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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.
Cablevision revealed that it was targeted Tuesday by a coordinated Internet attack, Multichannel News reports. The company said it succeeded in recovering from the attack. The attack caused some customers to be unable to access certain Internet sites for about…
ABC Television has made a deal with Creative Mobile Technologies, the company that programs the television screens in the back of taxis, to provide show clips, news reports and ads, reports Deadline.com. The ABC material will be appearing in 10,000…
Roger Ebert said his television show focusing on movie reviews will take a break, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. "At the Movies," which had been hosted by Ebert and his late colleague Gene Siskel starting in the 1970s,…
ABC has announced Barbara Walters’ list of the "10 Most Fascinating People" of 2011 — keeping the No. 1 selection a secret until her annual interview show airs, as usual, reports TVNewser.com. Among those who earned Walters’ nod are Simon…
Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show has had some behind-the-scenes drama that’s leading to personnel changes, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Executive producers Cathy Chermol and Lisa Morin are leaving the show after joining in June, the story says….
Judy Lewis, the secret daughter of two legends of the silver screen, has died at 76, reports The New York Times. Lewis, the daughter of Loretta Young and Clark Gable, spent her first 19 months of life hidden away, a…
Kim Kardashian’s ex Kris Humphries has filed for an annulment, claiming fraud as a reason for erasing the 72-day marriage, reports People.com. A nullity is granted under California law if the court decides that no valid marriage occurred, the story…
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter appeared on "The Joy Behar Show" to clarify why she got bleeped on MSNBC: It wasn’t for calling John McCain a "douchebag," reports TheWrap.com. "I said dickweed," Coulter said. "I thought you could say that. They…
One of the stars of the hit MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" has apologized after coming under fire for uploading a song to his YouTube page that included lyrics about a rape fantasy, reports TheWrap.com. Vinny Guadagnino apologized for the…
Keith Olbermann has sworn off responding to Twitter followers after a tense exchange with a follower he thought insulted a guest on his show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. After interviewing comedian Richard Lewis on Monday, Olbermann became caught up…