viewer interest after an OK start. The network shunted the struggling drama "Smash" to the ratings no-man’s land of Saturday…
A rocker who played drums in one of the bands that defined heavy metal in the 1980s has died. Rolling Stone reports that Clive Burr, the former drummer for Iron Maiden, died Tuesday night at age 56. “Burr had been…
Fans of a canceled drama series put their money where their hearts are to show their support for a movie version of the TV show. "Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas said, "My mind is blown," after he raised $2 million…
A shoot for a Kmart television commercial in the Los Angeles suburb of Van Nuys resulted in the death of a 5-foot-long white-tipped shark, the Los Angeles Times reports. The shark had been placed in an above-ground swimming pool in…