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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.
CBS is closing in on two new hosts for “The Talk” after the network declined to pick up the contracts of Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The network may be positioning Kris Jenner, the…
ESPN has stirred up controversy and drawn criticism for publishing a photoshopped image of NFL quarterback Michael Vick that makes Vick, who is African-American, appear white, Yahoo! Sports reports. The photo was published online and accompanies a column from the…
Former “Access Hollywood” host Maria Menounos has been hit with a lawsuit accusing her of defamation, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. blog. Lindsay Albanese, who worked as a stylist for Menounos from 2005-09, filed suit in Los Angeles…
A star best known for her role on "Little House on the Prairie" has filed for divorce from her actor husband after 16 years of marriage, the Associated Press reports. Melissa Gilbert filed a petition for divorce from actor Bruce…
USA Network has announced that it is ordering another 16 episodes of a drama series, bringing the show back for a fourth season, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The show is "White Collar," a thriller with…
China apparently is not a fan of Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Katy Perry and other Western pop stars. The country’s Ministry of Culture has ordered music sites to remove material from the pop divas, along with the Backstreet Boys and others,…
Charlie Sheen’s "Anger Management" sitcom project is in discussions with "The Drew Carey Show" creator Bruce Helford, reports Deadline.com. Helford is the leading candidate to write the project, a Lionsgate TV-produced series starring Sheen. No final decision has been made,…
Following a stock slide, AOL has hired investment bank Allen & Co. and law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as advisers, reports Adweek. Both firms are prominent in mergers and acquisitions, and their hiring could signal a "high-level transaction"…
Bravo is said to be in talks with Taylor Armstrong of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" for an interview following the suicide of her estranged husband, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. That’s according to sources, but the cable…
Eager to get a new superhero into the lineup — especially after “Smallville” ended its 10-season run earlier this year — the CW has tapped "Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke to develop a show based on the DC Comics series "Deadman,"…