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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.

Video: Paul Simon Sings Moving ‘Sounds of Silence’ Sunday at Ground Zero to Commemorate Those Who Died a Decade Ago on 9/11

Oscar Winner Gwyneth Paltrow Wins Her First Emmy for Her Guest Performance on ‘Glee.’ Big Network Winner at Creative Arts Emmys Is HBO. We Have Complete List of Creative Arts Emmy Winners.

Gwyneth Paltrow won her first Emmy Satruday night, Sept. 10, 2011, as she won the award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for performing in "Glee" this past season.. The award was part of the Creative Arts Primetime…

ABC Moving Ahead With Sitcom Featuring Country Superstar

ABC has given a put pilot commitment to a pilot for a multicamera comedy that will put a country music superstar in the spotlight, Deadline.com reports. The show is “Malibu Country,” which will bring country singer Reba McEntire back to…

Golden Globes Settlement: The Show Will Go On — for Now

The legal wrangling between dick clark productions and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been settled and the Golden Globes will go on as planned, reports the L.A. Times. The ceremony will be televised by NBC on Jan. 15, 2012….

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Discovery Puts New Network Chiefs in Place at Planet Green, Military Channel, Discovery Fit & Health

Discovery Communications has announced a high-level shakeup in its cable networks’ executive offices, Multichannel News reports. The company created the new position of senior VP of content strategy at each of three networks, giving the positions to Marc Etkind at…

Fox Sets ‘X Factor’ Sneak Peeks for This Weekend, While It Has Attention of Football Fans

Fox will present a special eight-minute preview of "The X Factor" this weekend in connection with its football programming, reports Deadline.com. The new Simon Cowell music competition program will get an extended sneak peek after the late game of Fox’s…

Veteran of Hit TLC Series Joins OWN Lineup

OWN is bringing back to the airwaves the charismatic host from the early days of one of TLC’s trademark shows to bolster the network’s daytime lineup, USA Today reports. Paige Davis, who hosted TLC’s "Trading Spaces" circa 2001, will star…

Soon-to-Be-Aired Interviews With Jackie Kennedy Reveal JFK’s Fears About LBJ, First Lady’s Grim View of MLK Jr.

President John F. Kennedy was so fearful of a possible Lyndon Johnson presidency that he had begun plotting to prevent LBJ from succeeding him before Kennedy’s death in 1963, according to ABC News. The revelation is one of many contained…

NFL Opener Puts NBC Way Ahead of the Pack in Thursday Ratings

The opening game of the NFL regular season, featuring a showdown between the past two Super Bowl champions in the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, was a ratings blockbuster for NBC Thursday night, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. The numbers are…