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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.

MTV Host Returns to U.S. After Reportedly Being Detained by Egyptian Military

An MTV host has returned to the U.S. after he and his team were detained by the Egyptian military, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Ryan Duffy, a host of MTV’s "The Vice Guide to Everything," was questioned for…

‘Sons of Anarchy’ Creator Blasts Emmys For Snub

Kurt Sutter, creator of FX’s "Sons of Anarchy," blasted the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for being ignored in the major primetime Emmy categories when nominations were announced on Thursday, July 14, 2011, writes James Hibberd at EW.com’s Inside TV…

Newly Revealed Documents Show Obama White House Deliberately Made Efforts to Exclude Fox News from Interviews In 2009

"Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has uncovered documents from the Obama Department of Treasury showing that the Obama administration, contrary to its repeated denials, attempted to exclude the Fox…

NBC Shuffles On-Air News Personalities as ‘Dateline’ Retools, New Brian Williams Mag Takes Shape

NBC is shaking things up in the news department as it seeks a new feel for “Dateline” while also putting together a new magazine show to be led by Brian Williams, TVNewser reports. Kate Snow, who has been reporting for…

Character Actor — Whose Face Is Familiar From ‘Home Alone’ and TV Shows Such as ‘Northern Exposure’ and ‘Moonlighting’ — Dead at 87

A character actor best known for the mega-hit movie "Home Alone" and for TV shows including "Northern Exposure" and "Moonlighting" has died at the age of 87, according to the AP. Roberts Blossom was living in a nursing home in…

Another Vandal Hits Ed Sullivan Theater, Home of ‘Letterman’ Show

A vandal attacked the Ed Sullivan Theater, home of CBS’s "Late Show With David Letterman," just days after a similar attack, reports the New York Daily News. Early Thursday, an apparent copycat culprit took aim at the theater, hurling a…

FBI Probes News Corp. Over Alleged Hacking of 9/11 Victims

The Federal Bureau of Investigations has opened an inquiry into allegations that journalists working for News Corp. improperly tried to access the phone records of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack, The New York Times reports. The move comes in…

Scorsese’s George Harrison Doc to Air on HBO

Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese will be showing his latest film, a documentary about the onetime Beatle George Harrison, on HBO, reports AOL TV. "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" will be broadcast in two parts, Oct. 5 and 6,…

NBC Staff Angered by Comcast’s More Restrictive Psychotherapy Benefits

Some NBC staffers are reportedly upset over their new health insurance through Comcast, which bought the network from General Electric earlier this year, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. The NBC employees are upset that their new insurance doesn’t…

Baldwin Brother Files for Divorce, Saying Wife Threatened to Kill Him With Knife

One of the Baldwin brothers has filed for divorce from his wife after she allegedly threatened to kill him with a knife, reports TMZ.com. Daniel Baldwin — best known for his tenure on "Homicide: Life on the Street" — filed…