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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.
After "The Walking Dead" creator Frank Darabont left the AMC series, there was concern that the show would struggle under its new showrunner, Glen Mazzara. But Mazzara and other executive producers held a press review and screening Thursday to dispel…
Former reality TV star Jon Gosselin is delivering some advice for his ex-wife through an interview with RumorFix.com, telling Kate Gosselin: "Reality TV is not a career." TLC recently announced the cancellation of “Kate Plus 8,” which reportedly left the…
In an unusual 9:30 p.m. televised news conference on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg warned New Yorkers of a terrorist threat that’s been called by U.S. officials as "specific, credible but unconfirmed." Bloomberg said the…
Google has purchased one of the most popular local restaurant guides, according to a number of media reports. "Google has acquired Zagat," writes Wired’s Epicenter blog. Epicenter continues, "The acquisition strengthens Google’s position in local search, helping it compete with…
A one-time-only opera based on the long-running NBC sitcom “Friends,” with one of the main cast members included, will take place later this month, the New York Post reports. The special event, set for Sept. 28 at the Arts Theatre…
On the OWN reality series "Ryan & Tatum: The O’Neals," Ryan O’Neal and daughter Tatum O’Neal appear to reconcile their troubled relationship. But in real life, Ryan says he and Tatum never talk, and he blames it in part on…
After his controversial turn earlier this year as the host of the Golden Globe Awards, British comedian Ricky Gervais is now proposing an alternative to watching next year’s presentation on TV. On his blog, Gervais suggests a live chat involving…
An actress who was perhaps the most popular woman on television in the 1960s and 1970s will be given a huge award from her peers, when Mary Tyler Moore receives the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. The presentation to…
An anchor on CNBC has decided to leave the network to create her own production company, reports TVNewser.com. Nicole Lapin, the anchor of CNBC’s "Worldwide Exchange," will form a company under the banner Nothing But Gold, the story says. Lapin’s…
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the winners of the 63rd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, to be presented Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, during the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The awards are…