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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.
Twentieth Television confirmed Wednesday that it has a daytime talk show in development that will star Ricki Lake, B&C reported. TVWeek previously reported that Lake was talking with a number of companies about a return to daytime talk. In a…
Even with Gwyneth Paltrow in a guest role, Fox’s “Glee” saw its ratings dip 12% from its previous original episode (March 15) to a season-low 3.7 average rating in adults 18-49, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. But Fox won the night anyway, averaging…
Two stars of one of the “Real Housewives” shows have been hit with a lawsuit, RadarOnline.com reports. The stars are Gretchen Rossi and her main man Slade Smiley, two of the stars of "The Real Housewives of Orange County." They…
Spike TV has named a Discovery Channel executive to its newly created position of VP of original series, Broadcasting & Cable reported. The exec is Chris Rantamaki, who has been vice president of production for Discovery Channel. Sharon Levy, executive…
NBCUniversal has revealed that it plans to rename one of its cable channels, reports Multichannel News. According to Dick Ebersol, NBC Sports Group chairman, the national cable sports network Versus, which was once known as the Outdoor Life Network, will…
A group of Hollywood directors and producers has joined the fight over the imminent plan by major studios to release movies through a premium VOD service that will make them available much earlier than current services, the L.A. Times reported…
After an extra on "Glee" leaked the names of the prom king and queen in a future episode, the show’s producer, 20th Century Fox Television, is considering adding punitive language to all of its contracts to dissuade people from leaking…
Demi Lovato, the star of the Disney Channel program "Sonny With a Chance," has decided not to return to the show so she can focus on her health and music career, reports People.com. "I don’t think going back to ‘Sonny’…
Sol Saks, a comedy writer who created one of the most popular sitcoms of all time, has died at 100, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Saks created the show "Bewitched" after being inspired by two films, "I Married a Witch,"…
Tracy Morgan, a star of NBC’s "30 Rock," apparently is attracted to Michelle Obama, as he told George Lopez on his late-night show that the first lady is "a beast," which he clearly meant as a compliment, reports the Los…