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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.
MTV and 495 Productions are reportedly looking for new castmates to add to "Jersey Shore," with the idea of potentially phasing out Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino from the show, reports TMZ.com. The decision to search for new cast members comes…
NBC’s “30 Rock,” which reaped big ratings when it aired its first live episode back in 2010, will try it again, the Courier-Journal reports. The comedy will air live from New York’s Rockefeller Center on April 26, the story reports….
A merger between two entertainment unions became effective Friday, March 30, after members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists voted to consolidate, B&C reports. The story reports: “The combined union, SAG-AFTRA, will…
Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown has reportedly been cast on a TV sitcom, according to People.com. The role is a recurring part on Tyler Perry’s "For Better or Worse." Details about the role weren’t available, the story says. The…
Tribune pulled television stations in 19 markets off the air over the weekend, including WPIX-TV in New York and WGN-TV in Chicago, reports Bloomberg. The blackout comes as a contract between Tribune and DirecTV expired and after two months of…
"There were three winning tickets sold for Friday’s record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot — believed to be the world’s largest such prize," according to a story by CBS News and the Associated Press. The story adds, "Mega Millions spokesperson…
"News commentator Keith Olbermann is out at Current TV, just nine months after launching his weeknight show, ‘Countdown,’ " reports USA Today. Olbermann’s show has been replaced with ‘Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer,’ featuring the former New York governor and former…
Two longtime MTV favorites are being brought back by the cable channel for new seasons, Deadline.com reports. MTV is giving renewals to "The Challenge" and "The Real World." This will be the 27th season for "The Real World" and the…
The vintage game show format “Hollywood Squares” is returning to TV as “Hip Hop Squares” with a lineup that includes well-known hip hop personalities, MTV announced. The show will air on MTV2, where it’s set to premiere May 22. MTV…
The Emmy-winning star of an iconic sitcom revealed a health crisis that was kept quiet when it happened several years ago. Candice Bergen revealed that in 2006 she suffered a minor stroke, reports New York Magazine. Bergen starred on the…