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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.
TNT’s reboot of the iconic CBS soap opera “Dallas” premiered to whopping viewer numbers Wednesday night, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The premiere airing attracted 6.86 million viewers, the top figure for a cable series premiere so far this year….
An actor who played an iconic character on one of the “Star Trek” franchise’s TV series will appear in a substantial guest arc on a Syfy drama, TV Guide reports. Brent Spiner, best known for playing the android Data on…
NBC will try to parlay its Summer Olympics coverage into early momentum on the fall season, USA Today reports. The network will boot up a couple of new shows immediately following Olympics broadcasts and will get a number of shows’…
One of the most prolific of the Food Network stars is pitching a new program for syndication — a daily game show that’s tentatively called "Food Chain," Variety reports. (Note that Variety may charge readers for access to its story.)…
When CBS Sports Network anchor Jim Rome had NBA Commissioner David Stern on his syndicated radio show this week, the interview became contentious — and Stern ended up smacking Rome with a question about beating his wife, reports the Detroit…
After a prosthetic head of George W. Bush was pointed out in a beheading scene in "Game of Thrones," HBO has issued an apology, reports Deadline.com. Severed head resembling George W. Bush, left The presence of the head was noted…
A classic hard rock band that is one of the best-selling groups of all time has surfaced as a top contender to headline the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show, NBC Sports reports. The band is Van Halen, a veteran group…
Former "24" star Kiefer Sutherland said he received an unwelcome surprise two years ago after he ended his eight seasons on the Fox hit, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The surprise was that he had a hard time…
TLC is pulling an episode of "Cake Boss" after a prank on the show created a backlash and hurt feelings, the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports. Carmen Carrera, a transgender woman, says she was convinced to do the show…
Television remains the most used form of entertainment for Americans, while another form of entertainment is rapidly losing ground among consumers, reports Deadline.com, citing a report from public relations firm Edelman. The segment that’s quickly falling is movie going. About…