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Chuck Ross

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.

Thursday Ratings: Fox Cruises to Big Win as ‘Idol’ Rises

Fox scored a big ratings win Thursday night, thanks to a strong performance by “American Idol,” which was up 5% from a week earlier in the key 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox averaged a 5.2 rating for the night in…

Longtime ABC News Exec Exits

Amy Entelis, senior vice president of talent strategy, development and research for ABC News, is leaving the network to take another position, reports TVNewser.com. Entelis will be executive vice president of talent strategy for Sucherman Consulting Group. ABC News President…

Most Popular Star on ‘NCIS’ Branching Out

The actress who has been named in polls as the most popular star on CBS’s “NCIS” is branching out, the AP reports. Her new project is a musical collaboration with B. Taylor. The actress is Pauley Perrette, who plays Abby…

As Baseball Season Opens, Both New York Teams Are Sparring With Satellite Operators

It’s almost as big a tradition as the opening pitch in the New York market, but as the Major League Baseball season gets under way, carriage of baseball games involving New York teams remains up in the air–with both the…

Sheen Foil Chuck Lorre Uses Vanity Card to Get Personal, Describing His Recent Struggles

Chuck Lorre, the executive producer of "Two and a Half Men," used a vanity card at the end of another of his shows, "The Big Bang Theory," to lament the "tough time" he has gone through recently, reports the Los…

‘Make-a-Wish’ Kid’s Request Turns Into a PR Disaster for Food Network Star

A Food Network star has stepped into a public-relations disaster after turning down a request from a 6-year-old boy with cancer who wanted to cook a meal with her, reports TMZ.com. Ina Garten, Food Net’s “Barefoot Contessa,” initially turned down…

CBS Ready to Experiment as It Scrambles to Fill Hole in Lineup Left by ‘Two and a Half Men’

CBS appears poised to try a one-time-only experiment April 11 to help decide what to do with the “Two and a Half Men” time slot, Entertaiment Weekly reports. The network is expected to move "Mike & Molly" into the spot…

New Game Show on Tap From ‘American Idol’s’ Lythgoe

"American Idol" executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has been tapped by CBS to produce a game show pilot called "Secret Fortune," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show’s catch is that contestants begin the show with 24 envelopes, each of which…

Exec Producer Leaving CBS Daytime Show ‘The Talk’

"The Talk" executive producer Brad Bessey is leaving the CBS daytime talk show he helped debut in October, reports Deadline.com. Bessey will leave at the end of the season, the article says. The show has been averaging what the piece…

Creator Weiner Signs Deal to Return To ‘Mad Men,’ But Agrees to Shorten Episodes by Two Minutes to Accommodate More Commercials. Weiner Also Says Show Will Last Another Three Seasons at Most

"Mad Men" creator Matt Weiner has signed a deal that will keep him with the show for the next two seasons and likely a third one as well, according to numerous media accounts. One of the issues Weiner was fighting…