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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 Mindy Project" has received an order from Fox for additional episodes, bringing its first-season order to 24 episodes, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Fox ordered an additional two episodes after a recently ordered back nine, the story…
CBS rode strong performances by two Thursday night comedies to a comfortable ratings win in the key 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reports, citing Nielsen overnights. CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” was the top show of the night, delivering a 4.7 average…
Just a few hours after news broke Thursday that NBC had canceled the freshman comedy “Animal Practice,” a subplot aired on another NBC sitcom, “30 Rock,” that may have been a poke in the eye at the canceled show, TheWrap.com…
Joaquin Phoenix, a two-time Oscar nominee, doesn’t appear to be interested in going through the process a third time. The New York Daily News reports that the quirky actor opens up in a new piece in Interview Magazine, saying —…
News Corp. announced that Roger Ailes has signed a new four-year deal to remain as CEO and chairman of Fox News and chairman of Fox Television Stations, The Washington Post reports. “Ailes, who started Fox News Channel in 1996, will…
Jennifer Love Hewitt, who is already starring in Lifetime’s "The Client List," is working with the network to develop a drama series based on her 2010 bestseller "The Day I Shot Cupid," reports Deadline.com. The book is filled with advice…
The activist group PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, celebrated the announcement Thursday that NBC had canceled the situation comedy "Animal Practice," reports Entertainment Weekly. The group issued a statement that said, “PETA’s staff are celebrating today in…
Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks had an embarrassing moment during a live appearance this morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” accidentally dropping the F-bomb, People magazine reports. The incident took place when interviewer Elizabeth Vargas asked Hanks to speak as one…
The award-winning Showtime drama "Homeland" has received a legal threat from Lebanon, with the country’s minister of tourism expressing outrage at Beirut’s portrayal by the show as a city filled with terrorists, reports the U.K.’s Telegraph. The story was reported…
An attorney for Britney Spears’ ex-manager — who is suing her in a Los Angeles court for breach of contract — told the court yesteday, Oct. 18, 2012, that "Spears used his client as a ‘scapegoat’ to cover up her…