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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.
Comedian Will Ferrell starred in a Super Bowl ad that most viewers never saw, because it only aired in Nebraska, according to New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The spot is the latest of what the article calls "beautifully bizarre" ads…
After last month’s health scare that sent actress Demi Moore to a hospital, she is now in a treatment facility on "total lockdown," reports E! Online. The facility is the Cirque Lodge in Sundance, Utah, which the article describes as…
NBC’s high-priced series gamble, "Smash," debuts on the network tonight, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. "The pilot for ‘Smash’ cost more than $7 million to make, and subsequent episodes are running close to $4 million apiece, according to people with knowledge…
Amid off-season turmoil on Fox’s "X Factor,” one judge is locked in for next season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Epic Records chief L.A. Reid, whom audiences appeared to embrace, signed his option contract Friday to return to the show,…
FX appears to be as big a fan of one of its dramas as the critics are. The network has already announced it’s bringing back the critically acclaimed “Sons of Anarchy” for a fifth season, and now it has picked…
"Scrubs" actress Sarah Chalke has been cast in the lead role in an ABC comedy pilot, reports Deadline.com. The comedy, from 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine Television, is "How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your…
The stars of the TLC show "Sister Wives" have been given the go-ahead by a federal judge for a lawsuit that challenges Utah’s bigamy law, reports the Deseret News. The judge ruled that Kody Brown and his four wives can…
A tragic mass shooting is the focus of a miniseries project at Lifetime, which will involve the creative team behind "Moneyball" and "Mildred Pierce," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The miniseries would be based on the…
A high-profile TV actor who has racked up six Emmy nominations, including winning two trophies, will play the lead in the new ABC drama pilot “Last Resort,” Deadline.com reports. Andre Braugher, who received back-to-back Emmy nominations in 2010 and 2011…
HBO’s "Boardwalk Empire" has cast an actor known for his role in "Third Watch" to play a brutal gangster, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Bobby Cannavale will play Gyp Rosetti, a gangster who challenges Nucky, played by Steve Buscemi, for…