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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.
Actress January Jones, known for her role as Betty, Don Draper’s ex-wife, on the AMC hit “Mad Men,” revealed that she is experiencing an unusual problem: Her hair is falling out. ABC News reports that Jones, 35, says the problem…
CNN, which is readying a revamped morning show to challenge NBC’s “Today” show and ABC’s “Good Morning America,” has brought Chris Cuomo aboard from ABC News, the New York Post’s Page Six reports. Cuomo, ABC News’ chief legal correspondent and…
MTV is shutting down production on an unscripted series that has attracted its share of controversy, the New York Post reports. The series is "Teen Mom 2," which has followed the lives of four women who became pregnant in high…
A Volkswagen commercial for the upcoming Super Bowl has sparked a controversy after the spot was previewed online, Motor Authority reports. “Volkswagen’s upcoming ad for Super Bowl XLVII doesn’t feature scantily clad bikini models, singing dogs or an adorable pint-sized…
Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and chairman of hi-def cable network AXS TV, launched the annual conference of the National Association of Television Program Executives in Miami with a defense of the traditional television model, Cynthia Littleton…
A "Hatfields & McCoys" project has been ordered by NBC, following the huge success of History Channel’s miniseries about the feuding families, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The pilot project is set in present-day Pittsburgh, with a death reigniting the feud…
Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s will debut a new flavor inspired by the NBC comedy "30 Rock" on Thursday night, when the show winds up its seventh and final season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ben & Jerry’s…
ABC has cast an Emmy-winning actor and comedian to star in a new sitcom project, Deadline.com reports. The network cast Rob Corddry to star in the pilot "Spy," a comedy based on a British show of the same name, the…
It turns out that Barbara Walters, who was hospitalized after a fall last week, as previously reported, has chicken pox. “Not shingles, which comes from the same virus and is something one might more likely expect in a woman who’s…
A Web series starring "Party Down" actor Ken Marino is heading to television, with a debut set on the E! channel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. E! will debut the reality show parody, “Burning Love,” Feb. 25 at 10 p.m.,…