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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.
An erroneous Twitter message Friday reporting that Apple’s Steve Jobs had died, put out on the account for the Web show “What’s Trending,” convinced CBS to end its affiliation with the show, PCMag.com reports. The message said simply: "Reports say…
Another network is ready to have a go at the classic fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast," which has already been a live-action cult favorite on CBS, Deadline.com reports. ABC has a version of “Beauty and the Beast” in development, the story reports. Like…
One of Hollywood’s most popular television and film stars died Saturday, Sept. 10, just one day after his 88th birthday, reports the Los Angeles Times. Cliff Robertson died of natural causes at Stony Brook University Medical Center on New York’s…
An actor who is 12 years younger than Chevy Chase has been cast as his dad on NBC’s "Community," reports TVLine.com. The actor is Larry Cedar, who played Leon on HBO’s "Deadwood.” He will portray Cornelius, the father of Chase’s…
Fast-paced animated programs such as "SpongeBob SquarePants" may be harming children’s brains, reports Bloomberg, citing a study published in the journal Pediatrics. Four-year-old kids who tuned in to nine minutes of "SpongeBob," which airs on Viacom’s Nickelodeon network, performed only…
Andy Whitfield, 39, the actor best known for playing Spartacus in season one of Starz’ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," has lost his battle against the cancer non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was first diagnosed with the disease in in 2010. Originally from…
"Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy is reportedly reconsidering the role of Finn Hudson after the actor who plays him, Cory Monteith, complained that the show’s cast is overworked and underpaid, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Murphy allegedly also threatened…
One of the stars of Bravo’s "Real Housewives" franchise and her husband staged an expensive second wedding for themselves even though they’re dealing with a multimillion-dollar business bankruptcy, reports the New York Post. The second wedding for Teresa Giudice, a…
"Rules of Engagement" star Patrick Warburton slammed CBS over his show’s new 8 p.m. Saturday time slot on the network’s schedule, reports TVGuide.com. "The scripts are great and we’re having a lot of fun doing the show, but God knows…
Charlie Sheen is already set to have a big day on TV next Monday, Sept. 19, with the "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen" scheduled to air that night — the same night the new season of “Two and a…