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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.
NBCUniversal’s Telemundo is working on its first-ever Emmy campaign, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At the center of the effort are the high-rated telenovela "La Reina del Sur" and its star Kate del Castillo. According to Telemundo, no Spanish-language show…
The fact that there’s a shrinking TV audience for horse racing was evident Saturday with the Nielsen ratings for the Preakness down 6 percent, reports SportsNewser.com. The second jewel in the Triple Crown of racing earned a 6.0 for the…
OK. Here’s the poop: According to People.com, "Lauren Alaina, 16, lost her voice and couldn’t finish rehearsals, prompting producers to bring in third-place finisher Haley Reinhart as a possible last-minute replacement." The story added, "During the show, Dr. Shawn Nassari…
Chris Meloni, who has played Detective Stabler on NBC’s "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" since the show’s debut in 1999, is leaving the series, report Matt Webb Mitovich and Michael Ausiello at TVLine. Says the report, "Protracted talks between…
Fox has set its sights on an actress who stars in a hit prime-time show to host this year’s Emmy Awards, Deadline.com reports. The actress, one of the stars of Fox’s “Glee,” is Jane Lynch, who has emerged as the…
The Maria Shriver camp has hired a private investigator to dig into the affairs of Arnold Schwarzenegger, her estranged husband and the former California governor, TheWrap.com reported. Since the news broke last week that Schwarzenegger had fathered a child with…
Rubicon Group Holding, an entertainment company in Jordan, has announced that it will be building a theme park based on the "Star Trek" franchise, reports AttractionsManagement.com. The park will be built in Aqaba, Jordan, at a cost of $1 billion….
Liberty Media Chairman John Malone, addressing shareholders Monday in Denver, explained the reasoning behind the company’s buyout big for Barnes & Noble, which valued the company at $1 billion, Adweek reported. Malone sees a big future for B&N’s Nook e-reader…
With a prime-time lineup consisting of unscripted programming, ABC scored a solid ratings win Monday night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC, which aired a one-hour “Dancing With the Stars” and a two-hour “Bachelorette,” averaged a 3.4 rating for the night in adults…
UPDATED May 24, 2001 at 7:30 pm, PT to reflect how much Klum is getting paid. Supermodel Heidi Klum rolled out a new AOL website today, part of the online company’s latest strategic push, Advertising Age reported. According to the…