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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.

Freddy Krueger to Pay a Visit to Network Police Drama

Robert Englund, the legendary Freddy Krueger from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" horror films, will appear in a guest role on CBS’s "Hawaii Five-0," reports UPI.com. In the Halloween episode, airing Oct. 31, Englund will be part of a spooky…

Poll Names Worst TV Ad in America; Other Categories Include Most Grating Performance by a Human, Worst Abuse of an Existing Song

A clear winner was named in an online poll to determine the worst television ad of 2011, reports Consumerist.com. After 115,000 votes, the winner for the worst TV commercial was Luvs Diapers’ "Poop, There It Is!," which features animated babies…

A Must-See Movie Comes to TV. Upon Its Initial Release The New York Times Called It ‘Shrill and Clumsy.’ My Guess Is That The Times Was Put Off By the Film’s Sexuality and Violence

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NBC Will Flood Airwaves With New Show, Hoping to Generate Attention From Viewers

NBC is flooding its prime-time schedule with episodes of one of its new shows next week, hoping the programming stunt — in which “Prime Suspect” will be on the air five nights of the week — will generate viewer attention…

Come On, You Know You Can’t Get Enough of the Undead: Major Broadcast Network Has Zombie Show in the Works

Zombies are living it up on TV, with “The Walking Dead” racking up record ratings for AMC, and now one of the broadcast networks wants a piece of the action. Fox is the most recent network to take on a…

FX Renews Drama Series

FX has announced that it is bringing back a drama series for another season, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. "Sons of Anarchy" has received a fifth-season renewal, with the cable network ordering 13 new episodes, the story…

‘Hannah Montana’ Co-Star Arrested

One of the co-stars of Disney Channel’s "Hannah Montana" was arrested over the weekend in Burbank, Calif., according to The Hollywood Reporter. Mitchel Musso, 20, was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of DUI, the story says. Musso is known…

Former ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Star Joins Cast of CBS’s ‘A Gifted Man’

One of the stars of the 1970s hit TV show "Dukes of Hazzard" is joining the CBS medical drama "A Gifted Man," reports TVLine.com. Tom Wopat, who played Luke Duke on “Hazzard,” has been cast as Emmy-winning actress Margo Martindale’s…

Randy Michaels, Former CEO of Tribune Broadcasting (and Later the Tribune Co. Itself), Has Reportedly Been Arrested on Drunk Driving Charge

Randy Michaels, the former CEO of Tribune Broadcasting–who also later became CEO of the Tribune Co.–has been arrested for allegedly driving while drunk, reports Cincinnati.com. According to the report, "Randy Michaels, whose real name is Benjamin Homel, was arrested about 2 a.m."…

‘First Is First and Second Is Nobody’: A Must-See Movie Comes to TV. Upon Its Initial Release The New York Times Called It ‘Shrill and Clumsy.’ My Guess Is That The Times Was Put Off by the Film’s Sexuality and Violence

One of my favorite channels on TV, hands down, is TCM—Turner Classic Movies. I’ve been in love with the movies since I was a little boy, and so, for me, watching TCM is like giving a kid a chance to…