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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 "American Idol" champion was injured in a head-on collision on New Year’s Day. The Hollywood Reporter’s Idol Worship reports that Kris Allen, the season eight winner, and his wife, Katy, were involved in the wreck. Allen, whose dog, Zorro,…
ABC’s New Year’s Eve broadcast "Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest" pulled its largest audience ever on ABC, and also marked the first year without Dick Clark, reports Deadline.com. Clark, known for hosting “American Bandstand,” died…
Three weeks after being seriously burned in a backyard accident, ESPN morning anchor Hannah Storm returned to work on New Year’s Day to host coverage of the Rose Parade in Pasadena, reports the Los Angeles Times’ SportsNow. The injury was…
Cablevision customers avoided a blackout of Viacom networks on New Year’s Day after the companies reached a new carriage deal following two months of negotiations, reports the New York Post. The companies, which issued a statement late Monday night about…
The return date for "Arrested Development" remains unclear after Fox posted a blurb and an episode lineup on its website that said the show’s revived version would debut on Netflix on May 4, but quickly yanked the item, reports the…
Kim Kardashian is expecting a baby with her boyfriend, Kanye West, reports People.com. West announced the news at a concert Sunday night, and Kardashian confirmed the news in a blog post. Kardashian wrote: "It’s true!! Kanye and I are expecting…
Tribune Co., which emerged from bankruptcy on Monday with new owners and board of directors, is expected to focus on television but may eventually become a smaller company, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The new Tribune’s board…
A photographer was killed Tuesday evening while taking photos of Justin Bieber’s Ferrari, the Los Angeles Times reports. The singer wasn’t in the car at the time, according to the report. No arrests have been made in the incident that…
Pumping up the volume on the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show, set to air Feb. 3 on CBS from the New Orleans Superdome, Pepsi announced plans today for a contest that will give 100 fans the opportunity to join Beyonce’s…
MSNBC President Phil Griffin has dubbed Chris Matthews, host of "Hardball," as "the model figure" for the network and also revealed that Matthews contemplated a run for the U.S. Senate four years ago, reports TVNewser. Griffin was interviewed by the…