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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.
Wednesday’s blackout of some Internet sites, led by Wikipedia, produced impressive results, CBS News reports. The protest of two pending anti-piracy measures, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), “sent a loud message to Congress,”…
The end could be in sight for Ryan Seacrest’s run as host of Fox’s “American Idol,” according to a report by the New York Post. But show producer producer Nigel Lythgoe may come to Seacrest’s rescue, according to another media…
Newt Gingrich’s campaign team is bracing for the worst as ABC’s “Nightline” prepares to air an interview with his ex-wife, the New York Post reports. Marianne Gingrich, who is described as “bitter,” has reportedly threatened to derail her ex-husband’s presidential…
Marking its second comedy pickup of the season, CBS has ordered a pilot for a comedy from a writer who worked on “Undeclared” at Fox before shifting to feature films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "The Muppets" and “Forgetting Sarah…
A prequel to a wildly successful HBO series and an updated version of a 1980s CBS drama have received pilot orders from the CW, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The projects are “The Carrie Diaries,” a prequel to HBO’s "Sex…
A lovefest between Oprah Winfrey and her fans in India turned ugly this week as a brawl erupted during her visit to the subcontinent, E! Online reports. Winfrey is reprotedly in India taping a segment on Bollywood for “Oprah’s Next…
Two of the stars of ABC’s acclaimed sitcom “Modern Family” sounded off about a swearing controversy before Wednesday night’s “Little Bo Bleep” episode aired, the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog reports. Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who play…
"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest is creating his own TV network in partnership with Mark Cuban, who has agreed to rebrand his HDNet network as AXS (pronounced Access) TV, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The partnership will include AEG and…
Dog walkers made a grisly discovery near the iconic Hollywood sign: a plastic bag with a man’s head inside, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Local blog. Police using a cadaver dog searched the spot for more clues, eventually finding two…
A new family comedy from "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler, a writer on the show’s third season, has tapped Broadway star Andrew Rannells for a lead role, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Rannells, who…