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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.
The cable channel TruTV has been sued over a show about shoplifting, Deadline.com reports. The lawsuit was filed by aspiring show creators Harry Dunn and Steven Bloch, who say the channel lifted their idea for a show called “Hands Off…
20th Century Fox Television has renewed its overall deal with "1600 Penn" director and executive producer Jason Winer, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Winer, who has worked with the studio for seven years, will start his own production…
A Hurricane Sandy tweet from Lindsay Lohan has caused an uproar on Twitter, with many of those commenting on it apparently seeing it as insensitive, according to the website Hurriyet Daily News. Lohan tweeted: "WHY is everyone in SUCH a…
One of the stars of the long-running NBC sitcom “Cheers” has been hospitalized with chest pains, reports the Chicago Tribune. George Wendt, known for his role as Norm on the hit 1980s series "Cheers," checked into the hospital Sunday evening,…
NBC is taking another shot at creating what it hopes will be a successful Thursday night comedy lineup. As part of the new block, the network has scheduled the return of the critically acclaimed and fan-favorite comedy "Community" after delaying…
Even without an audience — and with all the awkward TV moments endured by a host performing in front of an empty house — one thing CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman” can boast about is that the show went…
"CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley was evacuated from his live location in New Jersey just before the location was wrecked by Hurricane Sandy, reports TVNewser.com. Pelley was anchoring from the deck of an Allenhurst, N.J. restaurant called Mr. C’s…
Director Oliver Stone is sounding off about Hurricane Sandy, saying the huge storm is making a commentary of sorts on the current political situation, according to The Huffington Post. Stone’s take is that the storm sends a warning to both…
The New Jersey town of Seaside Heights, home base for the hit MTV series “Jersey Shore,” was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, although the house shared by cast members on the reality show is still standing, according to The Hollywood…
"The Voice" judge CeeLo Green is the target of a sexual battery investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department, reports TMZ.com. Green is adamant he did nothing wrong, the story says. The investigation was sparked by a woman who filed…