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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.
Actor John Travolta has been hit with a lawsuit by a Los Angeles man who wrote a book mentioning alleged gay encounters with Travolta, Reuters reports. “Robert Randolph claimed that Travolta and his attorney Martin Singer spread false statements about…
MSNBC has revealed plans for a new show that will fill the void left by the departure of host Dylan Ratigan, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The network plans to create an ensemble program featuring four political pundits,…
The producer of "Liz & Dick," Lifetime’s Elizabeth Taylor biopic starring Lindsay Lohan, is shopping a pilot for a male-skewing sketch show, reports Deadline.com. "Liz & Dick" producer Larry Thompson is working with producer Michael Wilson of "Saturday Night Live"…
The "American Idol" runner-up is in talks to join "Glee" for a multi-episode arc, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. It’s not clear what role Jessica Sanchez would play on the Fox show, although it’s likely she would appear midway through the…
MTV has set the premiere date for its new scripted high school comedy "The Inbetweeners," which is based on a British show of the same name, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The half-hour show will debut Monday, Aug….
Charlie Sheen has been cast as the U.S. president in an upcoming production, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision. The production is Robert Rodriguez’s sequel to his movie "Machete," the story reports. Sheen’s father, Martin Sheen, is known for…
The Supreme Court today issued a ruling on indecency in a case involving nudity on an episode of ABC’s “NYPD Blue” and obscenities broadcast on awards shows, The Washington Post reports. The justices ruled unanimously in the closely watched case,…
On this morning’s "Today" show, NBC ran a graphic — apparently inadvertently — during Ann Curry’s interview with Steve Carell that seemed to underscore that Curry’s time as a host on the show may be coming to an end, reports…
Whether Justin Bieber dragged down NBC or NBC dragged down Justin Bieber is a matter of interpretation, but one thing is clear: The combination didn’t work. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that Wednesday night’s concert special “Justin Bieber: All Around the World” was…