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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.
CNN host Eliot Spitzer–who resigned as governor of New York following a sex scandal–said he sympathizes with Anthony Weiner, the congressman who is under fire after revealing he sent risque photos to young women he met via Twitter, reports TVNewser.com….
A photo purported to show Rep. Anthony Weiner’s naked genitals has made its way to the Internet, as the scandal involving the New York congressman’s so-called “sexting” widens, Salon.com reported. The photo apparently got out against the wishes of Andrew…
The Fox Network is making a few tweaks to its summer schedule, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Among the changes, “MasterChef” has a couple of moves in its future: The cooking show shifts next week to Mondays at 9 p.m….
Weston Cage, the son of actor Nicolas Cage, was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon and was undergoing mental evaluation after an altercation at a Hollywood restaurant, TMZ.com reported. The 20-year-old reportedly got into a hassle with his trainer after the trainer told…
A study in the journal Nature reveals that a drug has been used in research on mice to make hearts repair themselves, BBC News reported. The drug, thymosin beta 4, appears to “prime” the heart for repair when it is…
Television news and television talk are undergoing some dramatic changes, with a dozen top anchors and hosts ranging from Regis Philbin to Katie Couric changing networks or leaving TV altogether. The reasons behind the changes can be found behind the…
Like many of us, TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross has had enough of the distracting personal shenanigans of our mostly male politicans. As entertaining as their off-color sexual exploits may be temporarily, enough is enough. His solution: The ‘Bad…
Simon Cowell is ready to talk about the recent exit of British pop singer Cheryl Cole from the judging panel for the U.S. version of Cowell’s “X Factor,” the Associated Press reports. Among the revelations, Cowell said he did what…