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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.
An actor known for his role in the 1982 movie “Porky’s” has been found dead, and authorities believe his death was a suicide, TMZ.com reports. Wyatt Knight, who played Tommy Turner in “Porky’s” and its sequels, was found dead last…
More details have surfaced about the upcoming 23rd installment in the James Bond movie series, and it is shaping up as an impressive project. The latest Bond Girl will be Severine, played by Berenice Marlohe. The title has been confirmed…
Charlie Sheen may be gone from CBS’s "Two and a Half Men" but his character, Charlie Harper, will make his presence felt again on the show, Entertainment Weekly reports. On the Nov. 7 episode, Jon Cryer’s character — Charlie Harper’s…
A Fox drama series has put a hold on shooting new episodes while it reshoots material for some of the seven episodes that have already been completed, Deadline.com reports. The show is J.J. Abrams’ "Alcatraz," slated as a midseason show…
Hollywood lost a terrific actor — who played mostly supporting parts — yesterday, Nov. 2, 2011, when Leonard Stone died just a day before his 88th birthday. Stone may have been best known for playing the father of Violet, a girl in the…
Showtime is bringing back a reality series for another season — and will expand the scope of the show to include a new venue, Deadline.com reports. The pay cable net announced plans for a third season of "The Real L…
The man behind "Survivor," "The Voice" and "The Apprentice" will oversee the production of Spike TV’s broadcast of the Video Game Awards, reports Deadline.com. Mark Burnett has experience with awards shows, having done the Primetime Emmys and the People’s Choice…
A legend of the soap opera world, who created some of the most enduring series in the genre, will appear on one of her shows just before it ends its long run on ABC, TV Guide reports. Agnes Nixon, who…
NBC’s "30 Rock" has tapped an Academy Award-winning actress to play the WASP-y mom of Avery Jessup-Donaghy, Jack’s wife, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The actress is Mary Steenburgen, who is known mostly for her film roles. Steenburgen won an…
The death of a well-known former football star who later acted on TV and in films was due to a popular diet drug, reports ABCNews.com. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office ruled that Bubba Smith, 66, died from an overdose…