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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.
Emmy-winning actor Peter Falk, best known for his long-running role as "Columbo" on the hit 1970s television show, has died, Reuters reports. Falk died peacefully Thursday evening, June 23, 2011, at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., the story reports….
After fans spoke out about an unusual quirk in Keith Olbermann’s new Current TV “Countdown’ show, the controversial host has announced that he is making a small but important change to the show, reports The Huffington Post. The show, which…
A “House” actress who failed to come to terms on a new contract to remain on the Fox medical drama has a new role on CBS’s “The Good Wife,” reports TVLine.com. Lisa Edelstein, who played Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the…
An actress known for her role on the 1980s sitcom "Who’s the Boss?" has been cast in a guest-starring role in a vampire series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Katherine Helmond will play Caroline Bellefleur, the grandmother of Bon Temps…
A group of Tea Partiers has created its own television show, which its backer says is a remedy to the group’s belief that Hollywood portrays "conservatives, traditionalists and people of faith as half-wits," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show…
Lindsay Lohan, currently under house arrest in connection with a widely publicized jewelry theft, has provided an explanation for a positive alcohol test that landed her back in court Thursday, TMZ.com reports. Lohan says the dirty test was caused by…
Serbians are urging a boycott of Chelsea Handler and advertisers on her E! show "Chelsea Lately" after the comedian made comments that implied the country is a "disappointment," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Handler made the comments on a June…
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings has joined Facebook’s board of directors, giving the social networking company expertise in digital entertainment, reports Bloomberg. Hastings becomes the sixth director at Facebook, which has existing directors including Washington Post Co. Chairman Donald Graham…
Noting that the "economic recovery continues to be unevenly felt across our markets," a group that owns 18 network-affiliated stations says it is placing its employees on furlough, reports Poynter.org’s Jim Romenesko. Media General is implementing 15 days of furlough…
Fox is putting a big promotional push behind "Terra Nova," the time-traveling drama about a family that is transported to prehistoric Earth, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Steven Spielberg and former News Corp. President Peter Chernin are…