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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.
A new Harris poll lists the country’s favorite current affairs personalities, and topping the list is a familiar face in broadcast news, TVNewser.com reports. ABC News veteran Diane Sawyer comes in at No. 1 in the survey, the story reports,…
Details are surfacing about what happened at the Governors Ball after Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony that led to the arrest of actress Sean Young. As we reported previously, the star known for her roles in “No Way Out,” “Blade Runner”…
Updated overnight Nielsen ratings for Sunday night confirm what the metered market returns, reported earlier, hinted at: The Oscars did better this year than last, ABC noted in a press release.. Total viewership averaged 39.3 million for the broadcast, up…
Actress Lucy Lawless, best known as the star of the television series "Xena: Warrior Princess," was arrested in New Zealand while taking part in a Greenpeace protest, reports New York Magazine. Lawless and other activists were reportedly arrested after boarding…
The silent movie “The Artist” was the big winner Sunday night at the 84th annual Academy Awards, taking home a total of five trophies including best picture, best director and best actor. Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” also scored five Oscars, despite…
After a showdown between the Motion Picture Academy and actor Sacha Baron Cohen in the days leading up to the Oscars, the Academy’s worst fears came true when Cohen showed up on the Oscars red carpet in character, MTV News…
Preliminary ratings for Sunday night’s Academy Awards telecast showed that the ABC telecast was on track to improve on last year’s Oscar ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The news comes as a bit of a surprise considering that box office numbers for…
A well-known actress was arrested at the official post-Oscars party after she allegedly got into a physical confrontation with a security guard, TMZ.com reports. Sean Young, known for her roles in "Blade Runner," “No Way Out,” "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"…
CBS Corp. and Discovery Communications are among the media heavyweights that have shown an interest in buying the TV Guide Network and its companion site, the New York Post reports. Also joining in the bidding is Andrew Nikou, founder of…