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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.
A Los Angeles television station fell victim last week to a hoax reporting that a sequel to the Coen Brothers’ 1998 cult hit "The Big Lebowski" was ready to start filming in October, reports Mediabistro.com. KCBS-TV, the Los Angeles CBS…
A&E announced it is going straight to series on a new project inspired by an Alfred Hitchcock thriller. The cable network is bypassing the pilot phase and placing a 10-episode order for the “Psycho”-inspired “Bates Motel,” from Universal Television. Carlton…
Oscar winner Cher found herself in an Internet controversy involving the Mormon Church after she tweeted a comment about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, according to The Hollywood Reporter. On Friday, the singer tweeted about President Obama, saying, "I Feel…
HBO has made the decision two renew two series, including one that has become a fixture on the pay-cable network and another that has recently debuted. “True Blood” will return for a sixth season, while “The Newsroom” will be back…
Jeff Eastin, the creator of USA Network’s "White Collar," has had another series picked up by the network, TVLine.com reports. "Graceland" is about a team of undercover FBI, DEA and U.S. Customs operatives who live together in a beach house…
A former L.A. Laker whose basketball woes during the past season have been linked by some to his participation in the E! reality show “Khloe & Lamar” is headed back to Los Angeles, the L.A. Times reports. Lamar Odom, the…
A "Parenthood" and "Friday Night Lights" writer and executive producer has signed a new overall deal with Universal Television, the studio behind both series, reports Deadline.com. Jason Katims will continue as executive producer on NBC’s "Parenthood" as part of the…
NBC News President Steve Capus called out The New York Times for critiquing a highlight video about former "Today" co-host Ann Curry that never actually aired on television, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The segment was described by the newspaper’s…
CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who has been the subject of speculation about his sexuality for years, has come out as gay, the Daily Beast reports. Cooper made the revelation in an email exchange with the website’s Andrew Sullivan. The two men…
Katie Holmes’ fear that Tom Cruise would send their 6-year-old daughter Suri to the Scientology group known as Sea Organization, or Sea Org, reportedly led to her decision to file for divorce, according to TMZ.com. Furthermore, The New York Post…