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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.
"Tower Heist" director Brett Ratner was ousted as producer of the Oscars over a controversial remark he made at a Friday Q&A session for the movie, where he said, "Rehearsal is for fags," reports the New York Post’s Page Six….
Fox’s “Terra Nova” had a big night in Monday’s Nielsen overnights, but CBS coasted to a solid win for the night in the key demo of adults 18-49, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Terra Nova” was up 24% from a week ago in…
Justin Bieber has agreed to take a DNA test to put an end to claims by a San Diego woman who says the teenage superstar is the father of her baby, the San Jose Mercury News reports. A spokesman for…
President Obama has threatened to use his veto power for just the third time in his presidency if the Senate passes a bill blocking the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, Deadline.com reports. The vote in the Senate is expected…
With Regis Philbin’s final appearance on “Live! With Regis and Kelly” looming, the show has lined up some big-league guests for the home stretch, Deadline.com reports. Philbin’s last day on the ABC morning show will be Nov. 18. During that…
CNN has announced plans to unveil a new show this weekend, Multichannel News reports. The cable news channel will launch “The Next List,” featuring Dr. Sanjay Gupta, on Sunday, Nov. 13. Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, will host the 30-minute…
Sunday night’s premiere of a new AMC drama series was a smash hit for the cable network — its second-highest-rated series debut ever, Deadline.com reports. The new Western series "Hell on Wheels" drew 4.4 million viewers. In adults 18-49, the…
The CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men" has cast a well-known film actress as the mother of Ashton Kutcher’s character, Walden Schmidt, reports Deadline.com. Actress Mimi Rogers will play the role on at least two episodes, the story reports….
A former CBS News reporter who left the network last month has been hired by ABC News, reports TVNewser. Kelly Cobiella, who left CBS to relocate to London with her husband, will work for ABC out of its London news…
A scheduling decision that moved an Emmy-winning series to a new time slot looks like it’s turning out to be a bad move for the show, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. CBS’s "The Good Wife" has lost…