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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.
Mark O’Donnell, a Tony Award-winning writer who was involved in the Broadway success "Hairspray," died Monday in New York at 58, the Los Angeles Times reports. “He was a huge talent, and a warm, witty and wonderful man who marched…
A crime procedural that ran for six seasons on CBS has landed a deal for cable distribution, Deadline.com reports. CBS Television Distribution closed a deal to put “Numbers” on ION Television. ION gets off-network rights to all 118 episodes, with…
The James Bond movie franchise is getting its own TV channel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the satellite broadcaster BSkyB in the U.K. will launch a dedicated movie channel for the franchise on Oct. 5. The launch is timed to…
In his first televised interview since news broke that girlfriend Kristen Stewart had cheated on him, actor Robert Pattinson will appear on ABC’s "Good Morning America" on Wednesday, Aug. 15, reports USMagazine.com. Pattinson will be promoting his new film "Cosmopolis"…
"Marvin Hamlisch, the singularly productive and sensationally decorated composer of musicals like ‘A Chorus Line’ and songs like ‘The Way We Were,’ has died, his family said Tuesday through a representative. He was 68," The New York Times reports.. Though…
NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt responded to an accusation by "America’s Got Talent" judge Sharon Osbourne that her son was discriminated against by the network, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. As previously reported, Osbourne said she’s quitting "America’s…
Critics of HBO’s controversial drama series “The Newsroom” — and there are plenty of them around — got a chance to go toe to toe with the man behind the show, Aaron Sorkin, during the recent Television Critics Association press…
A long-running television show unveiled a slate of guest stars for its upcoming 43rd season, with appearances on tap by "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm, Oscar winner Halle Berry and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, among others, reports TheWrap.com….
An actor known for his role as a regular on "That ’70s Show" is joining Fox’s "Raising Hope" as the love interest for Melanie Griffith, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Wilmer Valderrama will be featured in at least three episodes…
Despite the popularity of the Twitter hashtag #NBCFail and the media spotlight on other criticisms of NBC’s coverage of the London Olympics, most viewers are rating the network’s coverage as "good" or "excellent," reports B&C, citing a Pew Research Center…