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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.
Katie Couric has finally put the speculation to rest, announcing officially that she is leaving “CBS Evening News,” People magazine reported. "I have decided to step down from the ‘CBS Evening News,’" she told the publication. "I’m really proud of…
It’s getting to be a habit. Once again TBS and Debmar Mercury are in business with Tyler Perry. According to an announcement by the cable network, "TBS has ordered 10 episodes of the new series Tyler Perry’s ‘For Better or…
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow finds herself in the middle of a controversy after comments she made in an interview with The Guardian were interpreted as a reference to CNN’s Anderson Cooper, the L.A. Times reported in its Show Tracker blog….
Paul Reiser, fresh off having the plug pulled on his new NBC sitcom, kept a date with Jay Leno that was set up originally to promote “The Paul Reiser Show,” and used the opportunity to rip NBC for what he…
Singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow, best known for her 1974 song "Poetry Man," died this morning in Edison, N.J., of complications from a brain hemorrhage she suffered more than a year ago, reports FoxNews.com. Snow was popular in the 1970s as a…
The new Keith Olbermann show will debut on Current TV on Monday, June 20, at 8 p.m. ET–with a surprising title, reports our friend Bill Carter at the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The show will have the same…
Fox’s upcoming sketch comedy series from Jamie Foxx and Affion Crockett will premiere later than previously thought, with fewer episodes initially ordered than previously thought, Deadline.com reports. The show is now set to debut Sunday, Aug. 14, and the initial…
A "30 Rock" star has condemned Charlie Sheen for being a poor parent to his children, noting, "Charlie Sheen ain’t funny to me," reports AOL’s PopEater.com. The star is outspoken actor Tracy Morgan. "I think that’s a train wreck and…
The mock-up, below, of the forthcoming iPhone 5 is from the website ThisIsMyNext.com. The mock-up is by Joshua Topolsky, who, until a month ago, was the editor in chief of Engadget. Topolsky writes, "Our sources say the new model (or…
A Los Angeles TV station has sold its landmark studio to the Church of Scientology, reports the Los Angeles Times. Former PBS station KCET-TV will reportedly remain at the Sunset Boulevard location for as long as a year while it…