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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.
Brad Pitt’s latest film "Moneyball" is a hit with critics and movie goers alike, but at least one baseball personality portrayed in the film is pissed, reports the Oakland Tribune’s Inside Bay Area website. The film is about the Oakland…
“X Factor” boss Simon Cowell — never one to shy away from headlines — has attracted some unwanted ones after reportedly making comments that were less than complimentary about a number of popular singers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Now…
A former Playboy model who has carved out a busy career in reality television and on stage has taken out a $1 million insurance policy on her breasts, People magazine reports. Holly Madison said she took out the policy as…
One of the pioneers of hip-hop, known as the mastermind behind the first commercially successful rap record, has died, reports Spin magazine. Sugar Hill Records co-owner Sylvia Robinson, who earned the nickname “the mother of hip-hop,” had been in a…
As late-night television’s two biggest stars both posted ratings declines, NBC’s "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and CBS’s "Late Show with David Letterman" were beaten by ABC’s "Nightline" during the debut week of the new television season, reports Bill Carter…
One of the heroes of the Wild West — who was already the subject of a popular TV series in the 1950s — will ride again in a new Fox drama series, TheWrap.com reports. Fox has ordered a project focused…
Former "Lost" showrunner Carlton Cuse has signed a deal with ABC to write and executive produce a new show with a spiritual angle, reports Joe Adalian in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. Cuse is working with bestselling writer Rob Bell,…
Even as it loses customers in the wake of recent pricing and branding moves, Netflix remains deeply entrenched in Americans’ lives, a new study reveals. The report finds that more than one-third of Americans age 13 to 54 — 35%…
The show that is often cited as the original reality TV program and the one that effectively launched the current reality craze is back on the air for its 26th season — and its numbers are soaring. The newest installment…
CBS News has released a preview of this Sunday’s segment featuring longtime “60 Minutes” contributor Andy Rooney’s interview with Morley Safer, The Washington Post reports. Rooney, 92, announced this week that he is leaving the show after this Sunday’s telecast….