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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.
One of the most popular sports figures ever says he’ll be part of a bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers. And though he’s never played professional baseball, he says he’s gone to lots of Dodgers games and is a big…
An actor who delivered one of the most unforgettable lines in movie history has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bill McKinney, a character actor best known as one of the cruel villains in the 1972 film "Deliverance," died Thursday…
The NBA unveiled an ambitious schedule of Christmas games to tip off the shortened 2011-12 season on Christmas Day, B&C reports. The lockout shortened each team’s schedule from 82 games to 66 games and pushed back the start of the…
Apparently CNN host Piers Morgan wasn’t a big fan of a comedian who recently died. Morgan stuck his foot in his mouth while paying tribute to Patrice O’Neal, who died this week at age 41, reports TheWrap.com. Talking to comedian…
One of NBC’s few recent ratings success stories is on the line as negotiations get under way between the network and the National Football League. The NFL is seeking more money from NBC for the renewal of "Sunday Night Football,"…
TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross can’t believe how Simon Cowell screwed up on-air recently, making a mockery of his own show, "The X-Factor." Click here to see why Ross is so pissed at Cowell.
Verizon Communications was told to discontinue running an ad after a complaint was filed that challenges a claim in the ad, Multichannel News reports. Acting on a complaint by Comcast, the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business…
A children’s talent manager whose clients have appeared on television shows such as Nickelodeon’s "iCarly" and Disney Channel’s "Good Luck Charlie" has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a client, reports the Los Angeles Times. Martin Weiss was arrested Tuesday…
The producers of a big-budget Western/science-fiction movie have been sued by the author of a story with the same name, who says they stole his idea, Deadline.com reports. The 2011 release “Cowboys & Aliens” is the focal point of the…
Questlove, the drummer in the house band for NBC’s "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," said he blocked 3,500 Twitter followers after his band gave Michele Bachmann a rude welcome by introducing her with the 1985 song "Lyin’ Ass Bitch," reports…