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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.
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have separated after 25 years of marriage, reports the Los Angeles Times. Since the end of Schwarzenegger’s term as governor, the pair have appeared to be living separate lives, with Shriver guest…
The season finale of NBC’s “The Office” will feature a surprising guest appearance, with a well-known billionaire applying for the job left open by Michael Scott–played by Steve Carell–when Carell left the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live…
The Fox Network announced that it has renewed two prime-time series, Entertainment Weekly reported in its Inside TV blog. The shows are both animated sitcoms: "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show." "Family Guy" will return for a 10th season, while…
Donna Douglas, the actress who played Elly May Clampett in the classic television series "The Beverly Hillbillies," is suing Mattel over a Barbie doll that she claims resembles her, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. Douglas claims the toy,…
" Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Skype Global S.à.r.l. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led…
Fox’s "House" is nearing a renewal for its eighth and likely last season after co-stars Robert Sean Leonard and Omar Epps signed deals to return, reports Deadline.com. Leonard, Epps and Lisa Edelstein were the three original cast members whose contracts…
Let’s go to the videotape. That’s what TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross does as he illustrates the threat the Los Angeles Lakers’ Andrew Bynum has become when he unleashes his lethal right elbow to deliberately foul someone. To read…
Television networks are jockeying to secure the first TV interview with Jaycee Dugard, the woman who was kidnapped at age 11 and held captive for 18 years by a sexual predator, reports the New York Post. With Dugard, now 31,…
Donald Trump defended himself against claims that the potential presidential candidate is racist, saying on Fox News’ "Fox and Friends" that he’s "the least racist person there is," reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Trump cited his NBC…
Seeking to tap growing consumer demand for content via Internet-connected televisions and devices, YouTube is adding 3,000 titles from big Hollywood studios, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. YouTube chief Salar Kamangar wrote in a blog post that…