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Chuck Ross

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.

Reality Check With Regis: Philbin Says the Rumors Are Untrue, and He Serves Up Another Juicy Nugget — Who’s the One Celebrity Interview He’s Still Hot to Get?

Rumor has it that Regis Philbin, the Emmy-winning co-host of the syndicated talk show "Live with Regis and Kelly" who will be exiting the show in November, is headed for a reality show. But Philbin says there’s no truth to…

Premiere Week Ratings: Fox Wins the Demo, CBS Wins Total Viewers and ABC Is in the Hunt, as (Almost) Everyone Has Something to Cheer About on Thursday Night

CBS’s season-opening double shot of “The Big Bang Theory” got the Tiffany Network off to a strong start last night, but in the end it was a little too much “X Factor” as Fox scored its first win ever for…

Another High-Profile Trial Is Coming Up — and After Hitting It Out of the Park With Casey Anthony, HLN Is on It Like a Pitbull on a Pork Chop

After scoring record ratings with its coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, HLN is pulling out all the stops for what promises to be another high-profile case. The trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, accused in the June 25, 2009, death…

Actors Guild Sticking With ‘White Shadow’s’ Ken Howard as Group’s Leader

The Screen Actors Guild announced that it has re-elected actor Ken Howard as the organization’s president. It will be his second two-year term, following his first election in September 2009. Secretary-treasurer Amy Aquino was also brought back for another two-year…

Comedian and Actress Opens Up About Battle With Breast Cancer

A comedian best known for her role on one of HBO’s longest-running series revealed that she has been battling breast cancer, E! Online reports. Wanda Skyes, who has a recurring role on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," opened up during an interview…

Couple Featured on Reality Show Arrested

A couple who appeared on a controversial reality show has been arrested, reports the Associated Press.  Officers reportedly found the Arkansas home of Joshua Rendon and Ebony Jackson-Rendon filled with feces, flies and maggots. The couple appeared on the first…

Morning Newscasts Accomplish a Ratings Feat for the First Time in 18 Years

With numbers in for the 2010-11 season, there’s some big news for the network morning newscasts: All three added viewers in the key news demo of viewers 25 to 54 for the first time since the 1992-93 season, reports TVNewser.com….

Spoiler Alert: New Boss of ‘The Office’ Announced

In the opening moments of the eighth-season debut of NBC’s "The Office" Thursday night, the new manager of Dundler-Mifflin’s Scranton branch was announced, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The star tapped to replaced Steve Carell, who…

DirecTV CEO Says Demand for Premium Film Rentals Has Been Low — and He Knows Why

DirecTV Chief Executive Michael White said demand for at-home rentals of movies recently released in theaters has been "small" and the reason is obvious: The $29.99 price tag, he said, is "awfully high," reports Bloomberg. DirecTV started offering some Hollywood…

The Just Released 9-DVD Set of the Complete ‘Star Wars’ Movies Quickly Becomes No. 1 Blu-Ray Title of All Time. Check Out the List of the Top 10 Best-Selling Blu-Ray Titles Ever

"Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced today that ‘Star Wars’ is the bestselling catalog Blu-ray Disc of all time with worldwide sales totaling one million units, including 515,000 units sold in North America in its first week…