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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.
Lindsay Lohan began doing a nude photo shoot over the weekend after negotiating a big payday for the appearance, TMZ.com reports. The photo shoot is for Playboy, which is paying Lohan close to $1 million, the story reports. Lohan will…
CBS’s "The Early Show" is in discussions to hire a veteran TV interviewer, according to an interview in Newsweek with PBS fixture Charlie Rose. "I’m having conversations with CBS because I’m a member of that family," Rose said, referring to…
Professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy lost his cool on ABC’s "Dancing with the Stars" after judge Len Goodman called his dance with his partner their worst of the season, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The dancer, who had performed a rumba…
A veteran TV writer and director who created a pioneering 1970s police drama has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Robert Collins, who created NBC’s “Police Woman,” was 81. "Police Woman," a star vehicle for Angie Dickinson, aired for four…
Apple continues to work toward fulfilling the vision of the company’s recently deceased founder to create a television set that could revolutionize the medium, Bloomberg reports. The project has been turned over to Jeff Robbin, who helped develop the iPod…
One of the stars of the 1970s sitcom "Happy Days" has received a green light from Nickelodeon for a Nick at Night comedy, reports TVGuide.com. Scott Baio, who appeared as Chachi on the long-running ABC show and the spinoff “Joanie…
ABC has bought a TV project based on a blog post, reports Deadline.com. The project is a single-camera comedy based on a blog post called "Why You’re Not Married." The post is a brutally honest look at why single women…
After projecting losses in 2012 in part because of a customer revolt, Netflix saw its shares take a huge hit in extending trading Monday, reports Bloomberg. The company’s share prices plunged plunged 27% in the session to settle at $87…
Lifetime has ordered a drama series pilot that might provide a starring role for Melanie Griffith, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Griffith is in talks to star in the project, which would mark her first TV series starring role since…
Kelsey Grammer’s new drama premiered Friday to weak numbers, Deadline.com reports. The new series bowed on Starz with just 659,000 viewers, the story reports. That means the new show, “Boss,” debuted to smaller audiences than other recent Starz premieres, such…