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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.
Charlie Sheen’s sitcom "Anger Management" and Russell Brand’s series "Strangely Uplifting" will bookend a two-and-a-half-hour comedy block on FX starting June 28, reports Deadline.com. Also included in the lineup will be returning comedies "Louie" and "Wilfred." "Anger Management" will kick…
The Dow Jones industrial average of 30 stocks broke through the 13,000 level today, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, and stayed there through the closing bell, something that last happened on May 19, 2008, reports The New York Times. According to…
The CW network has picked up two episodes of "Perez Hilton Superfan," to be shown as specials on the channel, reports Deadline.com. The celebrity blogger hosts the program, in which he interviews stars. UK’s ITV2 originally commissioned the series and…
The nation’s fifth-largest cable provider announced a steep decline in profit for the fourth quarter, Fox Business reports. Profit for Cablevision fell 47%, reflecting the loss of the company’s cable-networks division, including AMC, which was spun off last year. The…
An actor known for his recent run as a bad guy on AMC’s “Breaking Bad” has signed on with an NBC pilot, Deadline.com reports. Giancarlo Esposito, who had an electrifying turn as Gus Fring on "Breaking Bad," joins the J.J….
Even with CNN’s ratings getting a bump in February from a Republican presidential debate and the death of pop superstar Whitney Houston, MSNBC topped CNN in the prime-time ratings for February. MSNBC reported that it averaged 988,000 total viewers in…
The Oscar-winning and Emmy-winning creator, showrunner and head writer of a popular TV series is stepping down from his day-to-day duties on the show, reports the New York Times’ Arts Beat blog. According to the article, "Alan Ball, the television producer…
After months of speculation, the lineup for season 14 of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” has been revealed, MSNBC reports. Controversial NFL player Tim Tebow, the subject of weeks of rumors, is NOT on the list, the story notes. But…
On-screen personnel changes continue for NBC’s “The Office,” where repercussions are still being felt from the departure of Steve Carell. James Spader, who joined the show as part of the transition from Carell, won’t be back next season, Time reports….
Actress Sean Young wants the Motion Picture Academy to apologize for an incident that resulted in her arrest on the night of the Oscars, CBS News reports. As we reported previously, the “No Way Out” and “Blade Runner” star was…