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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.
Charlie Sheen continued his media blitz Wednesday, but he was apparently in a less confrontational mood than in other recent appearances, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In one of two radio interviews Sheen gave Wednesday, he offered an apology of…
The role of Sarah Palin in “Game Change,” HBO’s upcoming movie about the 2008 presidential campaign, will be played by a multiple Oscar nominee, Entertainment Weekly reported. Julianne Moore will play the former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee, the…
Katie Couric appears to be giving serious consideration to joining forces with her former NBC boss Jeff Zucker to create a syndicated daytime talk show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Couric is reportedly contemplating whether to stay at CBS after…
Comcast has announced that National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow will join the company next month as president, Comcast/NBCU, Washington, Broadcasting & Cable reported. "Mr. McSlarrow will have dual responsibilities in business operations and public policy in Washington,…
“Grey’s Anatomy” executive producers Tony Phelan and Joan Rater have a new deal at ABC Studios and have been elevated to No. 2 on the show behind creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes, reports Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva. The pair will…
CBS has announced that it is ordering two more editions of “Survivor”–the 23rd and 24th installments of the show, which are scheduled for the 2011-12 season, Entertainment Weekly reported. Additionally, host and executive producer Jeff Probst remains on board for…
A strong performance by “Glee” helped bring Fox a ratings win Tuesday night, as the network averaged a 3.4 rating in adults 18-49 for the night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. That was better than NBC (2.3 average), CBS (2.1), Univision (1.5) and…
Charlie Sheen certainly looked better in the latest installment of his Web show "Sheen’s Korner," instead of like a "disheveled hobo," but his scripted comments Tuesday delivered a 10-minute "semi-coherent rant," reports Deadline.com. Sheen called himself "Malibu Messiah, Condor of…
Vivian Schiller, the chief executive of NPR, resigned from her post Wednesday, one day after another NPR exec was caught on video bashing the Tea Party and making other remarks that could embarrass NPR, The Washington Post reported. Schiller’s resignation…
Alleged White House crasher Michaele Salahi has been kicked off "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew," reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The reason? She apparently didn’t have an addiction. VH1 said in a statement: “The treatment program that ‘Celebrity Rehab’ documents…