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Chuck Ross

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.

More Information Surfaces About Whitney Houston’s Death: Where, Exactly, She Was Found. And What Drugs Were Found in Her Hotel Room. And What the Coroner Says — and Doesn’t Say, for Now

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Sunday afternoon, Feb. 12, 2012, that an autopsy on pop icon Whitney Houston’s body has been completed, but official results have been placed on hold, pending toxicology tests, Fox News reports. The story says…

Simon Cowell: Houston Was Positioning to Become a Judge on ‘X Factor’

Whitney Houston was being considered as a judge for Fox’s "The X Factor," said Simon Cowell, appearing on CNN’s "Piers Morgan Tonight," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s the Live Feed blog. Houston was interested in the role and was actively…

Pushed by Fresh Memories of Whitney Houston, Grammys Get Colossal Ratings. Even Beats Last Year’s OSCAR Telecast!

CBS’s presentation Sunday night, Feb. 12, 2012, of the  54th Grammy Awards "scored a giant 14.1 adults 18-49 rating and 39 million viewers, up 41% vs. a 10.0 rating and 26.7 million average viewers last season," according to TVbytheNumbers.com, adding,…

Show That Mocked Whitney Houston Pulled from E!’s Schedule

A show that made fun of Whitney Houston’s wardrobe was pulled from the schedule by E!, reports TVLine.com. The episode of “Fashion Police” originally aired Friday, before Houston’s death. It was scheduled for rebroadcast Sunday at 8:30 p.m., but was…

Video: It Was for This Performance on the Grammys in 1986 That Whitney Houston Won Her First and Only Emmy

CW Shakes Up Daytime, Will Pull Current Show in Favor of Young-Skewing Talk Show

The CW is shaking things up in daytime, replacing a current show with a talk show that appeals to younger viewers, B&C reports. "The Bill Cunningham Show," a syndicated talk show from Tribune, will go national in the fall on…

John Goodman Joins New Roseanne Barr Sitcom

John Goodman, who played Roseanne Barr’s television husband on her hit ABC comedy "Roseanne," has signed on for Barr’s latest project, reports TheWrap.com. The new NBC comedy pilot is set in a trailer park, and like “Roseanne,” it will be…

Video: Jennifer Hudson, at the Grammys, Sings Moving Tribute to Whitney Houston

OWN to Air Oprah’s Two-Hour In-Depth Interview With Whitney Houston; Lifetime to Air Houston’s Debut Movie

OWN and Lifetime will air programming this week remembering Whitney Houston, who was found dead on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Tonight, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, Lifetime will present the 1992 film "The Bodyguard," starring Houston, in her acting debut, and Kevin Costner….

Adele Big Winner at Grammys. Here’s Her Majestic Grammy Singing Performance — Her First Live Gig Since Losing Her Voice and Having an Operation to Restore It