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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.
A former governor has joined the lineup of Current TV as the host of a new show, reports TVNewser.com. The show, “The War Room,” will debut in January 2012, with Jennifer Granholm, the former Democratic governor of Michigan, hosting. It…
HBO has announced that it will bring back a critically acclaimed drama series for another season, Deadline.com reports. "Boardwalk Empire," the Emmy-winning look at Atlantic City in the Roaring Twenties from filmmaker Martin Scorsese and writer Terence Winter, has been…
One of the NBC shows that’s been on the bubble got a sign of encouragement from NBC programmers when they ordered 6 more scripts for the series. "Despite matching the performance of the canceled ‘Playboy Club’ in the demo, NBC…
A TV fitness guru’s thin appearance Monday on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” triggered speculation that he is in poor health, but a rep for Richard Simmons says he is “fit as a fiddle,” People.com reports. "He’s the healthiest he’s…
The ratings are in for the relaunch of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, and "the ratings for the first night reaffirm just how hard it’s going to be to draw in viewers," writes Brian Stelter…
Steve Jobs was known for his trademark black turtleneck, and a new biography on the Apple founder explains how his fashion choice was inspired by post-World War II Japan, according to Gawker. Before he died, Jobs explained his wardrobe to…
A majority of the top 20 cable networks were hit with double-digit ratings dips in the third quarter, with TV viewers moving to smaller cable networks, reports the New York Post. Fifteen of the top 20 cable channels had declines…
As the media focuses on what appears to be a marital crisis for Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, a 22-year-old San Diego administrative assistant is revealing intimate details of an alleged sexual encounter she had with Kutcher on Sept. 24…
Hank Williams Jr. isn’t meekly accepting ESPN’s decision to cut his opening song from "Monday Night Football," reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Williams showed up on ABC’s "The View" on Tuesday, wearing a New York Yankees/Mickey Mantle…
A three-time cover girl for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and the grandson of an auto racing legend are among the contestants lined up for the fifth season of NBC’s "Celebrity Apprentice," reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Cheryl Tiegs, 54,…