Chuck Ross

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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.

Common Theme Runs Through ‘Real Housewives’ Shows — and It’s a Problem a Lot of Other People Are Also Having

The various editions of the "Real Housewives" series on Bravo have more than domestic drama in common: A wife from nearly every season has faced serious real estate issues, reports real estate site Zillow.com. According to the story, 12 of…

Star of VH1 Scripted Series Leaves Show

One of the stars of VH1’s first scripted series is leaving the show, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Stacey Dash, who plays Val on “Single Ladies,” said the decision was her own, the story notes. "I have to be back…

LIN Stations Go Dark in Some Markets Amid Mediacom Fight

LIN stations have gone dark in six markets in a retransmission fight with cable company Mediacom, reports B&C. The stations are WALA-TV/WFNA-TV, Mobile-Pensacola; WOOD-TV/WOTV, Grand Rapids; WANE-TV, Fort Wayne; WLUK-TV, Green Bay; WTHI-TV, Terre Haute; and WLFI-TV, Lafayette, Ind. LIN…

CBS Commits to Sitcom Pilot From ‘Cougar Town’ Creator

CBS has given a pilot production commitment to "Cougar Town" creator Bill Lawrence and former "How I Met Your Mother" executive producer Greg Malins, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is a multicamera workplace comedy from Lawrence’s Doozer production…

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‘All My Children’ Tapes Final Show; Co-Star Says Actors Haven’t Yet Been Approached for Web Version

ABC’s "All My Children" taped its final episode on Tuesday, and co-star Ricky Paull Goldin noted that the show’s actors haven’t yet been approached by Prospect Park, the company that wants to migrate the show to the Web, reports the…

A Call to Action: As the New List of Participants on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Illustrates, We Are in Grave Danger of Celebrating Celebrities Whose Level of Fame Is Unacceptable

When we posted our story earlier this week about who the new celebrities are for this fall’s edition of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” (“A Thespian, a Former Lesbian and a Kardashian. Plus a Stylist, a Jurist and a Songstress. And…