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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.

Academy Award Nominations Announced Jan. 24, 2012. Complete List

Best Picture "The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer "The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer "The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers "Hugo" Graham King and Martin…

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NBC Picks Up 10 Pilots

NBC has picked up 10 pilots, including one that marks the return to scripted television for a veteran sitcom star, TVLine.com reports. "Downwardly Mobile" will star Roseanne Barr as the owner of a mobile home park who acts as a…

Star of Upcoming ‘Bachelorette’ Marks a First for the Reality Show

ABC has announced the star of the upcoming eighth edition of “The Bachelorette,” and for the first time in the show’s history, it will be a single mom. The network is bringing back Emily Maynard, who won Brad Womack’s heart…

Why You Probably Can’t Get Product Placement on ‘Modern Family’

"Modern Family" executive producer Steven Levitan tells Advertising Age’s Brian Steinberg that the show turns down about 90% of requests for product placements. "We get offers constantly. We do very few. We try to be extremely selective," Levitan said. Those…

Charlie Sheen Still Has Plenty to Say About Chuck Lorre

Charlie Sheen, who is making the rounds at the NATPE conference to talk up his upcoming FX sitcom “Anger Management,” tells The Hollywood Reporter that if he ran into "Two and a Half Men" executive producer Chuck Lorre on the…

HBO Moves Forward With High-Powered Comedy Pilot; ‘MAS*H’ Veteran in Talks to Star

HBO has tapped Ben Stiller and Jonathan Safran Foer to create a comedy pilot, with the project in negotiations with former “M*A*S*H” star Alan Alda to co-star, reports Deadline.com. Stiller has agreed to star in, direct and executive produce “All…

Battle Shapes Up Between ‘Hugo’ and ‘The Artist’ as Oscar Nominations Are Announced; We Have the Complete List

The 84th Academy Awards nominations were announced today, and the Martin Scorsese film “Hugo,” with 11 nominations, appears poised for a fight with the Golden Globe winner, “The Artist,” which snagged 10 nods, CNN reports. Brad Pitt’s “Moneyball” received six…

CBS Picks Up Project From ‘Brothers & Sisters’ Exec Producer

CBS has picked up a high-profile project to pilot, Deadline.com reports. The network had previously given a put pilot commitment to “Golden Boy,” written and executive produced by "Brothers & Sisters" executive producer Greg Berlanti. The project now has the…

Tablets and E-Books Surge in Popularity

Tablets and e-books have experienced a surge in popularity, with a new survey showing that the devices are now owned by nearly one-fifth of Americans, PCWorld reports. The holidays bumped up ownership to 19% in mid-January, up from 10% in…