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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.
In separate actions by two cable channels, a drama series and a reality show have been canceled. After eight seasons on the air, A&E has canceled its reality series "Dog the Bounty Hunter," Deadline.com reports. Meanwhile, Syfy is pulling the…
MTV has scrapped a reality project after a casting call for the project prompted outrage, reports the New York Post. The program intended to track virgins as they lost their virginity. The casting call was looking for adults 18 years…
Eugene Polley, the co-inventor of a device that we all use virtually every day, that changed how we watch television and that many of us can’t imagine doing without, has died, TVNewser.com reports. Polley, co-inventor of the television remote control,…
The last remaining bubble show from the 2011-12 television season has been renewed, TVLine.com reports. The show is the CBS comedy series "Rules of Engagement.” The show will return for a seventh season, demonstrating a remarkable ability to survive, the…
An Oscar-winning writer known for his offbeat feature films is reteaming with an actress who has been featured in a number of them. Charlie Kaufman, whose movies include "Being John Malkovich" (1999), “Adaptation” (2002) and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless…
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi won’t be living with her castmates while the MTV show tapes this summer at the New Jersey shore, reports TMZ.com. The reason is her pregnancy, which has Snooki wanting to live near the "Jersey Shore" cast house…
The “will she or won’t she” saga of Camille Grammer and whether she would be back as a cast member on Bravo’s "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” has had enough twists and turns that we couldn’t keep up with…
Time Warner Cable Chief Executive Glenn Britt expressed disapproval over Dish Network’s ad-skipping technology, putting himself on the side of television networks that want to kill the service, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. Dish’s Auto Hop could damage…
A Web series fronted by actress Illeana Douglas will end after its fourth season, which is set to launch this fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series is the Ikea-branded "Easy to Assemble, which features a fictionalized version of…
History’s first scripted show, "Vikings," has made a key casting announcement, landing an actor known for a series of high-profile film roles and fresh off a highly honored run on HBO, TheWrap.com reports. The actor is Gabriel Byrne, who won…