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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.

Start the Online Petitions Now! Iconic American Brand, Synonymous With Blandness and Mediocrity for 79 Years, About to Change Its Name

The year was 1934. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Dizzy Dean were all baseball stars that year. The Otis Elevator Co. was already 84 years old in 1934. So when Muzak was founded in Fort Mill, South Carolina, that year,…

Actor Gets Third Green Light in 12 Months From ABC

The rollercoaster ride continues for a familiar TV actor at ABC, which has kept him busy by greenlighting projects and then pulling the plug. Nellie Andreeva, writing on Deadline.com, reports that the network has given John Leguizamo yet another green…

Discovery Makes Peace With Reality Host

A truce appears to have been declared in the dispute between Discovery Channel and one of its popular reality hosts. Deadline.com reports that the channel is welcoming back former “Man vs. Wild” host Bear Grylls. Grylls left the channel last…

Katie Couric to Interview Joe Paterno’s Widow

Katie Couric has landed an exclusive interview with the widow of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, marking the first interview she has given since the sex-abuse scandal involving former Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky damaged her husband’s legacy, according…

How Wacky Is Phil Spector? Pretty Wacky, If Al Pacino’s Portrayal of Him in HBO’s New David Mamet Movie on Spector Is Any Indication — Check Out the Trailer …

NBA Legend Joins ABC Reality Show

ABC’s new reality diving competition "Splash" will feature an NBA Hall of Famer, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be a part of the series, along with extreme skier Rory Bushfield, the story reports. The show…

‘Wild Thing, I Think I Love You, But I Want to Know for Sure.’ It’s a Line From One of the Most Famous Rock Songs Ever. The Man Who Sang It Has Died at 71

The man who sang those words in the iconic song "Wild Thing" in the 1960s has died at 71, the BBC reports. Reg Presley was the lead singer of the seminal garage rock band the Troggs. Presley, who founded the group…

John Malone’s Liberty Eyes Challenge to Rupert Murdoch’s Global Media Empire

John Malone’s Liberty Global is in discussions with Virgin Media for a deal to expand to Europe, a move that would challenge fellow billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his British Sky Broadcasting Group, reports Bloomberg. Virgin Media, a U.K. cable-television provider…

Fox News Confirms It Will Give Geraldo the Boot if He Runs for Office

Geraldo Rivera, who has been making noise about running for political office in New Jersey, will lose his job at Fox News Channel as soon as he decides to run, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. Rivera, 69, could…

Super Bowl Third-Most-Watched Show In Broadcast History

This year’s Super Bowl — already dubbed the Blackout Bowl for the 34-minute delay due to a power outage — was the third-most-watched U.S. TV show ever. It was watched by 108.41 million viewers, only superseded by last year’s Super…