Chuck Ross

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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.

It’s Election Day, and We Already Have Unprecedented Results From the Tiny Town That Votes First in the Nation

"By tradition, the unincorporated village of Dixville Notch, N.H., located in Coos County, is one of two locations that get to cast the first votes of the presidential election just after midnight on Election Day," reports the Huffington Post. The…

Stage Mother to End All Stage Mothers Dies at 79

She was a modern-day version of Mama Rose in "Gypsy" — that is, the stage mother to end all stage mothers. Teri Shields, 79, "who long exerted an iron fist in guiding the career of her daughter Brooke Shields from…

Spinoff of a Spinoff of a Spinoff

Here’s a throwback to the days when "Laverne & Shirley" was spun off from "Happy Days," which was itself a spinoff of an episode of "Love, American Style." A spinoff of CBS’s "NCIS: Los Angeles" is in the works, with the…

What’s ‘The L’? The 2016 Super Bowl That the Industry Is Already Circling — Count on Big Game’s 50th Anniversary to Be a Big Deal

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age The teams for 2013’s Super Bowl XLVII have yet to emerge, but the media and advertising industries already have their collective eye on Super Bowl 50. The game, to be carried by CBS in 2016, is…

Controversial Program Gives Nat Geo Its Highest Ratings in a Year

National Geographic Channel earned its best ratings in more than a year with the airing of a program that drew criticism for what some believed was a partisan bias — "SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden," reports…

Report: Lindsay Lohan to Be Charged With Lying to Police — Which Is a Big Problem for Her Due to Her Probation

Actress Lindsay Lohan will be charged with lying to police, according to a report on TMZ.com. The anticipated charge is in connection with a June 2012 car accident on Pacific Coast Highway, the piece reports. As previously reported, Lohan was…

Long-Awaited ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Prequel to Be Released Friday

The long-awaited "Battlestar Galactica" prequel will be rolled out Friday, with the film airing as 10 short episodes on Machinima’s YouTube channel, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The first episode will be released Friday, Nov. 9, with the subsequent installments rolled…