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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 top NBC local TV veteran has been chosen to head up Tribune’s local braodcasting unit, reports B&C. According to the story by our good friend — and B&C editor — Melissa Grego, "NBCU veteran broadcasting executive Larry Wert has…
Plans continue to coalesce for CNN’s newest show. We reported yesterday that a program built around former ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper is getting the 4 p.m. slot, and today word surfaced that the show will be…
With the departure of Christina Applegate from the ratings-challenged NBC comedy "Up All Night," there’s talk that the list of actresses NBC is eyeing as possible replacements includes "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The series is…
Comedy legend and renaissance man Steve Martin has become a father for the first time at age 67, the New York Post reports. The stand-up comedian, actor, author, producer and banjo picker welcomed his first child with his wife, Anne…
One of the television reporters covering Tuesday’s dramatic developments in the manhunt for alleged cop killer Christopher Dorner was caught in the crossfire of a shootout between Dorner and police, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. Carter Evans was reporting live for…
For the first time, an Intel executive goes on-the-record about the company’s new over-the-top Web-based TV service. The most controversial feature of Intel’s new service is that it will have a camera in its hardware device to identify who’s watching…
The fourth hour of "Today" has relocated to Los Angeles for a two-week stint, with its co-hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb reportedly in a "test run" for a possible permanent move, reports the New York Post’s Page Six….
Talk show host Steve Wilkos was temporarily blinded after he was hit above the eye during an on-set fight among his guests, reports TMZ.com. The fight happened during a segment called "My daughter tried to poison me." Wilkos, a former…
Lady Gaga disclosed that she has a medical condition that has left her unable to walk, and has postponed several concerts as a result, reports People.com. Gaga, 26, said she has synovitis, a severe inflammation of the joints. "I’ve been…
Disgraced journalist Jonah Lehrer, who was fired from his job at The New Yorker after it was discovered that he fabricated quotes and plagiarized material, addressed his downfall for the first time in public, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lehrer…